20th Century was Century of USA AND USSR But the wheels of Time have turned.
21st century is the Century of Asia, where India and China are major players When from ramparts of Red fort it was proclaimed at midnight of 15th August, 1947, that while the world is sleeping Our motherland is meeting the tryst with destiny. The hearts of Indians were full of hope, joy and expectations that India will occupy its rightful place in the comity of nations.
After a long wait our dream seems to be in process of being fulfilled.
We are still in the first glow of the 21st century and India seems to be on the path of growth and progress. Look at the enormous burst of creativity, strength, economic and political influence of India; look at the generation of new wealth. Yes, this is a very exciting world that we are living in. There are more people generating more opportunities than ever before.
Global leadership, in culture, knowledge, technology as well as business, is not something unknown in Indian history. Till as recently as 1700, India, China and Europe accounted for a similar share of world income. India enjoyed 25 per cent share of the global trade in textiles then. By the early 18th century, India had a 22.6 per cent share of the world GDP. By 19th century, however, India’s share of the world economy began to decline and reached a low of around 4 per cent in the second half of the 20th century. Once again, in our present time the wheels of history are turning. 21stcentury is poised to become an India century.
What we see today is just the basic platform of what a very new world order is going to emerge in the coming 10 or 15 years. Business models will be different in tomorrow’s world. You will cooperate and compete. World will truly become flat.
In the last century we broke the sound and communication barrier, the challenge of this century is to break the thought barrier. It is thought that makes the world, thought that traps us in a cage, and thought that makes us fall so far below our potential as human beings. We need to change the way we think. We need to think out of box. We need to apply lateral thinking.
The Indian work force is expected to grow. By 2026 it is expected to reach 68.4%. The future of manufacturing is in low cost youthful Indian economy. The future is that cars are not going to be made in Stuggart or Detroit, they are going to be made in Pune and Halol, in Noida and Singur. Yes India will continue to excel in IT and our ancient land from which Vedic chants rose to sky for spiritual betterment of world will be converted to the land of world-wide web of opportunities , Yes we are going to succeed. We shall be a prosperous Nation. Ignited minds of young men and women of INDIA will walk on the blazed trail. The youthful India will fly high and soar in the sky.
This blog intends to feature some of the known and not so known incredible Indians, the unstoppable ones, who have carved out a road in uncharted territories of human mind, intellect and all the spheres of activity.
