We all have great aspirations about our country's development. All of us would have some or the other time felt that India must follow a Singapore (if not a US style) type of development.
Recently I had been to Singapore for a few days, and I ensured to travel the length of the city using their public transportation, mainly the MRT. I try to do this wherever i travel to (and of course time-willing). There is no question about the development of the place. Fantastic infrastructure, great roads, streamlined traffic, superb hotels and shopping spots, and what not! Well, what i loved the most was the degree of the cosmopolitanism imbibed in the place!
Well, i guess i have digressed a bit already!
I took some time to talk to some cab drivers, a few locals, etc. throughout the few days that i traveled across Singapore. What i got to know was there was a big 'entry barrier' (if i may say so) to owning a car to owning a property and so on. Basically, for the various so-called luxuries you would ideally look for, you have an entry barrier. Besides, we all have heard of Singapore having gone through the exercise of demonetisation. And i'm sure we hate this! :)
Basically, what i am coming to is - we do not have strong barriers to almost anything here in India.
Ya man, i don't see any point seeing our country develop to the level of a Singapore only in turn to have my hands tied! We are a Nation where we have our own (albeit low) standards of discipline and lifestyle. Thus, i understood, we are in an amazing country, where we live our lives to the fullest, albeit with problems here and there!
Or may i go one step ahead and say, physical development of the country is not the only great development. People's happiness more than anything, is! And i am sure we Indians are a happy lot.
Let's stop cribbing about our Nation and remember to recall the larger benefits our country offers whenever we feel our country is highly developed!
