Where are we heading as a country? I don’t see a great future in the near future . The politicians are not serious nor they were any day serious about India. How can we be serious when we have an acting Finance Minister presenting the union budget? It is ridiculous.
At present I live in the so called ‘happening city’ called Bengaluru. No doubt it’s a very nice place with good people and equally good climate. But what the city lacks is “infrastructure”. It is called the IT capital of India. I feel it should be termed “worst infrastructure” capital of India. This is the problem with most of the cities in India. What is the reason of the infrastructure projects/ government projects getting delayed? The Karnataka government has promised that the first phase of the metro rail would be ready by 2009. And am sure this is not going to happen. It’s again a “promise” made by the government. There are many projects of this kind which are in serious trouble across India. But what is the solution? I have an answer.
I want to ask Mr. Narayana Murthy, what is important ? To be chief mentor of Infosys or to take up a government project and manage it successfully. If he has already taken up a few, then why doesn’t he go ahead and take up more projects of that kind? He is a person who has shown immense leadership and extra ordinary managerial skills. I think the nation requires him more than Infosys. And a manager is a good manager if he/ she can manage any kind of resource. Does Tata and Sons require the services of Mr. Ratan Tata?
May be Infosys requires the services of Mr. Murthy or Tata and Sons require the Mr. Ratan Tata. But I feel, its the nation which requires people like them more than anyone else.
It’s high time people like them get together and take up big infrastructure projects and manage them with the co-operation from government. Even the government has to take a step forward and allow these individuals to manage the projects with complete autonomy.
And it’s time for young people like me to take up a village and transform it. I don’t know how many have heard about a gentle man named - Rangasamy Elango . A mechanical engineer from IIT had a vision for his village Kuthambakkam. The way he has transformed this village is tremendous. It is worth reading his interview on http://www.indiatogether.org/govt/local/interviews/elango.htm
It’s time to rise. I don’t know how long are we going to tell this? All we can do is, be optimistic and keep praying that one day, the politicians will transform into “real politicians”. God bless India. Jain Hind!
