India is not 63 years old, but it has been feeling more young and virile than ever before. India rising and the feel good factor may have not worked for some political parties but no one could ignore or gainsay the fact that it was this campaign that spurred the confidence and invigorated the hoi polloi of India. Whether it’s the anti quota scheme of things or Jessica Lal and Priyadarshini Mattoo murder case protests, the youth is actively indulged in a pro active approach which has made India gate a new symbol of the people’s democracy and the people’s movement. A sense of fearlessness and confidence has been instilled in the pulsating youth of young India.
What is in this youth that make him stand for the justice in the society in the day under the beating sun and thronging the discotheques in the night? The youth here consider education as a worship and people here would skip their meals to send thier kids to schools. The youth of India has been known for its reverence for the elderly but when it comes to his rights and muzzling his speech; he leaves no stone unturned to deliver a befitting reply to the system. This audacity hasn’t come overnight. Post 1991, India has always been on the path of growth; making giant leaps towards the utopia of prosperity, and making it sure that the fruits of the growth are shared uniformally across all sections of the society. A meek Indian has been transformed into assertive and a devouring individual.
Since then India has surprised everyone with its success odyssey in the last decade and a half. India has leapfrogged into a new era where the internet and mobile phones have revolutionized the Indian consumers and corporations. The ever expanding horizons of thinking and imagination are the new trademarks of the global Indian businesses. 30 years back, moving to US was a done thing for IITians and MBAs from IIMs. But the scenario has changed drastically. What really lies in the future? The fact is incontrovertible that India would land in the company of developed nations by 2020. She would infact take over some of European economies like Italy, Germany and Spain and would further move to become the world’s third largest economy by 2040 and second largest by 2050.
There are presently 700 million people under the age of 35, more than twice the population of United States. Today there are 100 million mobile users and more than 70 million internet users in India. With Indians buying nearly 1 million computers every year and computer education an essential part of education, they are becoming intimately familiar with the medium and associated technologies. But it is just the tip of the massive iceberg.
The filing of the tax returns of Americans have been outsourced to India, the education of the American children have been outsourced to India, their legal expertise have been outsourced to India, and their surgeries have too been outsourced to India. So that wont be stretching it too far too say that India is truly becoming the world’s global service centre and Indian economy has been shifting gears from “developing economy” to “rapid developing economy
But how does India feel today? Thomas Freidman, renowned columnist of the New York Times and the author of ‘The World Is Flat’ explains this immaculately.
According to him if one really wants to experience how India is feeling today, one should take a bottle of champagne and shake it for one hour and then take off its cork. You surely won’t like to come in the way of cork. Would you? According to him the 21st century belongs to India. It has been the aspirations and hopes of millions and millions of Indians for the past 60 years that would now thrust the whole world into mystique.For him, INDIA is a MIRACLE.
There are 2 faces of India-one trying to straining at the leash, trying to spring forth to realize all the expectations that the world has shown upon us, the other India is still in leash.
One India says give me a chance let me prove myself, the other India says first prove yourself and may be then you have a chance.
One India lives in the optimism of our hearts, the other India lurks in the skepticism of our minds.
One India wants ,the other India hopes.
One India leads, the other India follows.
These conversions are on the rise. Slowly and slowly more and more people are moving quietly to the confident Indian side, without the world looking at it. This is new India which doesn’t boycott the foreign goods but buys the companies which make them instead. This is a new, pulsating and dynamic India.
History rarely gives a signal about its intentions, but this is the moment when history is taking a turn-this is that moment when history is turning a page. For over half a century now, we have stumbled, ran, corrupted, and sprung, fallen, rolled over but always stood again.
For one India there is a tiny little voice at the back of its head, looking down the bottom of ravine inhesitantly, the other India looks up in the sky and say it is the time to fly.
I am poised,I am rising, I am coming,I am unstoppable ......and its My turn now.
I am India.
What is in this youth that make him stand for the justice in the society in the day under the beating sun and thronging the discotheques in the night? The youth here consider education as a worship and people here would skip their meals to send thier kids to schools. The youth of India has been known for its reverence for the elderly but when it comes to his rights and muzzling his speech; he leaves no stone unturned to deliver a befitting reply to the system. This audacity hasn’t come overnight. Post 1991, India has always been on the path of growth; making giant leaps towards the utopia of prosperity, and making it sure that the fruits of the growth are shared uniformally across all sections of the society. A meek Indian has been transformed into assertive and a devouring individual.
Since then India has surprised everyone with its success odyssey in the last decade and a half. India has leapfrogged into a new era where the internet and mobile phones have revolutionized the Indian consumers and corporations. The ever expanding horizons of thinking and imagination are the new trademarks of the global Indian businesses. 30 years back, moving to US was a done thing for IITians and MBAs from IIMs. But the scenario has changed drastically. What really lies in the future? The fact is incontrovertible that India would land in the company of developed nations by 2020. She would infact take over some of European economies like Italy, Germany and Spain and would further move to become the world’s third largest economy by 2040 and second largest by 2050.
There are presently 700 million people under the age of 35, more than twice the population of United States. Today there are 100 million mobile users and more than 70 million internet users in India. With Indians buying nearly 1 million computers every year and computer education an essential part of education, they are becoming intimately familiar with the medium and associated technologies. But it is just the tip of the massive iceberg.
The filing of the tax returns of Americans have been outsourced to India, the education of the American children have been outsourced to India, their legal expertise have been outsourced to India, and their surgeries have too been outsourced to India. So that wont be stretching it too far too say that India is truly becoming the world’s global service centre and Indian economy has been shifting gears from “developing economy” to “rapid developing economy
But how does India feel today? Thomas Freidman, renowned columnist of the New York Times and the author of ‘The World Is Flat’ explains this immaculately.
According to him if one really wants to experience how India is feeling today, one should take a bottle of champagne and shake it for one hour and then take off its cork. You surely won’t like to come in the way of cork. Would you? According to him the 21st century belongs to India. It has been the aspirations and hopes of millions and millions of Indians for the past 60 years that would now thrust the whole world into mystique.For him, INDIA is a MIRACLE.
There are 2 faces of India-one trying to straining at the leash, trying to spring forth to realize all the expectations that the world has shown upon us, the other India is still in leash.
One India says give me a chance let me prove myself, the other India says first prove yourself and may be then you have a chance.
One India lives in the optimism of our hearts, the other India lurks in the skepticism of our minds.
One India wants ,the other India hopes.
One India leads, the other India follows.
These conversions are on the rise. Slowly and slowly more and more people are moving quietly to the confident Indian side, without the world looking at it. This is new India which doesn’t boycott the foreign goods but buys the companies which make them instead. This is a new, pulsating and dynamic India.
History rarely gives a signal about its intentions, but this is the moment when history is taking a turn-this is that moment when history is turning a page. For over half a century now, we have stumbled, ran, corrupted, and sprung, fallen, rolled over but always stood again.
For one India there is a tiny little voice at the back of its head, looking down the bottom of ravine inhesitantly, the other India looks up in the sky and say it is the time to fly.
I am poised,I am rising, I am coming,I am unstoppable ......and its My turn now.
I am India.
