was fortunate / unfortunate to be a part of a corporate delegation of CII working on India -Africa partnership towards development. there were over 1000 people in taj palace delhi wherein over the two days people exchanged ideas and projects which can be done together for mutual benefit and combining competencies. all looked fine and professional until, i attended a session with non other than our ministers of external affairs and industry ....Mr. S M krishna and Mr. Anand sharma addressed all of us .................
they talked at length about the importance of development , role of mahatma gandhi !!!!???, and the need for india africa to come together for setting up standards for the future generations ... ( for over an hour )
my mind raced back and forth from the images of africa i carried from my past visits .. and the resemblance of the same to our rural territories..... the similarity is alarming. only difference is in the attitude.
most of the african nations like ivory coast, senegal, congo, ghana..etc etc have been riddled with crime, civil war and corruption.
we in india would like to believe that ' India is shining' .. and refuse to accept we are also in same situation... thing maoists, bodos, kashmiris, naxals, muslim extremists and last but not the least the our own elected jokers.. the politicians.
India is not just delhi, mumbai, bangalore and chennai.. India is also gadchiroli, maldah, bastar ghowa ..etc etc .
our government talks of millions of dollars support for under developed african countries.. but if you see the last budget
what was offered to our own under developed areas was comparitively miniscule.
some times being a big country is a great disadvantage !!! i see more and more smaller countries tightening up and holding the politicos accountable and responsible.
I think a possible solution would be to accept that India is like Europe and have administration that accepts the differences rather than a forced similarity!
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