Regional Parties-a barrier on the growth path??

India is already reaping the benefit of globalisation. Indian people are everywhere. Be it africa, america or australia. Indians are spread across every continent. This being the good part. The bad part being that they are in one way taking away the employment opportunities of the native folks. But, those countries are continuing to encourage such people entering their place. Because, they know that no country can live in isolation and think about growth.

Consider the claims of many a parties in india. They don't want people from other states entering in to place & taking away the local job opportunities. Why would the political parties come up with such a campaign in the first place? If you clearly see, parties that do this are strong regional parties. Their position is at stake. They are losing their vote bank because of globalization. People are moving here and there. From north to south of india or vice versa. Till date, they have thrived by winning the hearts of these local masses. Now, the vote bank is mixed. Clearly, in a proper global environment no regional party has scope for existence. These regional parties would go out of picture within a decade.

We will see lots of such riots and agitations come up during this transition period. The regional parties will use the simple divide-and-rule formula. There is a famous proverb in tamil which encourages people to go overseas to accumulate weath.

திரை கடல் ஓடியும் திரவியம் தேடு

This is the way to boost national growth. Just imagine what would have happened if people continued to stay in their own place. How india would have showcased it's potential to outside world? How we could have reached such a level in just 50 years of independence? Our NRI friends stay outside india and pump in so much of foreign currency. If the agitation happening in indian states is proper, then be ready. Our near and dear ones from abroad will be sent back home and our national growth will come to a grinding halt. Is this what we want? a big NO would be the answer. So, what would be the solution for this.

Well. There is no clear cut solution. The only thing that has to happen is that the regional parties should change their stand & have a different goal... Something that helps our nation in moving forward.. Either, they should become one with some national party. Or because of their proper goal, they will very quickly reach the level of a national party. We already have couple of trend setters who improved their state capital's infrastructure & thereby they became a compelling reason for foreign firms to setup their base in those places. Let's forget for a moment few of the bad things they have done in their political career. Just try to remember the good job they did in improving the state capital's infrastructure. That in turn became a compelling factor for many of the major firms to setup their base in those places & subsequently resulted in employment for many of the local folks. That indeed helps in national growth & they should be really appreciated for acting in a responsible way to boost national growth.

Note:- This blog is edited to the maximum extent to ensure that i don't hurt anyone's regional or political sentiments.

Regional Parties-a barrier on the growth path

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My Trip to Matheran

A trip to Matheran
It was the day before holi (21st March '08). Starting of a long weekend. I started off on my trip to matheran along with my friend on friday early morning. We took a karzat bound train from kurla. It was fast local till kalyan and stopped at every station after kalyan. It was a tiring 1 and a half hour journey. From neral, we were interested in taking the toy train (http://www.luxury-train-travel-tours-india.com/hill-trains-in-india/matheran-light-railway.html). But, ended up with a disappointment when we saw that it is fully booked till the weekend. Then, we took a cab from neral to matheran. It costed us just 100 bucks (50 per person). The cab was fully packed with 9 people. Still, we had to take it as we had no other option. It's just a 9 km travel (2625 feet above sea level) and the cab driver covered the distance very quickly.

We didn't have a good plan. Still, we managed to visit "monkey point", "hart point" and "Charlotte lake". Also, we attempted some sort of adventerous stuff out there (guess i can call it cliff-hanging... not sure). There was a rope tied between two rocks and we need to go from one to the other almost lying down. Was really a very different experience for us. There were hell lot of monkeys everywhere (except the monkey point :) ). One of the monkeys snatched away the goodday pack from my friend. We thought we won't get anything to eat at noon. But, we were amazed to find a lot of restaurants at "bazaar peth". We had gujarati thali in a restaurant there. Costed us 160 bucks. Roti was really good.

There were loads of horses going through the place all the while. At one point, we had couple of monkeys blocking our way on the front & a horse almost knocking us down from the back side. Forgot to mention about the sand. It was red sand all the way. And with the horses in action all the while, you may need to keep your face covered if you are allergic to dust. I thought of wearing my new shoe for the trip. But, my friend warned me about the sand. So, I settled for my old one. His warning turned out true. The shoe was wearing a very sad look by the time we returned.

While walking, we could find lots of drinks stalls. You can try having a good "neeboo sharbath" at regular intervals. While coming back home, we were totally worn out as we walked for atleast 10 to 12 kilometres during the day. To sum up, it was really a very good break. Away from regular day to day activities.