The irresponsibly responsible

It would be better if our so called responsible national political parties act in a way befitting the world’s largest democracy.
The buzz word, as we all know today is communism and no longer democracy. This is specially highlighted by the runaway success of China as demonstrated during the 16 day Olympic event. One may always debate that China doesn’t practice communism in its true sense, but capitalism under the veil of communism. The Indian communists are no exception, brilliantly exemplified by the Tata’s Nano plant in Singur, West Bengal the heartland of communism in India. The argument that most have in support of communism is that it has transformed a country having world’s largest population into a superpower, Superpower enough to make Uncle Sam weary. The debate has gone long enough for some to propose it as a form of governance for India. Though most of us in India would not approve of it, I would say why not, if it really makes sense and solves us most of our problems. Now if that makes you think that this blog is going to highlight the differences in the two modes of governances then hold on.
I would just want to draw your attention towards the enormous progress made by China. This assumes heightened importance in the current scenario of affairs. If this is not taken as an overstatement we are slowly but surely being dragged into the cold war with China. History has been testimony to the fact that China has never been amicable with us. As I have already mentioned in the previous blog it’s a prime reason why we have been receiving such a support from all corners of the world as far as nuclear deal is concerned. I would also like to mention here the fact that the ostensible non alignment stance that we had taken also needs to be rethought. We have taken a lot many favors from the US during this current nuclear deal to deny any returns to them. Exactly this was the reason for the leftist to oppose the deal. With the clashes that we saw in Georgia has opened a fresh chapter in the decades long cold war between the two major powers. Amongst all these complex scenarios we have to be very clear with our thoughts. This time we would hardly be able to maintain any non alignment stance, which I suppose we should not take if we wish to see ourselves as a super power. I understand most of you would detest this citing many reasons but I would call it pusillanimous. The first thing we need to change in us is our servile attitude, its no surprise that world over we are known as cheap labors. All our techies who as proud to be a part of the booming service sector industry catering to the needs of the foreign markets and US in particular need to seriously rethink the role they play. No country ever became a superpower providing services. You can always cite example of the US but don’t forget that the two countries are in different stage of development. My views could be contrary to those of the legendary steel magnate L N Mittal, but the Singur episode would definitely affect our prospects of attracting foreign investment. Let’s not be overconfident of our advantages of cheap labor we should be careful not to repeat any such incident like the Singur In future. The Singur episode is an excellent example of how various state Govts are offering land to industries at a discount to attract them only to realize that they can’t subdue the injustice meted out to the farmland owners.