Comments on: India: A Case of Bad Governance

By: Atanu Dey

Atanu Dey — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:37:25 +0000

Rex:

India did have dictators — Nehru was one. Unfortunately he was dimwitted but he thought otherwise. Now that the Indian voters are happy to have his descendants rule, there is little chance of positive change. There’s one way out but it is not easy: public education. By that I mean the education of the masses in such areas as social, political and economic matters. A very large and ignorant public is not consistent with good governance, dictatorial or democratic. Singapore is a good example of an authoritarian government. But we don’t have a Lee Kuan Yew.

By: sarvesh

sarvesh — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:39:42 +0000

So this is not a case of bad governance at all this is the case of bad people….we are so use too of blaming other so that we never see inside….now let me put some point to prove that we r bad not government
1. Corruption, just think a day from morning to evening….how much you are safe and what is untouched…Gas …..Try to get new connection of gas..and ask I only need gas cylinder not stove…you will know how good we are…then traffic police…then ration store…then income tax office (tax manipulation) then electricity connection opening bank account(not money but see the behave of the person in Bank)every where…you can’t able to see a day which is untouched.
2. People use to fight for Religion But here in India we can fight for everything…Cast…state..you are Bihari …you are Marthai..South India..North India….languages hindi..Marthai..tamil..tu garib hai main amir hu..to amir hai main naxasali hu……and biggest to janta hai main neta hu
3. See the people..can someone tell me 10 living name..one whom I can really proud…Don’t tell me NRI’s Name…Indian name….I am not able to find 10 name.

So Guys come together and start Blaming…..all these are due to our Netas…right..happy….I am not agree…let me put my point…..Just one thing…touch your heart and ask how honest are you….courption ..end user in Leader..who is middle user…police… they are not Neta….clerck of government office …they not Neta..how many of us paid money to get work done…I believe 99%..rest 1% are the person they can’t give…they are not Neta…..So we (NOT NETA) are responsible for what we are now…all 3 point we can do right away without any neta……..So guys we are corrupt….and on what I shout proud of….being Indian….If you have answer and want to argue with me most welcome …just mail me ..I want to find a person who can justify that we r good.

By: Rex

Rex — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:09:13 +0000

I was discussing some of the points you’ve often raised (education, the Congress,pseudo-secularism to name a few) with a friend.
He raised that old chestnut of ‘why don’t you try to change things instead of complaining’.
I sat and thought about it. Sure, it feels good to volunteer, or directly teach slum kids to read and write. There is no denying the help and the gratitude of the beneficiaries, but at the end of the day how does it matter in the larger scheme of things?

The entire system is rotten from top to bottom; unless one could magically instantly replace existing politicians/bureaucrats/corrupt govt. officials with honest, ethical, hardworking and committed people, what’s the use?

I feel that a benevolent dictatorship (oxymoron, yeah) is what would help. A large group of people determined to affect positive change that can take over the running of the country. Your thoughts?

By: munagapraveen

munagapraveen — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:58:44 +0000

Hi Atanu, I am not talking about your article, but I am pointing the general perspective which I saw in many person’s articles/views.

By: Atanu Dey

Atanu Dey — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:27:49 +0000

munagapraveen:

I don’t see where anyone is making a “hue cry about school dropouts.” We are talking about education which is related to schooling but not limited to it.

By: munagapraveen

munagapraveen — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:32:59 +0000

Why everybody is making a hue cry about Dropouts from school, Education is compulsorily required only upto a level where we can read and write and more then that it is not compulosry. Even developed worlds has school dropouts and very less people go to professional education. The main reason of unemployment is blindly following our educational system instead of stressing on fields on actual work to done., there is huge requirements for plumbers, electricians or builders who ever they may be. They may be low works but now-a-days there is a lot of scarcity of them. More than half of the people who are doing their pg’s are not getting any job and looking at alternate employment like their own business or some other thing. what is the necessity of providing reservation at IIM’s & IIT’s where it is takes a lot of effort to get in, We cant make all the people PG’s by providing fee waiver.. Only person who are from well-todo families of backward castes benefit from this, In AP the govt is providing fee waiver for BC’s in PG courses also and 90% of them are from well todo families., which a spending money on wrong person..

Government must just encourage a person only upto some extent (engineering/degree but not in IIT’s) after that if the person really had interest he will find some job, earn himself and finance his further studies.,

In Our education system 95% of children studies reluctantly., so a poor person will send his child who is not willing to study to some work so that he will bring an additional income, 90% of government schools where these poor child’s study doesn’t have proper infrastructure or teachers and any interested student also change his ways here..

So Don’t make an hue cry about school dropouts, the education is required only upto a stage where a person can read & write.. Even a person studied PG also can’t fill his own income tax return (he want an expert to fill it) or cant understand a judicial document(a lawyer is needed)..