`India is poised to top the world'
Staff Reporter
A silent revolution is going on in the panchayats: B.S. Raghavan
COIMBATORE: Backed by ancient wisdom and the ability to survive as a democracy, India is likely to emerge as a vibrant nation in the years ahead, the writer and former Policy Advisor to the United Nations, B.S. Raghavan, said here recently.
"Wherever I go, I see enthusiasm. A silent revolution is going on in the panchayats and that will uplift us. Among businessmen there is a `We can do it!' attitude. India is heading for nothing but the best," he said.
Mr. Raghavan was the chief guest at the 23rd Continuing Orthopaedic Education Course-2005, jointly organised by the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation and Ganga Hospital.
"India is an ancient country with a 10,000-year history and traditions. It will have to absorb changes in a manner that is beneficial and in keeping with its own dignity and glory," he observed.
Being an "enduring democracy", the country could not do away with dissent and contrary views. It took time to convince people through debate, discussion and appeal to logic and the intellect.
"We have shown we can make our country great and that we are second to none," Mr. Raghavan noted.
However, the country was individually very good but collectively did not synergise in order to bring together skill and talent. Citizens were not involved in improving the quality of public life. They confined themselves to speaking ill of politicians instead of taking steps to cleanse politics. Party politics should be transformed to people's politics.
"We must accept nothing but the best, without making allowances for inefficiency and ineptitude. We seem to have an infinite tolerance of inefficiency, lapses and deviations," he said.
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"India is You. What you are going to do or fail to do, what you have as your vision, all this is going to contribute to what India is going to become. A country is an abstraction. How can it become No. 1 if we do not become No. 1? Ask what you are going to do to make India what you want it to become," Mr. Raghavan added.
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Revolutions used to occur at long intervals but at present, there were simultaneous revolutions taking place in the growth of knowledge, development of information technology, growth in communications, increase in technology and changes in social attitudes.
Staff Reporter
A silent revolution is going on in the panchayats: B.S. Raghavan
COIMBATORE: Backed by ancient wisdom and the ability to survive as a democracy, India is likely to emerge as a vibrant nation in the years ahead, the writer and former Policy Advisor to the United Nations, B.S. Raghavan, said here recently.
"Wherever I go, I see enthusiasm. A silent revolution is going on in the panchayats and that will uplift us. Among businessmen there is a `We can do it!' attitude. India is heading for nothing but the best," he said.
Mr. Raghavan was the chief guest at the 23rd Continuing Orthopaedic Education Course-2005, jointly organised by the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation and Ganga Hospital.
"India is an ancient country with a 10,000-year history and traditions. It will have to absorb changes in a manner that is beneficial and in keeping with its own dignity and glory," he observed.
Being an "enduring democracy", the country could not do away with dissent and contrary views. It took time to convince people through debate, discussion and appeal to logic and the intellect.
"We have shown we can make our country great and that we are second to none," Mr. Raghavan noted.
However, the country was individually very good but collectively did not synergise in order to bring together skill and talent. Citizens were not involved in improving the quality of public life. They confined themselves to speaking ill of politicians instead of taking steps to cleanse politics. Party politics should be transformed to people's politics.
"We must accept nothing but the best, without making allowances for inefficiency and ineptitude. We seem to have an infinite tolerance of inefficiency, lapses and deviations," he said.
<span style='color:red'>
"India is You. What you are going to do or fail to do, what you have as your vision, all this is going to contribute to what India is going to become. A country is an abstraction. How can it become No. 1 if we do not become No. 1? Ask what you are going to do to make India what you want it to become," Mr. Raghavan added.
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Revolutions used to occur at long intervals but at present, there were simultaneous revolutions taking place in the growth of knowledge, development of information technology, growth in communications, increase in technology and changes in social attitudes.