"Crisis", this 6-lettered word never seems to vanish from the life on an average Indian. Though scores of years have passed since the National flag flew over the red fort, yet we still live in a state of uncertainity. In the the early years after independence, we suffered from Food and Financial Crisis. Thanks to the the Green revolution and operation flood, we do not have to depend for our food needs on other countries greatly today.
When our young nation was just about beginning to stand on its own feet, we had to get into war's with our neighbours. India, with its Non-Alignment stand did not buy it any support from western nations. The only thing that follows a war is Economic Crisis. As we struggled with our economy, we some how mananged our industries and slowly started to grow. From Only Ambassadors and Premier Padmini's we started pampering ourselves with Maruthi's.
On our way through the 90's and 2000's India came a long way, but not without its share of problems. Be it the Hindu-Muslim conflict that bled us more than once or the 1993 serial bomb-blasts in Mumbai. We had a security crisis as more and more infiltrations started to happen through our highly porous borders. As power changed hands at the Center, but not as much as an ear was lent to the warnings issued time and again about the defence problems and lack of political support in eradicating illegal inflitration.
The latest crisis being the economic crisis with started in the west and when everyone was about to say that it will not effect us, we find ourselves looking at our plunging sharemarket and wonder if we are really insulated from it. The Terror-Attacks in Mumbai last week shows that we are now facing a new type of crisis and this is the security crisis. A common man no more can be sure that he will be returning home safe because there are a whole bunch of terrorists sitting somewhere planning and plotting to ensure that maximum damage can be caused to human life and property. Though it is quite meaningless to argue what could and should have been done, The question which is worth giving a thought is how long should we continue with this. Is there no end to the common man's perils ? Does living under one or the other crisis a part and parcel of being born in India.
I dont believe that. I trust that we have the right to build our destiny. We are as much to blame for all the crisis as the government or any other agency. If it were not for our turing a blind eye towards these problems they would not have loomed over us as catasthropes...We can get all these crises behind us only if we are willing to do the right things at the right times.....
When our young nation was just about beginning to stand on its own feet, we had to get into war's with our neighbours. India, with its Non-Alignment stand did not buy it any support from western nations. The only thing that follows a war is Economic Crisis. As we struggled with our economy, we some how mananged our industries and slowly started to grow. From Only Ambassadors and Premier Padmini's we started pampering ourselves with Maruthi's.
On our way through the 90's and 2000's India came a long way, but not without its share of problems. Be it the Hindu-Muslim conflict that bled us more than once or the 1993 serial bomb-blasts in Mumbai. We had a security crisis as more and more infiltrations started to happen through our highly porous borders. As power changed hands at the Center, but not as much as an ear was lent to the warnings issued time and again about the defence problems and lack of political support in eradicating illegal inflitration.
The latest crisis being the economic crisis with started in the west and when everyone was about to say that it will not effect us, we find ourselves looking at our plunging sharemarket and wonder if we are really insulated from it. The Terror-Attacks in Mumbai last week shows that we are now facing a new type of crisis and this is the security crisis. A common man no more can be sure that he will be returning home safe because there are a whole bunch of terrorists sitting somewhere planning and plotting to ensure that maximum damage can be caused to human life and property. Though it is quite meaningless to argue what could and should have been done, The question which is worth giving a thought is how long should we continue with this. Is there no end to the common man's perils ? Does living under one or the other crisis a part and parcel of being born in India.
I dont believe that. I trust that we have the right to build our destiny. We are as much to blame for all the crisis as the government or any other agency. If it were not for our turing a blind eye towards these problems they would not have loomed over us as catasthropes...We can get all these crises behind us only if we are willing to do the right things at the right times.....
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