I Speak my mind

What is the need of the hour? Indian urban class is going through difficult and a hopeful situation. You could say a kind of “urban renaissance” is going on right now on every Indian cities & towns. The urban culture, which is same everywhere on this globe, because of its global societal structure, which is mainly, based on consumerism, with the introduction of globalization and internationalization, urban economies booms like no other. Since it is consumer-centric, it is investment friendly and this reflects in every aspects of urban culture like infrastructure, healthcare etc. Now these are all outwardly, objective, materialistic features of a society. But when it comes to the mentality of people here in India , they are still closed and shutoff from the new developing and scientific ideas. They are still in the hangover of the age old Vedic cultural and societal value system which is obsolete in the present century. Most of the Indians are not even ready to make a sli...

Child labour is very much a serious crisis that India needs to confront. Our hon. Commerce Minister Anand Sharma was interviewed by a reporter during his visit to New Zealand, for FTA(free trade agreement)agreement between India & New Zealand, about child labour and how FTA will affect this. He asked this relevant question in the context, India having 12 million children working at the age of having education. Instead of understanding the seriousness of matter our hon. minister replied, "it is insulting to India and India does not allow any extraneous matters, there are other platforms to discuss this, not in trade negotiations". He, not in any way try to face the question boldly instead he always tried to slip by saying things like, "India does not encourage (it), India has forbidden child labour. We are a rule-based and rule-governed country. People should understand the complexities of India's situation and not try to mock us" . If this the attitude of...