06-19-2004, 08:51 PM
I presume you give no credit to the NDA government for trying mightily to do this and for at least bringing it into the political arena as a subject of some urgency . Linking rivers has been a dream of past visionaries like KL Rao, but they like their successors did not have the political skills to make it happen. Maybe Abdul Kalaam will have better luck if he takes it up as a national cause
Now that the Congress is in the clutches of the communists you can rest assured they will move heaven and earth to prevent it from happening.
I agree with you that lack of unity among indians is a major obstacle to making these projects happen.
However, it is no use blaming all Indians with a broad brush for all the ills of mankind. Blaming everybody essentially takes the monkey of our 'collective ' backs and the argument goes, if it is everybody's fault there is little that i can do. Further , if we make this a partisan issue and avoid naming names , it will never happen. One has to be more specific as to who the main obstacles are, so that one can hold them accountable and then deny them electability if this is a valid enough reason for doing so.
Now that the Congress is in the clutches of the communists you can rest assured they will move heaven and earth to prevent it from happening.
I agree with you that lack of unity among indians is a major obstacle to making these projects happen.
However, it is no use blaming all Indians with a broad brush for all the ills of mankind. Blaming everybody essentially takes the monkey of our 'collective ' backs and the argument goes, if it is everybody's fault there is little that i can do. Further , if we make this a partisan issue and avoid naming names , it will never happen. One has to be more specific as to who the main obstacles are, so that one can hold them accountable and then deny them electability if this is a valid enough reason for doing so.