India 2020 and way ahead
When India was 'Shining' at the beginning of this century, many of us wondered, how would India be in 2020. We think that we are no more a poor country. We have also become aspirational. So how has India fared since independence? Has there been any improvement in the standards of living? What is the condition of minorities and vulnerable people in our country? It is very difficult to give a simplistic, yes - or - no binary answers to these questions. Our nation is not younger anymore. Seventy-four years is a period good enough to assess the performance of our country. What have we achieved then? The list is long but some achievements deserve to be highlighted. First, the Government has been mostly stable and representative since our independence. Among the 12 Asian countries that gained independence soon after World War II and drafted Constitutions, only three Constitutions have survived—India, Taiwan, and South Korea. (T he Constitution of Japan was ...