While browsing over the internet yesterday, I happened to stumble upon an interesting article about how India can hasten its climb as a superpower and someone had posted that Slumdog Millionaire (2008 Oscar's best movie )shows the real India and as per him , there is no way India can achieve a Super power status in 25 years.
There are many people who have inhibitions about India being superpower in 25 years and almost all of them have one of their so called logical reasoning (mentioned below) behind it.
1. Total mess (Politically)
2. Corruption
3. Population
4. Being Lazy ( trust me , i have heard it )
Total Mess - "Super Power " may hold different meaning for different people but to me ,it means a country which is economically,socially,technologically and defensively ( please note that I have mentioned military as the last criteria) developed. I believe for any country to be a super power, it needs to be a developed one first. We have political instability , there is no "one" political party that gets absolute majority in the elections and because of which there are so many things which don't get done at all . In other words, onus doesn't lie on one political party to take blame for a mistake or to even take credit for a successful strategy. If India needs to be a super power, Indians need to make some major amendments to the constitution and the first one should be "Bi- Party System". Its about time that we get rid of multi-party system and let there be one and only one party in control of the government at any given time.
Corruption - That is a killer. There is no remedy to cure corruption except tough (and equal)laws and installing a sense of responsibility in every Indian. As English say "Spare the rod, spoil the child " . Let everyone who commits a felony shall pay the price of their misdeeds. I know, we still have a long way to go but I already see some changes ( look at how many famous people got charged,sentenced in last 5 years ). Some people may say that its not enough or its too slow but then Rome was never built in a day . Strict regulations,centralization of data and tougher punishments will keep a check on the corruption and perhaps may bring it down sooner than expected.
Population - I believe NGOs and government have spent considerable amount of time and money in recent years to send out a clear message that India cannot afford a huge population. Some people argue that we should have laws like China (one child ) ,however I don't buy that statement. People need to be educated about merits of small family and I should say that government, NGOs and media have done good job in spreading the word.
Lazy - Utterly stupid reason and does not deserve any clarificion.
Slums/Poverty/population are a reality and so is our zeal to reach the pinnacle. If we get bogged down by the petty things then we shall keep waiting for another 50 years. France, which is considered to be a developed country has lot of Algerian shantytowns and of course everyone knows about Brazilian slums. India is thousands of mile away from being a developed nation forget about being one of the biggest power but we are getting there pretty fast.
There is lot to accomplish and not much time to waste. But if we can land a probe on the moon, become 11th biggest economy in the world ( miles away from where I would like to see India, considering its huge population) ,develop a fully functional cryogenic engine on our own than yes we are on the right track . I think 25 years is sufficient enough time to cleanup the mess and become one of the leading nation in the world .
It all starts with a vision and ends with proper implementation.
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I completely agree that India has the potential to be a superpower in 25 years. For that to happen, we need a complete overhaul of the current administrative practices and major social reforms. I believe corruption at the grass root level is a huge impediment to India's progress in the 21st century. The biggest reason for this inescapable corruption is the paltry salary that a government employee earns in India. Computerization of all service departments under the Government of India, like railways, electricity, education etc., can go a long way in helping India take the first step towards realizing its true potential.
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