What Is The Problem With India ?

Hallo Puneet, I agree with you. Not only attitude we lack unity also. If we overcome this, certainly we will achieve the result in all the field. Hope everyone will follow this and achieve our goal unitedly.

K Rajagopalan.

It is neither resources nor the attitude rather we have subconsciously inherited a slaves attitude . Else what is the reason a MNCs sell your own water bottled at a premium . Its a shame that you can't market (watch my words market and not make) a carbolic soap ( a la Lifebouy) . Your domestic manufacturers are in dump because of the hatingly brand negativeness in your mind . Where are Swastiks who used to make Det , the Godrejs who used to make Key and Biz, Mysore Government Soap Factory's Point and the shameless surrender of the much hyped Tata's .

Domestically Tata's as a compliment also makes instant coffee who has no takers in home but has a huge potential abroad in the export market .  Your Arun, Metro, Amul Ice Creams sweat for survival while Kwality Walls reigns supreme . On a blind test these brand fare better but we ve a closed mindset where "phorein" is good and " desi "  is bad . I challenge any body whom I give Rs. 5 Crores and ask him to start a manufacutring business , while production is not tought marketing is impossible .

Then we ve selfish people who dont want to share the wealth . Only yesterday in this column some one supported out sourcing solely because its cheap . Direct employment gives continuity and thereby greater buying power which props up the economy . But what we find today is contractual job and outsourcing from packing, despatching , back office work etc. Disproportionate wealth distribution creates huge vaccum among the society , else how do u justify so many slums with no basic amenities while there are rising towers by their side whose sales have dipped .  Unless u share wealth you can't come up .

Private banks engage employees on contract basis and make them slog for 12 hours . Why not engage apprencitces for 4 hours and leave the other one after 8 hours . This will never happen in our country since we have tasted (bad) blood . There is an organized system in China and hence there is greater employment and naturally greater buying power . An average Indian does not go beyond puffed rice and a cup of tea  for his lunch . You intellectual seem to be thinking clever by denying the other living but its going to bite on you sooner or later , what other justification you ve for sick textile mills, falling footfalls in the Malls , failure to repay EMI s  in auto loans, housing loans, personal loans etc .  This naturally affects the economy , the buying power and the resolute to overcome . 

I am writing this purely on economics basis and not politically motivated nor am I trying to propogate .

The problems that our country is currently facing is to be viewed in the context of the problems faced by various other countries in the world. Then, the problems will not appear to be magnified relatively.

As the population is huge, various problems are bound to exist and these are compounded by the inefficient systems and prevailing structures. These can at the most be addressed slowly over a period of time hopefully based on the changing mental models and attitudes of the population.....

Dear Puneet,

Excellent viewpoint and debate.

Yes indeed it is"lack of will and attitude". There was, is or will ever be a dearth of resources in case of India. 

Politely putting it : "We are all too selfish and want to live with falsehoods".

Let me 1st of all say i haven't read any of the above comments and it is virtually impossible. This shows how badly we lack attitude, numerous comment within a closed group stating we lack attitude is a real shame for us Indians (including all those who made a comment). It particularly shows that atleast we have identified the problem. But the question is what are we doing to eradicate it ??????????????

Mr. Gupta, You have said it very well and realistically, something we often miss in this forum of late.

I would request you to please have look in my article with topic name "A Bitter Pill for India Reprieve' posted in 'Social and Community affairs' community, in five parts.

The real problem with India, our Nation, is- I do not know whether I am correct or not- the system in ruling our country. 

Under the name of democracy how all our political parties behave, the law makers are the law breakers- political infighting & feud, selfishness and nobody is bothering about the Nation's interest & development.

When we talk about public sector undertakings, there are maladministration and mismanagement and as result taking to loss making ones. If you take the private sectors, they are making profits. Then why can't the government?

In both public & private sectors the same type of manpower have been deployed, that is the engineers, skilled/semi-skilled workers etc. But the efficiency differs. Why the manpower in govt organization are not able to perform well? It is purely administration problem with lack of leadership quality.

Then our govt. handling the way in internal & external affairs is another reason for the problem. The major drawback is ruling our country with multi-parties who will never allow to bring any development to the country due to difference of opinions and ego clash. However in democracy this can not be avoided but should have some system to support the common cause benefit to our country. There must be a law in place to bind all parties who form part of ruling our country.

Another reason is that due to political infighting, ego, feuds, and difference of opinion people are coming out from a party and starting a new political party which leads to creation of mushroom political parties here and there.

If we account the wealth of our politicians the truth will come to the light. As per one school of thought, the black money kept in Swiss bank account will be able to pay off all our India's debt received from the World Bank.

In my opinion it would be better, we should have Bi-party system to rule our country across. All party men should declare their properties & bank account details. In our country the income tax has been deducted at source only from the salaried class peoples. What to do with the business communities........

Ok friends there will be no end for this..... my intention is not to hurt anybody.. because the question is, what is the problem with India

Mera  Bharat  Mahaan
Made for Nehru Family Only

Mera  Bharat  Mahaan - Made for Nehru Family Only
Awards & Institutions are named after Jawaharlal,
Indira, Rajiv, Sanjay, Sonia, Rahul etc

Mera  Bharat  Mahaan - Made for Nehru Family Only
Indian Democracy has been converted into Dynastic
Rule, run by spineless Puppets, who couldn't win
a single election till date. Jo kisi ka Man nahi Moh
sake, Wo Bharat ke PM hain, they have given us PM like
Charan Singh, Chandra Shekhar & Devgoda, Manmohan Singh
etc ........now  Lalu - Mulayam in Waiting.

Mera  Bharat  Mahaan - Made for Nehru Family Only
They say that they are secular, But how can they be
secular when they hate BJP,  the No. 2 Party in India,
representing Crores of Indians. Hating  BJP is itself
a communal activity & direct insult of Crores of Indians
in different parts of India.

Mera  Bharat  Mahaan - Made for Nehru Family Only
India is a country of 125 Crores & we Indians are 2nd to
none, but after 60 Yrs of misrule by a Dynasty / Family,
we stand nowhere near global standard.

Mera  Bharat  Mahaan - Made for Nehru Family Only
Not a single Nobel Prize won in Science for more than a
decade & Not a single Olympic Gold except ONE few years back

Mera  Bharat  Mahaan - Made for Nehru Family Only
More than 10 Crore mobiles & More than 1 crore
Computers / Laptops in India - but not a single made
in India

Mera  Bharat  Mahaan - Made for Nehru Family Only
Almost every thing imported from outside - very few things
are exported. Small nations like Japan, Korea, Singapore,
Hongkong etc are much ahead of us in all fields starting
from Science & technology to Industrial growth.

Mera  Bharat  Mahaan - Made for Nehru Family Only
Everybody wasting time in Cricket, Gossiping, SMSing in
TV Contests, Chatting & speculating.in Shares

Mera  Bharat  Mahaan - Made for Nehru Family Only
People Chew Pan Masala, Khaini, Jarda & spit on Road
& Public Places like Hospitals, Schools etc

Mera  Bharat  Mahaan - Made for Nehru Family Only
Agriculture & Industrial productivity is much less than in
comparison to China, Israel, Japan, Korea, America,
Hongkong, Singapore, Taiwan etc

Nirman  India
Now Its time to Think & Act - Save India from Terrorism,
Soaring Prices & Dynastic Rule run by Puppets.

regards
Ajay Kumar Khaitan
Scientist & Thinker
invention5000@gmail.com
Mob: 9933115511

Puneet you are absuletely right. It is a matter of attitude. Unfortunately in our country everybody think of themselves not about the country and fellow citizen.

There is no darth of resources in our country but once the attitude changes the country will progress much faster. All should be educated in the real meaning of it and should not be self centred. Once this is there we will be on fast track but God alone knows when.

Mostly the people(young generation) who can bring the change in the attitude is mentally dominated by old generation people who thinks britishers are superior to us and job is better than enterpreneurship. Also the old generation has a bias over racial and relegion and that get more pronounced in the  younger generation due to continuous hammering, who implement it with more power, but if the younger generation uses this power they have in constructive work, they can do miracles.

Thanks for the referral Mr.Amit Madhav. I agree with you. Mr Puneet has beautifully explained.

Puneet I supprt u but in a different way . U had said that we have won freedom but where from . Even today 80% of FMCG goods are made and marekted by MNCs who have no long lasting emotional attachment with us but to take home the money . Companies like HUL, Reckitt, Horlicks, Nestle, Cadbury's, P & G , ITC take ur money and never plough it back . Day by day they even buy growing brands developed by natives . How else can u justify the purchase of brands like VIVA, COLIN , KWALITY Ice Cream and many more . We Indians can do them much better and more efficiently but our mindset does not encourage them . Detergents, Instant Coffee (eg TATA COFFEE) , Chocolates (eg CAMPCO) etc can be made and marketed by a Common Brand Name  (CMP) but to what extent ur willing to accept even the quality is at par . U never give  a chance to the aspirants . MNCs work at a different style never expand their capacities engage 3rd party manufactures who too are not permanent, market through Distributors who are made to work just @ 3 % commission (market credit inclusive) and take home all the money . CMP is not a myth but a reality for example brands Lijjat and Amul .

Yes Naushad i am in agreement with you

Dear punit,

u hv fire in yr belly. We need more people to be passionate like u. but, what i have learned the hard way is that the more focused we are on negativity the more it appears in our life. so if we do not want negativity do not focus on it instead focus on what you want with the same passion and see how things will start changing. I am saying it out of my personal experience. I hv transformed my life for the better...

HI AMIT

GEOGRAPHY TELLS US INDIA IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WHOLE WORLD COMPRISING ABOUT 200 COUNTRIES ENRICHED WITH ALL RESOURCES,METALS,MINERALS,SPICES,RIVERS,CRUDE OIL.ETC ETC.ALL OTHER  COUNTRIES HAVE ONE OR VERY FEW.WE ARE FORTUNATE IN HAVING EXCELLENT HUMAN RESOURCES  FOR BOTH BLUE COLLAR AND WHITE COLLAR JOBS.WE HAD AND HAVE SUPERB SCIENTISTS AND WHAT NOT.GOD HAS BEEN VERY GRACEFUL IN PROVIDING US WITH ALL THESE RESOURCES.THERE IS NOT A SINGLE RESOURCE WE ARE LACKING.THE ONLY NEGATIVE POINT FOR US IS,MANY OF US HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM WITHOUT WHICH WE COULD HAVE BECOME A SUPER POWER LONG BACK.TO ADD TO THIS WE DO NOT HAVE A CHARISMATIC LEADER WITH A VISION AND WITHOUT AN EXCLUSIVE PERSONAL AGENDA.

i really appriciate ur view point ...WE HAVE POWER TO CHANGE .

When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse?

‘It’s the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons’ rights to a dowry.’ So who’s going to change the system? What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbor’s, other households, other cities, other
communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU.

When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we runto America to bask in their glory andpraise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government.

 Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country.

Nobody thinks of feeding the system.

Our conscienceis mortgaged to money.

Its just plain attitude. Ours is a pretty much resource rich country only if we learn to tap it right. We should have the courage to go after the corrupt politicians, business magnates, film stars, sports personalities who are all tax evaders. Bt in order to do all that one needs to first remove all outdated british laws that dont have  relevance today, lend more credence to our justice system, revitalise the agricultural sector and plan for sustainable growth.

But to do all this one needs the right attitude or courage. And like puneet, i too feel why as a nation we cant get our act together ? Because the success of a nation lies in its greatness and there is no doubt that we are a great nation and i take great pride in that. But stops us all from attaining this greatness is the attitude. We had a lot of resources prior to the british rule but what did we do ? Did we develop the nation. No sir ! we were busy annexing the neighbours land or his cattle or revelling in the various mujras in the comfort of the palace. Never have we given a thought to nation building.

I can feel and echo the pain that puneet has managed to convey in his piece neverthless my being an NRI. Though some may argue the need to leave ones own motherland to work elsewhere the answer simply lies in whatever puneet has said. This has led to an aversion to all the business men, politicians and other mean minded individuals but never an aversion of the great land that we call India.

Can't go against an adman but I wish Mr. Naushad saw the other side of the coin. Sure, we've grabbed the Jaguar and God willing, we''ll not just get hold of Ferrari but also create some similar mean machine of our own in the near future. But we sadly aren't trying to figure out the bigger heaps of garbage or the larger number of beggars on our streets. We must do it asap to tackle the monster that's thundering toward us before it's too late. 

Can't help but agree with Mr. Virkes. If you look at the way the Indian middle class argues an issue it's all about leaving the core of the issue intact and blow hot air all around it. We don't seem to like it when foreigners point out our all-too-obvious drawbacks like filth covered streets swarming with beggars but do we ever wonder where these beggars are coming from or the fact that waste management as a concept is non-existent in India? 

Thanks for the referral Mr Amit

A very nice debate Mr Puneet. We Indians do lack in attitude in the form of LOVE FOR THE MOTHER LAND. We are living for me, myself and I.

Puneet, Sir, most of the issues raised by U is relevant and needs to be redressed immediately.

It is said : " As is the citizen so is the King ". Ultimately we are responsible.

The biggest problem, in my thought, is that the 'enlightened class' is just sleeping and makeing arrangements to reap harvest for them in time, as large as possible.

They are just un-mindful to the causes of the mass and not willing to share informations/ facts/ ideas/ mechanism which may bring "Inclusive Growth" for all.

NOTHING BUT PURE LACK OF ATTITUDE !

We were once upon a time, trying to compete in a RACE with an AMBASSADOR CAR... Today we have BOUGHT THE JAGUAR !

We have to BE POSITIVE in our ATTITUDE & work for the best. India inspite of all its' internal problems is a BLOOMING ECONOMY today... It is the ENVY of those very WHITES, who Ruled us at one time. In fact, if we talk about the British... We Indians are almost Ruling ( Monetarily ) in their own Backyard... while they watch helplessly.

We have to surge ahead Positively & let bygones be bygones. If GUJARAT had not forgotten GODHRA... DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HAVE PROSPERED SO MUCH ?

In the Human Brain... there is a Storage Capacity for the PAST... ONLY & ONLY for Reference ( so that we dont repeat it again ). We are Using that Capacity to remember those happenings for reasons which DO NOT BENEFIT US !

TAKE A CHILL PILL FRIENDS... HUM HONGE KAMYAAB... EK DIN ( Very Soooon ).

Happy Debating Friends !    

Absolutely agree with you 100%, give us back our basic living rights and let us live with dignity and justice.

It is lack of attitude of people towards growth for the country

Nobody is supportive as a Citizen towards India

As a non-Indian, I see it as a lack of attitude. Straight. You see, how come that a country so proud of its programmers and IT people has not yet established proper linguistic tools for Devanagari? OK, there are some efforts done in this direction, TTS and OCR and stuff, but for a population much larger, smarter and richer than at least 1/10 of the whole world population it is but a joke.

Hello Puneet, Certainly we lack in attitude only. You can see from corporation school to university level / government office. First it will be very difficult to get any information. In general we lack in attitude. This is the reason we fail in spite of good resources available in our country.

K Rajagopalan. 

Dear Asoke Kusari,

i really appriciate ur view point ...WE HAVE POWER TO CHANGE .

When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse?

‘It’s the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons’ rights to a dowry.’ So who’s going to change the system? What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbor’s, other households, other cities, other
communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU.

When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we runto America to bask in their glory andpraise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government.

 Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country.

Nobody thinks of feeding the system.

Our conscienceis mortgaged to money.

i support your argument all this is due to lack of political will on the part of all political parties, they play cast, creed,religion and so on cards.  The political leaders are not fit to govern, they call for talks those people who indulge in violence, do not respect the constitution/consider the basic principles of gandhian way of doing things.  The political parties cannot put down the violence with iron hand and make the violent groups to shun violence, because gandhian way for them means dialogue with violent groups only. So those groups which are following the gandhian way will have to shed the same to be listened to.

dear kiran ,

why we r so negative ??? Lets talk about only positive attitude will not help,we can avoid negative but it will not aviod us(indians).

YOU wouldn’t dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai

YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah .

YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in
London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, ’see to it that my STD and
ISD calls are billed to someone else.’

YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and
then tell the traffic cop,’Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who
I am?). I am so and so’s son. Take your two bucks and get lost.’

YOU wouldn’t chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the
garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New
Zealand

Why don’t YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don’t YOU use
examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston ??? We are
still talking of the same YOU

.YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries
but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on
the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved
and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the
same here in India ?

I totally agree with Amit on this. Ther is a word if there is a will there is a way. Unfortunately we lack will and attitude. Still we are the number two growing economy today think if our will and attitude is there we should have been the number one today.

But as I see the things are changing once it will have a snowball effect India will be number one in all respect.

PROBLEM IS THAT FOR MOST OF US, WE GOT THE FREEDOM VERY CHEAP.

Growing regionalism for sharing resources & restricting others, sectionalism such as caste / community /lingo/religion  based upcoming in alarming level, No tolerance among states (political parties) because minority with coliation govts, non-secular approach in political leadership at-times, disparity in development of various states( no uniform code) like this numerous attitude barriers block INDIA

It is predominantly to do with a lack of attitude and focus. Japan is a country with very little natural resources but it has done a lot and the market is a testimony to the developments that have happened in Japan even after some of its cities were razed after World War II. However, India has a lot of natural resources and it is a bio diversity hot spot. However, the progress is not sufficient and the Human Development Index (HDI) is in the lower quartile. This is mainly inferred as a lack of human focus and attitude......