Imagining India by Nandan Nilekani reflects the honest Indian soul & undying hope of people like me!
Nilekani's thoughts are typical all of us who got their education in India, opportunity to serve either through Corporate structure or Government sector like me, sticking to ethical standards both in private and public life. Yes I too feel fulfilled with my 35 years in Indian Railway Service of Engineers my patents/ service as MD Konkan Railway very satisfying with unavoidable internal fights with bosses with different agendas- a normal occurrence in any society. But the price we pay for self interest of quite a few highly placed individuals is too steep. In government sponsored or controlled projects invariably our technology though superior to imported options, get marginalised, with procurers prevailing the decision and policy making corridors of power. Whereas our country could have become wealthier and provide the same riches which the rulers aspire for, but in longer time frame, with making India number one in technology leadership in the world, the third world mentality prevailed in our country. That is the sad feeling with which I laid down my office on the last day of my service. I share the optimism with Nandan- one's own life time is too short, one may say, in a country's democratic evolution. But how Singapore achieved within one's own life time stares at us.
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