Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:11:30 +0530 > IT IS AN INTERESTING SUMMARY FOR WHATEVER ITS > WORTH. > > > > > > > > ---In this last > Swaminomics of the millennium, I would like to sum up our > performance in the 20th century in one sentence. Indians > have succeeded in countries ruled by whites, but failed in > their own. > > > This outcome would have > astonished leaders of our independence movement. They > declared Indians were kept down by white rule and could > flourish only under self-rule.. This seemed self-evident. The > harsh reality today is that Indians are succeeding > brilliantly in countries ruled by whites, but failing in > India . They are flourishing in the USA and Britain . > > > > But those that stay in India > are pulled down by an outrageous system that fails to reward > merit or talent. Fails to allow people and businesses to > grow, and keeps real power with netas, babus, and assorted > manipulators. Once Indians go to white-ruled > countries, they soar and > conquer summits once occupied only by whites. > > > Rono Dutta has become head of > United Airlines, the biggest airline in the world. Had he > stayed in India , he would have no chance in Indian > Airlines. Even if the top job there was given to him by some > godfather, a myriad netas, babus and trade unionists would > have ensured that he could never run it like United > Airlines. > > > Rana Talwar has become head of > Standard Chartered Bank Plc, one of the biggest > multinational banks in Britain , while still in his 40s. Had > he > been in India , he would perhaps be a local manager in the > State Bank, taking orders from babus to give loans to > politically favoured clients. > > > Rajat Gupta is head of > Mckinsey, the biggest management consultancy firm in the > world. He now advises the biggest multinationals on how to > run their business. Had he remained in India he would > probably be taking orders from some sethji with no > qualification save that of being born in a rich family. > > > > Lakhsmi Mittal has become the > biggest steel baron in the world, with steel plants in the > US , Kazakhstan , Germany , Mexico , Trinidad and Indonesia > . India 's socialist policies reserved the domestic > steel industry for the public sector. So Lakhsmi Mittal went > to Indonesia to run his family's first steel plant > there. Once freed from the shackles of India , he conquered > the world.. > > > Subhash Chandra of Zee TV has become a global media > king, one of the few to beat Rupert Murdoch. He could never > have risen had he been limited to India , which decreed a TV > monopoly for Doordarshan. But technology came to his aid: > satellite TV made it possible for him to target India from > Hong Kong . Once he escaped Indian rules and soil, he > soared. > > > You may not have heard of > 48-year old Gururaj Deshpande. His communicat ions company, > Sycamore, is currently valued by the US stock market at over > $ 30 billion, making him perhaps one of the richest Indians > in the world. Had he remained in India , he would probably > be a babu in the Department of Telecommunications. > > > Arun Netravali has become > president of Bell Labs, one of the biggest research and > development centres in the world with 30,000 inventions and > several Nobel Prizes to its credit. Had he been in > India , he would probably be struggling in the middle > cadre of Indian Telephone Industries. Silicon Valley alone > contains over one lac Indian millionaires. > > > Sabeer Bhatia invented Hotmail > and sold it to Microsoft for $ 400 million. Victor Menezes > is number two in Citibank. Shailesh Mehta is CEO of > Providian, a top US financial services company. Also at or > near the top are Rakesh Gangwal of US Air, Jamshd Wadia of > Arthur Andersen, and Aman Mehta of Hong Kong & amp; > Shanghai Banking Corp. > > > In Washington DC , the Indian > CEO High Tech Council has no less than 200 members, all high > tech-chiefs. While Indians have soared, India has stagnated. > At independence India was the most advanced of all colonies, > with the best prospects. > > > Today with a GNP per head of > $370, it occupies a lowly 177th position among 209 > countries of the world. But poverty is by no means the > only or main problem. India ranks near the bottom in the > UNDP's Human Development Index, but high up in > Transparency International's Corruption Index. > > > The neta-babu raj brought in > by socialist policies is only one reason for India 's > failure. The more sordid reason is the rule-based society we > inherited from the British Raj is today in tatters. Instead > money, muscle and influence matter most. > > At independence we were justly > proud of our politicians. Today we regard them as scoundrels > and criminals. They have created a jungle of laws in the > holy name of socialism, and used these to line their pockets > and create patronage networks. No influential crook suffers. > The Mafia flourish unhindered because they have political > links. > > > The sons of police officers > believe they > have a licence to rape and kill (ask the Mattoo family). > Talent cannot take you far amidst such rank misgovernance. > We are reverting to our ancient feudal system where no rules > applied to the powerful. The British Raj brought in abstract > concepts of justice for all, equality before the law. These > were maintained in the early years of independence. But > fifty years later, citizens wail that India is a lawless > land where no rules are obeyed. > > > I have heard of an IAS > probationer at the Mussorie training academy pointing out > that in India before the British came, making money and > distributing favours to relatives was not considered a > perversion of power, it was the very rationale of power. > > > > A feudal official had a duty > to enrich his family and caste. Then the British came and > imposed a new ethical code on officials. But, he asked, why > should we continue to choose > British customs over desi ones now that we were > independent? > > > The lack of transparent rules, > properly enforced, is a major reason why talented Indians > cannot rise in India . A second reason is the neta-babu raj, > which remains intact despite supposed liberalisation. But > once talented Indians go to rule-based societies in the > west, they take off. 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