Today is the day of my life, when for the first time I have decided
to share my thoughts with the world. Not that I am a great philosopher
or a scientist etc., but I am a very common man of this humble country.
And the beauty is that I am still able to do it, in a constructive way.
Five years back I couldn't even dream of it. Technology has changed the
destiny of this country. I remember the days before liberalisation. Life
was restricted. We had to just accept what was offered by the market.
Choices were few, in some cases there were none. My life was not
affected though at that time, I am talking about the late 80's. I was a
kid and was happy with my cricket bat and my bicycle. And then came the
year 1991. USSR disintegrated. I was sad not because I was a communist
or anything like that, but I was afraid I would not get to read the MIR
publisher books from Russia, on so many topics, specially of science.
They were tanslated into so many Indian languages, and were low priced
and affordable. I revered USSR not because of the communism thing, but
because of their approach to science and technology. And today when I am
sitting in front of my laptop, writing this blog, with a wireless
router pumping the TCP-IP bits into it, I wonder what life would be
after ten years. Do I have the luxury of growing old? Today the kids are
smarter than me. The point is that change has come, and in a big way.
What caused it ? I would say liberalisation. Thats my view. I don't know
of any such thing as powerful as economics. Economics drives the
society and not vice-versa. I used to think that social structure drives
the economics, but we all know that its not the case. Otherwise
communism would not have collapsed. Social structuring could not do much
with the dynamics of the moolah.
If I try to understand it in this way, lets say, the more the idealistic approach is taken for social structuring, the more the chances are for chaos. A concept very similar to entropy in thermodynamics. Thats my premise. So the most effective way to deal with the social structuring problem would be to give people as many choices as possible. And that is what liberalisation has facilitated. I would say in the last 60 years of Indian independence, this was the most revolutionary step towards the country's development. And we can very well see how the world economy is benefitting from this. Corporations in the west are getting a great deal of work done at a much cheaper rate. The myth here is that Indians are taking away jobs from Americans. But the reality is that it is giving these corporations the much needed vital capacity to breathe. The truth is that economy is growing beyond the borders. The impact on the society is very prominent. We are not only thinking beyond borders, but we are gradully losing our regional identities and developing a much wider global identity. And this is what I can see in our cafeterias when I see Americans or Europeans enjoying the vegetarian meals with their Indian counterparts. We all, irrespective of our regional identities are mutating towards becoming global citizens of the world. And a day will come when finally economics would be able to provide the solution to the problem of social restructuring.
The crux is that freedom of thoughts is necessary for social development. An individual can think freely when his/her basic necessities are fulfilled.
If I try to understand it in this way, lets say, the more the idealistic approach is taken for social structuring, the more the chances are for chaos. A concept very similar to entropy in thermodynamics. Thats my premise. So the most effective way to deal with the social structuring problem would be to give people as many choices as possible. And that is what liberalisation has facilitated. I would say in the last 60 years of Indian independence, this was the most revolutionary step towards the country's development. And we can very well see how the world economy is benefitting from this. Corporations in the west are getting a great deal of work done at a much cheaper rate. The myth here is that Indians are taking away jobs from Americans. But the reality is that it is giving these corporations the much needed vital capacity to breathe. The truth is that economy is growing beyond the borders. The impact on the society is very prominent. We are not only thinking beyond borders, but we are gradully losing our regional identities and developing a much wider global identity. And this is what I can see in our cafeterias when I see Americans or Europeans enjoying the vegetarian meals with their Indian counterparts. We all, irrespective of our regional identities are mutating towards becoming global citizens of the world. And a day will come when finally economics would be able to provide the solution to the problem of social restructuring.
The crux is that freedom of thoughts is necessary for social development. An individual can think freely when his/her basic necessities are fulfilled.
