Cliches...

Being an iitian and indian there are some obvious things about which i dont even have to think to write. They include....

• Cricket
• Corruption
• Politicians
• IIT
• Bollywood
• Booming economy
• Infrastructure bottlenecks.
• Chinese dragon etc.
• Impact of Left front on govt.
• United states and nucler deals with them. etc. etc.
  

I hope to come up with a few more while i complete this post. So what are other issues that matter to us and arent as obvious.

Actually there used to be a term called "Brain Drain" which has suddenly popped up in my mind and i have to think about it for writing. There used to be alot of hue and cry about the elite of india running out to mainly USA, Europe and to some extent gulf.

Why would a person who is recongized as the best of the lot and has proved himself "go out and forget his motherland" in the words of critics. Why ??
They claim that these people use the money of indian tax payers and dont contribute back to the society.
I havent always held the same views regarding this phenomena of people searching greener pasterus. Indians send the highest amounts back home in the world. This fact proves that people actually dont forget their motherland. I am a firm believer of the theory that all these people who left india years ago are the ones who actually by their hard work have built a positive image of the country whose effects are being reaped by the whole country today.

But still the question remains why would one leave his home and go as far as seven seas??
Well not a very tough answer actually...What has india got to offer to the people who are the best in what they do....

• archaic old instruments for research in IIT.....what happens in other colleges which arent as well funded by the govt. can only be imagined.
• The companies in india are so small that even if you become CEO you dont stand any where as soon as you go on a global platform.

Actually the way indian education system has developed the best of the people graduate from IIT's and IIM's and that is why i have taken these two examples.

I believe that the basic problem is with the psyche of the coutry. We used to be a country with one of the highest savings rate in the world. It means that we dont want to take a risk and dont want to grow. The reason lies in the way mixed economy in which government used to take the initiative in most of the projects not allowing the entreprenures to function freely. The quota system being responsible for that.

What has changed now that we dont talk about it any more???
Well to quote Anand Mahindra

"Mahindra&Mahindra is leader in tractor production in Indian market which is the largest in the world so it should obviously be the world leader in tractor production."

With the opening of economy which has been a gradual process we are looking at Indian MNC's like Aditya Birla, M&M, Tata's....
The opportunities coming to india and pay packeges rising faster than anywhere else in the world the elite has started to think about staying here. There are trends that suggest that people are actually thinking about coming back to india.
I am firm believer of the theory that man is born free and should have right to exercise his freedom and use his talent where he feels comfortable and is able to give his best.

Its us who have cut this mother earth into parts.
"Panchi nadiya gagan yeh taare, Koi sarhad naa inhe roke
Sarhadein insanon ke liye hain, Socho tumne aur maine kya paya insaan hoke"

Actually it makes business sense to be indian today and talk about globalization about which i will talk more later otherwise i have no liking to be this philosophical and cliched

ak