I take pride in saying that most of the people around me rather say all are most intelligent people blessed with best of education and in terms of potential - every one packs a nuclear bomb in his belly. But the common trend among most is - they all are contributing to current Indian GDP. Most of them are creating “present day ” services which is no doubt adding to our GDP. But is doing this enough? What should serve our country best?

We are not here to put a “+” to the resources but a “x” sign. We should not create “present services ” but create Future service creators.  If i build a road , I just dont increase my countries GDP by the cost of building that road, but it multiplies ‘n’ number of times as the moment a road is built , there will be vendors along it, there will be contruction, there will be traffic n vehicles, there will be electricity consumption , there will be taxes so many things to think of.

 I sail in a boat where i am not praticing what i am preaching. If i am hardcore statistical stud, borrowing project from abroad and solving a financial miracle for him, what i am doing is just adding my salary to my countries growth with some addon like salary of support staff, air conditioner, computer vendor etc. not in entireity but fraction of it. This is not our country needs . Then what should be our aim?

There was a time where all the japanese in america struggled under a single aim to get hold of american technological blue prints and get it replicated in Japan. Every single IIM grad is bind by atleast one aim i.e to get his company go and recurit from IIM Campus. So We should struggle to do get our companies have operations in India, not just outsource in India. Imagine if you are the guy who brought Boeing to India to make aircraft - if you can do that you can change the landscape of India manufacturing practises. If you are one who is bring Canadian robotic arms to be manufactured in India you can imagine what huge change it can bring to our future capabilities.

 I am working in the services industry itself. I can see people trying to create services by creating their own layers between the distribution channel ( thats precisely what i am doing ) and think that they have done a lot by becoming entrepreneurs. Its my own woe. A person can buy tickets by going to the multiplex, what we will be doing to bring the ticket to him. But does it actually serve the country in the long run?

These replication of existing service can only bring about efficiencies ( like it will only reduce the travelling of a person if he doesnt get the ticket for a house full show once he reaches home - but who the hell goes back home? They will eat out - I just killed business for that eatry )

Innovating, Manufacturing and constructing is the only way you can contribute to the future GDP. You are not here to create, you should rather strieve to gather enablers so that other countrymen can create.

Again, Lots to scribble but lost my thought mid way… Bricks Batters and comments please !!

Suddenly while watching this movie “Lions of Punjab” it put me into a dilemma whether I can call myself a country – loving Indian, a patriot or I have become to educated, too liberal, too global and insensitive to my belongingness to a country. There are lot many thoughts like this which I am sure many have shared at different points of time or rather been too busy to actually realize.

The point in the movie which provoked my thought was a scene were a person of foreign origin was about to sing the national anthem. Thought the immediate reaction might be that he being a foreigner knows the Indian anthem by heart and can I actually sing it from start to end? I easily dodged the question – It’s a movie and that actor was made to memorize it by heart and take was finalized after more than dozen repetitions – see it was easy. But the actual point of surprise came when the director of the movie had to specifically mention (though under a disguise of a pun) – “Yes! He is going to sing the anthem. So please stand up “.

I am particularly ruling Mumbai out of this article as they have been educated to stand to the anthem but others are not used to it. The lethargy to stand or the inhibition or awkwardness (I will come to the exact reason later) was really evident. I even recall sometime back an advertisement floating on the television (issued on public interest) where a lame man stands up to the respect of the anthem but the masses largely ignore it or treat it at par with a “good song”.

First of all, coming to the movie hall incidence – I think the answer lies in one question. If you are sitting in a restaurant and the manager asks a question to all the people sitting in the crowd “ how many of you own a cell phone – please raise your hand” I wouldn’t have picked up my hand as I know everybody has a cell phone and there is no big deal in putting up my hand and letting people know – the crowd will look at you as “here is another attention seeker”. But had the same question dated back to 1998, where I would have been asked the question and had I got a cell phone, I would a proudly but politely raised my hand. So coming to analogy, had the same movie being played in New York, Durban or Beijing I would have jumped up my seat and would have proud to “show off – Hey I love my Country “ . I haven’t gone to answer whether this is right or wrong – its just an effort to explain a mass behavior.

Americans have master this art to “show off how much they love their country” .

Have lots of thoughts to scribble, currently I have most deadly situation to handle – Mom is standing on my head and as its lunch time – another Indian Dilema

Just leave your thoughts on this issue.