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Two Generations and their Achievements in India.
1. The country-India
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The Indian Sub-continent called India or Bharath is a wonderful country. It is a country which has the best of climate throughout most part of the year. It has a fairly cold winter which is enjoyable, it has a sweltering Summer and most part of the land even during the summer gets cool breeze from the sea surface in the evening as there is sea on all three sides of the subcontinent. And what more it has that magic of a monsoon. Every year right on dot the country receives good rainfall for a period of at least 7 months starting from June 1[SUP]st[/SUP]. The southwest and the north east monsoons are regular visitors to this land year after year without fail. The country’s plains are irrigated by the mighty perennial rivers in the north and south. Ethnicity wise this country has people with negroid, mongoloid and Aryan features populating the different regions. A plethora of religions, cultural practices, festivals, foods, traditions and languages and literature make this country unique in the world. Surrounded on three sides by the sea and on the north by the mighty Himalayan Mountain Ranges the country did not have to contend with marauding invaders for long. Before the Muslims from the Persia , the Mongols from the Mongolia and the British from the Europe invaded this country, for a very long time the country, though there were several kingdoms warring and feuding, had the vedic religions in common as the common denominator throughout the subcontinent. The muslims brought with them the Islam and Europeans brought in Christianity and thus we have every religion being practiced by people in this country today.
This country is endowed with unfailing monsoons and perennial rivers and vast plains with hard working people. So this became the cradle of some of the better known ancient civilizations of the world. Because of its climate and system of living in organised villages, the country never seriously suffered from the visitations of large scale famines or pestilence like plague. A war never really touched the village economy and after the war was over it was always business as usual unlike in other civilizations. The climate was such that pestilence was never a serious threat unlike Europe where people died in large numbers because of bulbous plague. For the people of this country Nature had been always very bountiful, sympathetic and supportive.
2. The two Generations.
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In a country’s history every thirty years a generation can be taken to have managed it. It has a sound logic too in this. A person’s most productive period is from when he is thirty years old until he reaches 60 years. Before he is thirty it is his formative years, when he takes the maximum from the society. After he is thirty he gives his maximum to the society. After sixty he lives off the good will until his call. India got its independence from the Britishers in August,1947 and became a republic with a constitution in January, 1950. So starting from 1950 we can say India has been managed by two generations of Indians. Those who were 30 years old when India became a republic on Jan 1950 have managed(1st generation) this country and all its affairs actively for thirty years upto 1980 and the next generation(2nd) has managed it from 1980 till 2010. Now that we are in 2014 we can take a look at the achievements and failings of these two generations by looking at the way the country has been managed so far. In determining generations there would be a lot of overlapping and we can ignore that for the present purpose. I intend to take the achievements and failures of these two generations in the next few posts. Members can join and supplement my effort by being supportive and critical. I do not intend to bring in any politics into this effort. I may not answer every criticism that comes my way because I may not be knowing how to counter it or because of the possibility that it may lead to unnecessary politics and argument. I look forward to a lively discussion here. Thanks.
1. The country-India
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The Indian Sub-continent called India or Bharath is a wonderful country. It is a country which has the best of climate throughout most part of the year. It has a fairly cold winter which is enjoyable, it has a sweltering Summer and most part of the land even during the summer gets cool breeze from the sea surface in the evening as there is sea on all three sides of the subcontinent. And what more it has that magic of a monsoon. Every year right on dot the country receives good rainfall for a period of at least 7 months starting from June 1[SUP]st[/SUP]. The southwest and the north east monsoons are regular visitors to this land year after year without fail. The country’s plains are irrigated by the mighty perennial rivers in the north and south. Ethnicity wise this country has people with negroid, mongoloid and Aryan features populating the different regions. A plethora of religions, cultural practices, festivals, foods, traditions and languages and literature make this country unique in the world. Surrounded on three sides by the sea and on the north by the mighty Himalayan Mountain Ranges the country did not have to contend with marauding invaders for long. Before the Muslims from the Persia , the Mongols from the Mongolia and the British from the Europe invaded this country, for a very long time the country, though there were several kingdoms warring and feuding, had the vedic religions in common as the common denominator throughout the subcontinent. The muslims brought with them the Islam and Europeans brought in Christianity and thus we have every religion being practiced by people in this country today.
This country is endowed with unfailing monsoons and perennial rivers and vast plains with hard working people. So this became the cradle of some of the better known ancient civilizations of the world. Because of its climate and system of living in organised villages, the country never seriously suffered from the visitations of large scale famines or pestilence like plague. A war never really touched the village economy and after the war was over it was always business as usual unlike in other civilizations. The climate was such that pestilence was never a serious threat unlike Europe where people died in large numbers because of bulbous plague. For the people of this country Nature had been always very bountiful, sympathetic and supportive.
2. The two Generations.
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In a country’s history every thirty years a generation can be taken to have managed it. It has a sound logic too in this. A person’s most productive period is from when he is thirty years old until he reaches 60 years. Before he is thirty it is his formative years, when he takes the maximum from the society. After he is thirty he gives his maximum to the society. After sixty he lives off the good will until his call. India got its independence from the Britishers in August,1947 and became a republic with a constitution in January, 1950. So starting from 1950 we can say India has been managed by two generations of Indians. Those who were 30 years old when India became a republic on Jan 1950 have managed(1st generation) this country and all its affairs actively for thirty years upto 1980 and the next generation(2nd) has managed it from 1980 till 2010. Now that we are in 2014 we can take a look at the achievements and failings of these two generations by looking at the way the country has been managed so far. In determining generations there would be a lot of overlapping and we can ignore that for the present purpose. I intend to take the achievements and failures of these two generations in the next few posts. Members can join and supplement my effort by being supportive and critical. I do not intend to bring in any politics into this effort. I may not answer every criticism that comes my way because I may not be knowing how to counter it or because of the possibility that it may lead to unnecessary politics and argument. I look forward to a lively discussion here. Thanks.
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