Thread by @YusufDFI

I made this post in general. Not directed at anyone. But one section of ppl have replied that they have “woken” up now. Validating my tweet & also accepting their regression. Sad.

Wow do we call these “woken” chaps as “woke” ? 😂😂

https://twitter.com/YusufDFI/status/1490157757713960961

India’s goal was/is development-become a middle/upper middle income country.We rank 144 (2020). Some got left behind on socio-economic parameters because of their own issues & “appeasement”. Others progressed. Now for some “civilisational or ideological goals” we want to go back.

This will only hurt our development journey, to become say a $20 tn economy by mid century. Do we want to end up at the very socio-economic condition of the “appeased” ppl? Talk about cutting nose to spite the face. Strange schadenfreude+masochist.

World is in a race to get to the top. In India it seems we are in a race to slide to the bottom.And that’s “awakening”.

As I’ve said earlier,India’s “civilisational goal” should be development. Be leaders in various fields. To become rich. That’s our road to become Vishwaguru.

Answer to fundamentalism and radicalisation is to become fundoo & radical ourselves? In the past, the thinking was, if they want to be left behind, we can’t help. Others will move forward. Result, the “appeased” class at the bottom. Do we want to give company at the bottom now?

50 years from now do we want to tell our grand,great grand kids - we worked hard, made in India, make in India, innovated. We moved from 3t to 20t economy.
Or
son, we “put them in place”.
But grandpa we are not a developed country.
Doesn’t matter son. But we put them in place

At my age,I think I have enough time to see India a developed country before my time is up. It can happen if all our energies are focused on development. Internal peace,stability imperative for growth,be an attractive investment destination,be a wanted partner. That’s what I want

If India discards religious beliefs that perpetuate caste and gender inequalities, it could more than double its per capita gross domestic product (GDP) growth of the last 60 years in half the time

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indiaspend.com/india-can-doub…

If India were to reach secularisation levels seen in western Europe (like Germany, which was ranked 6th of 109 nations),then it could expect to see a ₹70,175 ($1,000) increase in per capita GDP over 10 years, ₹196,490 ($2,800) over 20 years & ₹350,875 ($5,000) over 30 years
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China, whose development India aims to emulate, has been ranked first in secularisation. The US, a developed country where hate crimes in the 10 largest cities touched a decadal high in 2017, stood 57th
3/3 from indiaspend.com/india-can-doub…