Re: A case for the rapid urbanization of India

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In a message dated 9/7/00 12:16:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
nraju_r@hotmail.com writes:

<< Hi,
 Thank you for a very thoughtful article.You have presented the case for

 urbanisation forcefully and I cannot help but agree with you.It is true

 that
 man(brain)-power is the most wasted resource in India.Someone once told

 me
 that we are the second most intelligent race in the world.Even if that
 is an
 exaggeration the fact remains that we are a country of more than a
 billion
 people who have learned to live in a state of blissful lethargy and
 constant
 whining.Much blame can be placed on the government for not providing
the

 people with an environment where they can be productive.Since
 independence
 we have been following a policy of appeasement.If the farmer needs
 electricity  we subsidise it rather than encourage him to become more
 productive and afford it.While this policy might help in getting votes
 ,it
 encourages lethargy and results in a work force that learns to demand
 more
 rather than produce more.Naturally we are faced with a situation where
 we
 are no longer able to sustain the massive subsidisation and this drives

 the
 disillusioned farmer towards the cities.
         Sometime back I had to travel through some slum areas in bombay

 and the
 plight of the people living there brought tears to my eyes.What really
 struck me was the fact that the people had resigned to their present
 state
 and there was almost a feeling of contentment.If our workforce is going

 to
 be satisfied by earning Rs.20 per day then they are going to work only
 so
 much.I am not impling that the indian worker does not want money.What I

 am
 saying is that years and years of inactivity has eroded our work ethics

 and
 we would rather live among filth and dirt than work ourselves out of
 it.It
 is this attitude that has to change first if we are to become more
 productive.The horse has to be willing to drink water....I know that I
 am
 presenting what is a personal opinion and what might even be wrong but
I

 will be the first person to be happy if someone in this forum proves me

 wrong.Jai Hind.
                         nagaraju


  >>

To say that "the horse has to be willing to drink water" is pretty
insensitive. What choice have the people got. Unless we stop to give the

water we cannot assume that the horse is unwilling to drink.



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