India is suffering from Poverty, unemployment and a lot of other social problems. Let's have a series of Q&A. One guy is optimistic and visionary, whereas the other is pessimistic and stubborn. O for optimist and P for pessimist.
P: Poverty.
P: What's the solution?
O: Employment.
P: But we have unemployment.
P: Now what's the solution?
O: Create job opportunities.
P: How?
O: Be an entrepreneur.
P: Indian market has no space. Already thousands or even millions of degree holders are rendered jobless.
O: Even better. They all need employment, go and hire them in your organization.
P (taken aback, but maintains his stance): So many products are struggling to breathe in the market, there is no scope for further addition in market capital.
O (On a serious yet confident note): Indian market has the potential, it has yet not entered the consumerism phase, once that happens, brain drain will be towards India.
P (Confused): How is that possible?
O: Education.
P (Almost faints): What has education got to do with this?
O: Go back to the root of our discussion. India does not have the purchase power, otherwise it is one of the world's biggest markets.
India does not have the purchase power (money) because of poverty, and it is because of unemployment. This limits Indian market and prevents Indians from being wealthy.
P: What's the solution? Head to USA???
O: A vicious circle can be broken from inside only, not from outside.
P: Meaning?
O: Bring a cream of well educated, employable youth and a handful of experimentalist entrepreneurs, for this the government needs to educate the Indian population.
Educated population will get/create jobs, wealth and most importantly, purchase power. This will widen Indian market and lure investors from the west.
The bottomline remains EDUCATION has the power to do anything and everything.
P(Faints...): I am defeated.
Well, so all is well that ends well. Pessimism must faint.
I firmly believe, education has the power to transform the whole society. Along with creating job opportunities, it creates wealth and purchase power and widens the market, rather opens it to the class of people who have recently tested the fruits of success and are thriving to spend.
As said by many economists, spendthrifts are always a boon to the economy. This will be possible only by bringing all the Indians on the same platform, i.e. by educating them. Government may not be able to do it so effectively because of many valid and invalid reasons, but let us not hesitate.
Yes, once again I am coming back to the same old story that I have been scripting and wrapping differently everytime, EDUCATE THE CHILDREN. THEY ARE THE FUTURE. DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.
Kudos to your thoughts...
ReplyDeleteNot only education but a positive education which is not there now....
We are loosing humanity...
this growing economics is over-riding humanity.....
Monetary growth of people make them more selfish...
You may feel that the above are pessimistic words but truth
Well, sometimes we tend to correlate irrelevant issues. Monetary growth may or may not be responsible for humanity going to dogs. If I am getting you right, you may probably be indicating towards easy availability of technology. I'd say, it depends on how you look at things.
ReplyDeleteGlobal giants like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Narayana Murthy, Ratan Tata etc are known for their CSR and philanthropy. Had they not been so rich, not many job opportunities would have been created, and not so many would have been benefited.
So, instead of debating over it, let's accept education is the must, and start toiling, as I mentioned above, I'd request one and all to participate in volunteering activities. People in Chennai must not miss Bhumi (www.bhumichennai.org), and similar NGOs and foundations must be existing in all major cities.
Let's make a resolve to educate as many kids as possible while making sure that essential qualities are embedded in kids, and let's not forget villages. Such activities must be spread from these cities acting as nuclei.