Credibility of Indian dreams

India's credibility remains strong, though some disturbing reports are coming in. One or two stray incidents - in a population of 100+ Cr is, according to me, is within acceptable levels. Awareness in people is increased, media hype is increased - stray incidents are blown out of proportion. People like Team Anna wanted to project themselves as saviors. In my opinion India's credibility is much better, with younger generation taking over slowly. Take Toostep as an example. Serious discussions - other than seeking job and self promoting posts - rest (almost 90% of them) belong to younger generation. I, on my part, watching how India is going and growing - particularly women taking over (may be the Gen-Y is not aware of Womens Lib in early 70's)

'A college student in Dahod in Gujarat was allegedly raped and video taped by her neighbor. Close on the heels of molestation of a girl in Guwahati that generated national outcry, a teenager met the same fate allegedly at the hands of army jawans in Assam's Sibsagar district, police said on Saturday. ' -  CNN-IBN report.  Add to this the Khap panchayats and widespread poverty.

Are we justified in calling ourselves a developed nation? Do we not sound foolish when we talk of becoming superpower by 2020? Are we serious when we make such claims? We either swing from extreme positive (day dreamig) to extreme negativity at the drop of a hat.

Totally agree with the progress we have made in our 65 years as a independent nation. However if we truly need to make the credibility of India meaningful we got to address the disparities that is looming large in our society. The disparity is not just found in monetary health but also in other matters like political empowerment, social enrichment and even in health and other social concerns. After we are able to credibly solve this concerns we got to also look into environmental and civic disciple to truly call ourselves a developed nation.

I think police officers must be made accountable and answerable to court if any crime and harassment of women occures in their area and lower court must have power to suspend police officers in case they fail to solve case and answer to court. Also law amendment is needed to make harassment, molestation, and rape as non bailable offense....

We are miles away to emerge as a developed nation. Its not my intention to undermine the progress what we achieved till date, but at the same time we must also accept that we could not able to deliver as expected. Incidents as cited by Mr. Vinoy do happen here and there. For that we cant wipe out the nations dreams. But, our concept of a developed nation is different from others, its not just confined to dollar reserves. Materialism is swamping us cornering the well cherished values of the land. This is the biggest challenge today before us. We can overcome this problem by valuing the values. It should start from the individual level.