[Desi Masala] ALL INDIANS MUST READ THIS

*Indians have succeeded in countries ruled by whites, but failed in their
own. *
*- ALL INDIANS MUST READ THIS*

---*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. In those
societies all people play by the same rules, all have freedom to innovate
without being strangled by regulations. **

**This, then, is why Indians succeed in countries ruled by whites, and fail
in their own. It is the saddest story of the century.**

**Ravi Shankar Jayaram**
Research associate
Council on Hemispheric Affairs
The Hague
*
*PS: I HONESTLY WONDER WHICH EXPAT ASIAN NATIONALITY IN THE UAE CAN CLAIM
THE SUCCESS INDIANS HAVE HAD WORLDWIDE. THIS BELIEVE YOU ME IS JUST 1/10TH
OF INDIANS SUCCESS.*

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If you can't be a pencil to write anyone's happiness, try at least to be a
nice rubber to erase everyone's sorrows…………

When I was born I was given a choice of either being a brilliant lover or
having an amazing memory, unfortunately I forgot which one I chose.

I used to scintillate - now I sin 'til just half past three

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

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