Brilliant response to a typical economist article deriding the mars mission, am copy pasting a sectoin which i particularlyu loved here.. Every society progresses by advancing on many fronts. Some fronts lag behind others but all fronts move at their own pace, and they move slowly but surely. India is moving at its own pace. It is handicapped by many problems (for example, poor governance and corruption) but is this not a path that the West too has undergone? Why then the lofty tone? Readers of the Economist may also like to try Charles Dickens to understand how British society fared at large, not too long ago. And of course, readers of The Economist may also like to read about how Britain looted and plundered India for its own profit. Some nations advance by looting and plundering, others like India do so with their own resources. Let India progress on its own terms. Its governance may be shabby and sad, but it is an open and free society that does not and cannot hide its deficiencies. It has real problems and it tries to meet the aspirations of its highest and lowest strata as best as it can. It is not China and cannot be China. It is India. We wish that its poor and down trodden can have a better life, but we see no reason why its scholars and scientists cannot dream and aim for the highest. Shame on you The Economist, for your constant negative and sneering articles about India without providing any thoughtful analysis or commentary, much less thoughtful solutions to Indias problems. Wittgenstein said it well: Whereof one has nothing to say, thereof one must stay silent. You can find the full text of the comment in this link economist/news/asia/21588945-boldly-go-china-mind-red-planet-red-rival/comments#comments ...thanks Sujatha Santhanakrishnan
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 06:52:56 +0000
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