<people can benefit from technological advances. ... India needs to use the technology to free many of > its citizens from the some of the menial tasks it still does by hand and examine how technology would assist these members of the community to raise their aspirations on a day to day basis.>[ David Futers in Halur Rasho, May 10]
A complicated matter but still good for venting one's spleen! In fact I see the same syndrome at work sometimes on goanet so it may not be that "off topic" after all. But more on this later. I get the impression that in India science & technnology is compartmentalised. Its something we do in school and college (and nowadays in a big way in Bangalore). We use it to get our qualifications and then once on the job (in India but not abroad) we concentarate on making money usually for our kith and kin. No one worth his salt sticks to an organisation for life except in government where s/he can usually safely check his brainpower at the door everyday before entering the office. There is little attention required or paid to building up organisational or national capabilities (usually through sci-tech) in a continuous way to enlarge the earning capacity of future generations, not just of our immediate kith and kin but members of the organisational or national "family". Whatever islands of excellence there are in our society are largely focused on the short term with the famed "chaltha hai" quick fix mentality relying on bailing wire, twine and the like for those beyond the pale. So much for the wider problem (from one person's perspectve) ... On goanet we find supposedly educated people prefacing their remarks with "I am not an expert" etc or that " I am not sure if this is suitable for goanet" etc. What's the harm in using one's common sense let alone imagination to discuss well known societal problems esp of Goa and make some headway in resolving them? Defining a problem is half the battle won! Here is a technology (internet) which is little more than a leg up on the typewriter technology of old and we still cant use it to our collective advantage!
