This is my response to an article published online in the Business-Standard. The original article is Here.
India's irony is that despite its burgeoning population it will not die of starvation. It is dying under the sheer weight of ignorance; the learned nonsense of the elite and vast emptiness of the masses.
Without any consideration the central theme touted by all politicians, for a progressive India,is the huge demographic dividend that India enjoys. Is the youth being channeled in the right direction? Is our education system up to it? Are we imparting the right skills and education to empower the youth or are a large percentage merely finishing College to show off an unemployable degree due lack of appropriate skills and knowledge. A human bomb is ticking away created by disparities in education and inequalities of skill. We have to get our primary,secondary and higher education system right.
Whilst the Europeans could go back to their farms and eek a living, where will hundreds of million Indians turn to. We are already facing severe water crunch and drought to sustain productivity on the existing agricultural land. If what the writer says is true, we are in for an unprecedented anarchy.Time and tide have yet not deserted us. What we need is visionary leadership who can call a spade a spade,set the education system right, amend labour laws and not fall prey to petty politics.
India's irony is that despite its burgeoning population it will not die of starvation. It is dying under the sheer weight of ignorance; the learned nonsense of the elite and vast emptiness of the masses.
Without any consideration the central theme touted by all politicians, for a progressive India,is the huge demographic dividend that India enjoys. Is the youth being channeled in the right direction? Is our education system up to it? Are we imparting the right skills and education to empower the youth or are a large percentage merely finishing College to show off an unemployable degree due lack of appropriate skills and knowledge. A human bomb is ticking away created by disparities in education and inequalities of skill. We have to get our primary,secondary and higher education system right.
Whilst the Europeans could go back to their farms and eek a living, where will hundreds of million Indians turn to. We are already facing severe water crunch and drought to sustain productivity on the existing agricultural land. If what the writer says is true, we are in for an unprecedented anarchy.Time and tide have yet not deserted us. What we need is visionary leadership who can call a spade a spade,set the education system right, amend labour laws and not fall prey to petty politics.
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