The Idea of India

Brilliant!
I agree and pretty much share all his views and facts very much.. 'The Idea Of India'
The Fundamentals ,the strength, resilience, the hyper potential of a Nehruvian Dream. The story of a great civilization continues...Very perfectly commented by Tarun! MArked by the DNA of the civilisation!



If interested the 2 other posts strongly suggested
The Nehruvian dream in the Tryst with destiny
The series on the Amazing story of India

Turning 63..

Happy Independence Day to all. Where Freedom is free and alive!
A great Nation growing stronger and building all its lost glory in a peaceful manner!

Great lyrics...

"
Aaankoh ki Pyas hai
Is dil ki aas hai
Inki talaash hai.
Only you...

Haan chahta hu mein.. Only you..
"

3Ms :)

An interesting panel and geniuses like Ahluwalia on board, you bet its worth watching an hour! Indeed many of the fact which i always believed now said by experts makes you even more sure on the way you are!
The Most striking one was the 3 Ms- Maths, Middle Class and Manmohan Singh ji :) interesting!
Design/Education/Innovation/Global/1991 and these words float again!
Interesting!

Watch here!

GSLV-D3 -> New dates?

ISRO,
We are with you always! (in prayers, hope and support in every way we can) If today we are doing 'x' on what we can, let us all do '3 X' from now on! We are right on the way to sweet success. Sweetest indigenous success may have setbacks. The cost may be in Crores, But Billions of Indians are with you and a single rupee per head, let's just consider for a perspective ---> costly still? Let us do it guys!(tax payers and non tax payers are together in this). We (India) are to be the global Space leaders in the decades to come! God be with us and our tireless spirits and hard work will take us to through the best experiences and the greatest Success! We love being fast and Furious! Do well as always!
DIY-Do it Yourself and that has always been our way even if it was tough it was worth all the troubles :) and today we smiles in India is much more from a country trying to stand on feet 50 years ago all looted and ravaged!

tweet before: 150410 JST : 7:57 PM - 8:15 PM -> Crossing the western horizons! Awaiting with best wishes, prayers and hope!
Tweet after: More to go! And we will!
Another tweet after: "We will overcome. It will be the triumph of the idea of India," Chidambaram said!

Demo Graphics...

Interesting excerpt from an India times areticle below.

In terms of the demographic transition model, India is at the beginning of stage three (declining fertility, population growth), Brazil and China are at stage four (low mortality and fertility, population trending towards stability), while Russia is already at stage five (sub-replacement-rate fertility, declining population).

Stage one refers to a pre-industrial society wherein death and birth rates are high and roughly in balance. While, in stage two (that of a developing country), the death rates drop rapidly due to improvement in food supply and sanitation, which increase life spans and reduce diseases.

More on the article here.

Together we are.......... India!

A generation united with this song!An now the baton is being handed over to the new minds and generations making the bond even stronger. In this 16 minute video India in its variety of costumes , languages, People and generation are bonded in oneness the Apna Bharat!
There were days when this was the main thing that we have had on TV in its limited hours of transmission per day. Those days are now changed that we don't have time enough to watch all of it. The older version and the first Media initiative which slowly and steadily build the united India after its independence is there on my older blog here.

Mind it world! we may look different, sound different, Dress different, Speak different, Do different, Cook different,Sing different, dance different but we all are one in the unfathomable INDIA..You travel for few hours and you reach a foreign place.Our first taste of globalization has come through this song i would say.

Now we are in an India the most free Secular democratic republic powered by its intellects. Still the world things many things on the 3rd world. But the days have come when the 3rd ranks better than the first in many ways never told or seen. A place where even those who cannot speak contribute and enjoy as every other free citizen, where women stand along with the men determined and strong. Life to be enjoyed nowhere else like in India its taste,its colours, its smell its rawness, its culture and many things - all brought together in this small song which always connected us all. Well we go and and a lot to do and cover for the billion population still growing and contributing peacefully!

Enjoy as we take it forward with more colour and in an younger new generations!

Story of an Indian...

I am not sure how many people from which all places can tell such stories between the extremes of life. It is an amazing story and Education that equals us all and humbles us all and even more empowers the nation.
Oh I do remmeber once while travelling in Himalayas, meeting young sheperd boys who walked across hills and mountains for 3-4 hours one way to school from they huts.
Read through some amazing stories here.

We know why we have that great hope and the daring to dream in India! Life badal jayega!

July 27 '2048

A brilliant analysis from a Swedish researcher. Hans Rosling has covered the major practical factors in his software assisted analysis to really show on to the reality of whats going on with India.
As you may have noted in the earlier blogs also the per person worth and income is set to just scale up in a few more years.
Very real interesting interview here


Seems there is a video of his TED presentation? may be will add it later..
He has in many ways proved that experiencing India is the only way to realise life and all about India and the Future!
Updating the video and this is a must see...

The Power shift..

281 Billion $ @ Year 1991 --->463 Billion $ @Yr 2001 ---> 1.2 trillion $ @Yr 2009

This is the story of the growth of the Indian economy starting from the year of liberalisation brought on to India by the then Finance Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan singh. With this genius in the driving seat of our Nation we are moving ahead and the worth of the nation has turned into Trillions meaning every one of the billion population is worth a Million $ ?
But how can this be justified in terms of the economics statistics at every level of the population?

Excerpt from the wikipedia article'
As of 2009, about 300 million people — equivalent to the entire population of the entire United States — has escaped extreme poverty.[2] The fruits of liberalization reached their peak in 2007, with India recording its highest GDP growth rate of 9%.[3] With this, India became the second fastest growing major economy in the world, next only to China.[4]. An Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report states that the average growth rate 7.5% will double the average income in a decade, and more reforms would speed up the pace.[5]'

However the outlook within India needs to radically change that we ned to understand every citizen of us is worth more than we think as of today! In every way, India's best wealth is our people itself! With the worth of citizens coming up comes the Super power qualities of the nation. I am not against at all in recognising one fine day that we are already a super power :) But if we know where we are heading to we can drive on the best possible routes and enjoy the ride too with all those travelling on the same roads.

With Agriculture and Greener investments being the tommorrow's growth areas,we defenitely need to see How India fares!As we are very much by volume economical dependent on Agriculture and its outcome, we are staning at the entrance of another Greener Revolution Efficient and Enabled Agricultural Economy. Gear up! Farming is goona be the next world wide fashion wave soon!

The power shift is happening in the Socio Economic lines. From west to the East. ITs high time we realise India is right at the centre from the day we started calling the west and the East :)
Take a quick look on the Private consumption patterns from McKinsey. No wonders!!! GDP as such is contributed from the Private consumption directly along with other factors. [GDP = private consumption + gross investment + government spending + (exports − imports)]
But great to know why there is so much life in India and its Economy.
See the interactive predictions at theeir site here.

True leaders..

Some True leaders are rarely understood by many, but some leaders can understand them.

I was listening to the speech from G.W.Bush at the HT summit. Indeed a true leader as i always felt to who could stand up to any one in the world on behalf of a big nation!

Growth !!! Can we count like every person in India is worth a million$ ? and see where we are going to be..

See the speech here.

Some key words:
Moment of clarity
History will tell
India's passport to the world.
Intervened Early, Intervened aggressively, Intervened together.
Shifted from the West to East
G20 and not the G8
History will Show that with your strong Economic growth you are helping lead the world to a recovery.

Thanks to HT for this forum and also letting the whole of India and world have access to the key events such as these.

Tata Sama...

This is what Tata said on thinking big: "We have been...thinking small. And if we look around us, countries like China have grown so much by thinking big. I would urge that we all, in the coming years, think big, think of doing things not in small increments, not in small deltas, but seemingly impossible things. But nothing is impossible if you really set out to do so. And we act boldly. Because it is this thinking big and acting boldly that will move India up in a manner different from where it is today."

Agree every word of it and we are on it too!!! One reson is because we had needs for our billions of stomachs and life starved out of looting fomr one of the most richest civilisations. Yet our cultural riches we never gave up and now its time to scale up! We will! and Defenitely we will! Think Big in small groups as a Big nation of Millions of brilliant minds and intellects framed on the greatest and diverse culture and experiences!
Our respect and appreciation to the great minds like Tata who has played key roles in making India what it is today and several more names in Space technology and who have worked on making India a self sufficient nation right from Green and white revolution to the Services for the world in various fields of life.

Let us not forget the investment and sacrifices they made to today's build generation of India strong and big to stand at par with the big powers in just 60 years and Billion population. We could do it because we are capable , graced by God and some of our leaders dared to think big and chase our dreams with our never give up attitude. We have still to go a long way We need the generations to be built even stronger and bigger and we only can do it.. I do not compare with the rest of the world as our line of growth may be entirely different at a different plane all together.

Fly On India Fly on...

excerpt and picture borrowed via Rediff
read more on the great minds who in a strategic way conveyed to the world that the bottom of the pyramid is where all the magic lies and the 13 trillion$ markets annualy reside in the countries like India. read more here.

Changes!

Oh Yeah changes are pacing up! Even if the article slideshow is on India, I am sure some things shown are common across world. But some Specific to India will change or be rarer to see.
Its goona be tough eexplaining and educating our own Just in India and specific cultural aspects of India and its states and people and way of living to the upcoming generations.
Atlease our generation has seen several of the fusion modes where we have flavours modern things with the Indian touch to most of it. But i think the changes are so rapid these days that they will soon be pics and clips of the past!

We are changing at a fast pace as we wanted always, but defenite that we are going to miss many things. Those many things which make you miss India. Many will still remain but it’s a question how many more generations can take it forward the specialities and uniqueness from the past. SOme things for sure will never die out on India but some may become rare and some rarer I think!

Slide show here.

A fabulous leader and Human being i would say

Passion and good will drives him and its real smartness that sets him apart. All thumbs up for his initiatives and i respectfully acknowledge his role in changing the world and empowering millions around the world.
Specially his connection with India for years now, has been wonderful and rewarding and he is indeed helped our nation to be empowered with the right choices and decisions that he made too and influenced.Really smart and a genius in my eyes one who really understands what India stands for. As a nation we indeed are indebted to him and the contributions in empowering millions in our nation too and India will never forget such people and as i always quote :You will get your investments multiplied in India and with Indians .Its upto you what to invest the good or the bad!

Jai ho!!!!

Amazing that India Selected the professionals in this most important juncture of India's future path! History will remember the way India made the changes and rose up against all oddS!
Indian know where to go! When to do and we will see!!!
Kudos to the professional panel of Manmohan Singh and team!

Great to see this one of our generation takinga futuristic step!

Wow!
Where are we Heading?
Where are we moving on to?
Where are we taking ... ...?

Great we never stop yo! Keep going buddines we got a lot to be done and much more to be given!

India the fertile field of managers.

WEll the poll speaks now!
R- NRI and all RIs are realising a need within and towards a great nation India.

Right on track to the beyond!!!

A great moment in the history of India.Once looted and later denied with all the technical and scientific support, India sacrificed a lot to bring up a generation of great minds and focussed professionals.
Added is the clipping form BBC on the news release.
Chandrayan - Means in Sanskrit the journey to moon.(Surprising may be on how such an ancient language had this science fiction word in those times:))

Chandrayan 1 blasted off on 22 October 2008 morning and making all of us proud and confirming our capabilities and competence.Even if it costs 80 Mn on the project,perfectly balanced expenditure from India and well spend when big tanks are scrapping their space programs we are right on track with never retiring think tanks like APJ. But of course there will be fuss on this within our nation also on if the money was well spent. India is guided by 2 top world class economists at the moment with a panel of very appreciative personnel who are making sure that we come back and keep our heads high. From a looted history we needed 60 years to reach this stage and yes there is no doubt we are right on track and the balance of growth is through out the nation with lot of the new generation bright minds being educated and at the same time building the future and needs of the nation very tactically and precisely.

We have had real tough times to feed almost too many hungry stomachs and when our reserves were twice emptied.But backed by a scientific and professional community with a strategic and visionary government we have come a long way!

Yes Biz trips to moon from India are not a far thing I would say. I have that kind of confidence in my fellow country men and the brilliant minds who are driving these with lot of sacrifices in their times! They have built our generation and also no are building India along with us! Be a part of it in all ways possible and not miss this golden opportunity when we make that beautiful climb! But at times tough of course!

A dream set by Vikram Sarabhai and Jawahar Lal Nehru and carried on my people like APJ and Madhavan nair. Of course others may also be involved as my friend mentioned there are more poster boys. But for me at least these are the key architects supported by brilliant professionals.
In fact this was one of the cheapest of all such project done by the rest 5 predecessors and carrying the various foreign payloads to moon.
This achievement indeed shows the technical and strategic capabilities India as a nation have and its aspirations which where many a times battered by the so called powerful. India 2020 is the dream we all are working for!

Note: the added Snap shot (expand for reading data on it) courtesy: Hindustan times release and the clipping a recording of BBC news I shot in Tokyo.

Please read more on the project here.

New releases here.

She had it in her and nothing can steal her of that! India within an Indian

I just loved her! The reason? She was just speaking it loud and clear but not with an intention of hurting any but just letting people realise wat actually is the inevitable and the truth.

Nikita Lalwani an Indian born and brought up in Britain was talking on Hard Talk BBC when I noticed her for the first time. What impressed me is her wonderful and straight talking of the truth. Very much as many of us think of the truth of India and the Indians elsewhere.Even more amazing as when she answered so perfectly the questions that were thrown at her.

As i have already mentioned in many of my earlier blogs the time will realise and prove the truth that the discriminated Indian community worldwide can never be forgotten and taken for granted. The quesion whether her next novel would be based on India? And she answers of course its started on India.

While she was a student she dropped out of Oxford and after working in BBC she left to write the novel and wen asked why is it because there is something special in Britian?
The answer was clear this time that she always was considered as a minority still as many others along with some other factors. She never talked so straight in many answers may be that is in our culture not to blame on such things as excuses, but facts are facts.

It is not her alone but many more are contributing and giving the best and getiing placed proeprly as they are driving world over many many operations and projects.
The spread out is exaclty looking perfect with my earlier predictions and if this pattern analysis stays good we will see a changing world. The best part which still is a mystery for me is that the NRI and the Indian residents still all think so much alike in many terms even when diversities such as economical differences exist. the Power and passion of Indians were overwritten by the glamour and pompous stories told by the west. But the time is coming when there could be a day when things would be stand still without Desis.

Beautiful and elegant Indian origin News readers on International channels husains patels, guptas and so on...Turn around CEOs and Managers and so are the varied placements at which the Indian ethics and professionalism is contriubuting. Not the personal pride but indeed i am proud on the fact that i am an Indian and I am along with many other Indians are contributing to the humanity silently an happily in India and worldwide.

It is staggering to hear that in Bangalore itself there is a great no: in 1000s the RNRIs the retured NRIs contributing to the real India who has always been sacrificing for the global humanity.

One of my colleauge commented that he has heard the annoying Indian music which they often play in Indian restaurant in a kidding and joking manner.I do not blame him or many of the similar cmments from the west,Even though I could not but would be telling himl later or sooner that If you need to understand and enjoy Indian music then you need to really know and feel the beat of life and for that He has to experience India.
Let me tell you nothing can explain it but for the Indian experience! Ths experience in richness cannot stay below the powers of domiance in now ways and will surface gloriously through man similar young Indians like Nikita Lalwani.

What if kids like him get to school?

I did have an earlier post on him (link below), but this one is much more an indepth interview.
My question is He could not attend school for some reason, But what if we had send him to school. Could you imagine?
Incase you can my earnest request is to help educate the underpriveleged in ways you can. Specailly the street Children and your support may help some one learn and family could be saved. Empower the ones in need the genration young of our Nation! There are millions of bright minds and intellectuals who never get that previlege unless supported!

Remember there is no investment like Education.Let us invest for our coming generations in th right ways.

The most happiest thing for me is when i see the smile that open heart smile amidst all the tough times. Success to me in one sense means to smile through the tough times! Even if some times I did experience this , I never realised it in words that Success had this form also until one of my great mentors mentioned to me on this!

Note: I am not menitoning he is a street kid but, He does stand for all the kids in India who are not into schools and struggle to meet ends for themselves and their family.Many kids on street and some in to labour to feed their stomach and their families.

My earlier blog on this is here.

The streaks of Idependence the Colours & vibrance of India!

Happy Independence Day on the occassion of our 61st Idependence.
A true time to see the possibilities that we missed and are lying ahead!
A time to analyse how much we grew in the past 61 years from the state of nothing but a union of democracy with a million peopl to a billion strong vibrant population!
A time to jsut analyse the growth nad twists and trns we had in the past one year!
A time to think why a billion strong populations competes witht he world with jus 50 athletes and sees one gold medal as an unbeleivable achevement still (of course i respect the acheivement, but what about the rest f the 49 and the billions who cheer for sprots like Cricet for hours together and are ready to sacrifice their dutiful tmeon following the sport)

Why we slided form the top position of Hockey to the state of the curent?
What is our Medal focus for the London and the 10026 Olympics? Whe4n are we bidding for the games?
When do we say that our professions education strenght has doubled?
When will we say that all our citizen has the same goal on the national growth in their mind and are stirving for that common goal!
When will me and yo start saying.God is with us and nothing can stop us!
When will we start saying at th3e end of each day i know i and my team did something that will make my nation be stronger nad make out nation proud.

Let me say what i realised.
There isno one in this world to beat the capabilities we have in out individuals.
Our education system needs a great rampup t give a picture and target form our nation's persepective.
Out thought at self need to consider e people round too.
We can and we should never stop.
We should keep moving and increase the pace. There is nothing we cannot crask but let us do it perfrect and error free.
Let us all know and be with the Living Go and avoid idol worships and supestitions.
The power we hav is not even nearly utilised 20% for our nation yet, but a lot of ur capabilities are contributing to the humanitiy world wide.
We should know the speed of the world and the gap we have with people who were on track with us but ahead of us clearly and we need to belt up and accelerate smooth !
We should start exploding on our creativity with picture perfect desgns and products.
We al can build our naton in our own small ways every day! There is nothing else but us the people whereever we are who are the binding forces of thie peace loving, Secuar,Diverse,harmonious, vibrant, bustling, dynamic billion population democracry representing our nation and its great values of civilaisation. India is coming back to be that one time power we have been !
Let us join hands and minds to be in the build up! We are stillwrkin on foundations and we will do it slow and then the pace will be you know . Let us take steps t educvate the next genrations of ethical professionals as we have today and contribute to humanity and our nation as well!
We cannot keep crying but we need to get uop and run afterour falls and thats the challenge nad fine!
Happy Independence day to all! Rememebring all the great heroeas who struggled to get us freedom and also build us to what we are from the nothing we were!


An inspiring video added below to know and think what our potential and possibilities as an Indian and as a nation is!
(This blog entry may be further edited at a later point as per the time slot availability :) )