INDIA in History!!!

Hello Netizens. I know i have been absent from writing blog for far too long. Here is my latest thought.

Don't get the title wrong, I am not going to talk about the great Indian History or praise the great heritage of India. This morning, I was discomforted by a passing thought of Indian Mentality at the top (read Indian Politicos or Policy makers or for simplicity sake all those who are in the act of running this country)

The reason for this passing thought was the stories of success by NRIs, People of Indian Origin that I have been reading and all the pom pom around it by the TOP. Have we ever realise that all those individuals (of Indian origin) who achieve a fete outside of India have nothing or little to do with their Indian connection. 

Satya Nadella, Indra Nooyi, Kalpana Chawla & Sunita Williams seems to be latest trumpet that people at the top have. We are so burdened by our prestigious history / heritage that we are becoming one - History. Every achievement by anyone around the world is because of our rich history of "brain quality". "We gave 0 to the world" we say and we are getting to a ZERO in the bargain. How many times have we heard that an Indian born & brought up in India is making world news? 

It is because we look back we are not able to look ahead. We are stuck in past & hence we are not progressing. Look at the countries like Japan who were almost extinct because of atom bomb attack in August 1945 (2 years before our independence) and now compare our growth with that of Japan.

We have been harping far too long now of our rich culture, heritage, history etc and it is time to change the focus to future. History is good to take lessons from, learn from past mistakes, build on past successes as well.

It is time we move look forward & move forward, before we are part of History ourselves.

Your comments / reactions / feedbacks are most welcome.