Vasu
Reddy From Chicago
Several
years ago Mrs. Clinton wrote a book; “It Takes a Village” and it
was a wonderful and simple book that references to everyone in a
small place need to get involved in raising children. It was a
definitely a wonderful reflection of her thoughts on raising a child
and the simple things that are needed to make it a wonderful
beginning for children. For many people who come from India
including myself, the idea of growing older is not simply going to
school and studying and getting good grades and getting on a plane to
go to some where far away and start working for a living. It is much
more to it than just passing and going to work. The friends,
relatives, brothers and sisters and parents, uncles and aunts, grand
parents and many more loving and giving and caring folks all around
you, that make it a childhood that you can never go back to and will
never forget and also will always be the formation of your future, is
all about the Indian life. Many of us have the experience of a
village or a small town, where the whole place is your extended
family.
Mrs.
Clinton's book wonderfully captures the investment into each child by
the family and extended family and friends in the formative years of
a child, which ultimately leads to happy and productive childhood
that leads to the same in adulthood.
Our
current prime minister of India has voiced many plans for all
Indians, and specially his much commonly used word of development for
all Indians is sort of over used in his first few months in his
office. His ministers and staff constantly use the word development,
it has no real significance to someone listening to the all ready
elected politicians. It takes money for doing things and if doing
things is development, then India needs a lot of money.
We
really need a lot of money from every source we can get to get
started on the massive agenda laid out by Modi to bring all Indians
on the path of development. Although noble and forward looking, the
money matters play the most important role in development.
Modi
is a master salesman and not just the CEO. He has been able to get
his Asian partners lineup and now he is embarking on the United
States for help with Indian development. Although he uses the word
development, he is also an expert in getting things done. The
gentleman is simple, direct and has no issues in asking for help,
while always having India first on his agenda. It is a foregone
conclusion that USA will embrace him and the industries and investors
will more than agree to his plans for India's development. There
will be no question on his public and private pitching 24/7/365 for
all of India, and there is no doubt that those who he is pitching to
will embrace his plans. India for a change has someone who is
putting India and Indians first.
His
initiates with the Japanese and Chinese and his interactions with the
neighbors, and his messages and actions within the country all along
with a public display of actions and also follow-up are all good
beginnings for the nation. Modi and his life style of simplicity
continues to draw the nation to his very move. So, far his every
move has been keenly watched and followed, and so far all good.
This
PM does have an advantage as the money that is being invested will go
into investment into the country. If all the money that is put into
Indian economy really goes into the economy then there will be no
looking back for the country. If we go back into the last few years
of scams and looting, the money will have been more than adequate for
making the country self sufficient. Modi if nothing has the
reputation of making sure people are not squandering money and also
not lining their pockets. So, India should look forward to a much
more rapid pace in country becoming self sufficient and more
productive.
Reference;
It
Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us is
a book published in 1996 by First
Lady of the United States Hillary
Rodham Clinton
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