RE: [MTC Global] India Vs. China Vs. Egypt

I think Thomas Friedman wanted to make a point and I feel that is important i.e. whether India fixes its governance first or China fixes its politics. In both the cases people will play an important role. The way we, the people, have exerted our collective might in last two and a half years and the number of active groups that have sprung up, I feel our governance may take a turn for good – it is a matter of few more years. Recent examples of good governance is amendments in Lokpal Bill expected to be passed in March, Ordinance of Justice Verma Committee report, Hanging of Afjal Guru etc. etc.

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Virendra Goel

 

 

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Dear Al,

To be frank enough, I do not find anything new in the arguments except this time Egypt is brought in.

One thing is as clear as sunlight that India have been keeping national interests secondary, first interest of individual or a group of individuals. In stead of analysing the real issues logically, on merit with reason, we color it under various names, divert the mind from main issues of national importance. Since independence, whatever happens in India, the focal point is RSS, Hindutwa, etc. Corruption and anti-national activities are being directly or indirectly supported. Is it a good governance? Is it for public good or public well-fare? Why we pat our back by stating that China's Governance system is not democratic one. Why all these system of governance? For public good. Only chatting the mantra of democracy, public good cannot be achieved.

How far is it reasonable to accept:
1. China's governance is good but no public voice (!)
2. India's governance is poor but public voice is strong (?)
3. In Egypt, no good governance and no public voice (!)


What is the ulterior motive of such an analysis made by a foreigner? Praising the public of India (most harmless, bringing dividend to developed countries), praising the Govt. of China (a mighty competitor) and praising both Govt. and public of Egypt (both as if property of developed countries)?

Think as Indian, for India.

Regards.

Yours,

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On Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:39:15 +0530 wrote


> India vs. China vs. EgyptByTHOMAS L. FRIEDMANNEW DELHIIt’s hard to escape a visit to India without someone asking you to compare it to China. This visit was no exception, but I think it’s more revealing to widen the aperture and compare India, China and Egypt. India has a weak central government but a really strong civil society, bubbling with elections and associations at every level. China has a muscular central government but a weak civil society, yet one that is clearly straining to express itself more. Egypt, alas, has a weak government and a very weak civil society, one that was suppressed for 50 years, denied real elections and, therefore, is easy prey to have its revolution diverted by the one group that could organize, the Muslim Brotherhood, in the one free space, the mosque. But there is one thing all three have in common: gigantic youth bulges under the age of 30, increasingly connected by technology but very unevenly educated.My view: Of these three, the one that will thrive the most in the 21st century will be the one that is most successful at converting its youth bulge into a â€Å"demographic dividend†that keeps paying off every decade, as opposed to a â€Å"demographic bomb†that keeps going off every decade. That will be the society that provides more of its youth with the education, jobs and voice they seek to realize their full potential.This race is about â€Å"who can enable and inspire more of its youth to help build broad societal prosperity,†argues Dov Seidman, the author of â€Å"How†and C.E.O. of LRN, which has an operating center in India. â€Å"And that’s all about leaders, parents and teachers creating environments where young people can be on a quest, not just for a job, but for a career  for a better life that doesn’t just surpass butfarsurpasses their parents.†Countries that fail to do that will have a youth bulge that is not only unemployed, but unemployable, he argued. â€Å"They will be disconnected in a connected world, despairing as they watch others build and realize their potential and curiosity.†If your country has either a strong government or a strong civil society, it has the ability to rise to this challenge. If it has neither, it will have real problems, which is why Egypt is struggling. China leads in providing its youth bulge with education, infrastructure and jobs, but lags in unleashing freedom and curiosity. India is the most intriguing case  if it can get its governance and corruption under control. The quest for upward mobility here, especially among women and girls, is palpable. I took part in the graduation ceremony for The Energy and Resources Institute last week. Of 12 awards for the top students, 11 went to women.â€Å"India today has 560 million young people under the age of 25 and 225 million between the ages of 10 and 19,†explained Shashi Tharoor, India’s minister of state for human resource development. â€Å"So for the next 40 years we should have a youthful working-age population†at a time when China and the broad industrialized world is aging. According to Tharoor, the average age in China today is around 38, whereas in India it’s around 28. In 20 years, that gap will be much larger. So this could be a huge demographic dividend  â€Å"provided that we can educate our youth  offering vocational training to some and university to others to equip them to take advantage of what the 21st-century global economy offers,†said Tharoor. â€Å"If we get it right, India becomes the workhorse of the world. If we get it wrong, there is nothing worse than unemployable, frustrated†youth.Indeed, some of India’s disaffected youth are turning to Maoism in rural areas. â€Å"We have Maoists among our tribal populations, who have not benefited from the opportunities of modern India,†Tharoor said. There have been violent Maoist incidents in 165 of India’s 625 districts in recent years, as Maoists tap into all those left out of the â€Å"Indian dream.†So there is now a huge push here to lure poor kids into school. India runs the world’s biggest midday lunch program, serving 250 million free school lunches each day. It’s also doubled its number of Indian Institutes of Technology, from eight to 16, and is planning 14 new universities for innovation and research.But this will all be for naught without better governance, argues Gurcharan Das, the former C.E.O. of Procter & Gamble India, whose latest book is â€Å"India Grows at Night: A Liberal Case for a Strong State.†â€Å"The aspirational India has no one to vote for, because no one is talking the language of public goods. Why should it take us 15 years to get justice in the courts or 12 years to build a road? The gap between [youth] aspirations and government performance is huge. My thesis is that India has risen despite the state. It is a story of public failure and private success.†That is what Das means by India grows at night, when government sleeps. â€Å"But India must learn to grow during the day,†he said. â€Å"If India fixes its governance before China fixes its politics that is who will win. ... You need a strong state and a strong society, so the society can hold the state accountable. India will only get a strong state when the best of society join the government, and China will only get a strong society when the best Mandarins go into the private sector.†Educate, Empower, ElevateProf. Bholanath DuttaFounder, Convener & PresidentMTC Global & Knowledge CafeParticipant: United Nations Global Compactwww.mtcglobal.org /www.knowledgecafe.org Cell: +91 96323 18178Email: president@knowledgecafe.org president@mtcglobal.org



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