What was India?

From an adversarys mouth

I have travelled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such calibre, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their self-esteem, their native self culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation.
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Thomas McCaulay in his speech of Feb. 2 1835, British Parliament.

The Real India

Families

and communities play a vital role in the economic development of India Family is the core of Indias economy,society,culture,religion and spirituality . The West has destroyed Family system at the altar of Individualism. 99.0% of the economy controlled and driven by families.

The performing India

UNIDO study in 1997 identified 370 clusters in India 2600 rural and artisan clusters. Of these only 13 Govt.sponsored Contribute 70% of Industrial out-put and 66% of direct exports Panipat 75% of blankets produced in the country Tirupur 80% of cotton knitwear Agra 75% of leather exports Ludhiana 95% of woollen knitwear,85% of sewing machines,60% of Bi-cycles and spares Surat 85% of diamond polishing and 60% of synthetic textiles High technology easily absorbed and improvised

Role of education in performing India-Findings of the

Task Force on Employment Generation headed by Dr.Ahluwalia

Unemployment rate: 0.2% among illiterates 1.2% among those studied upto Primary school 3.3% upto Middle school 7.8% upto Higher secondary school 8.8% among graduates 11.2% among post-graduates Higher the education one has, more he becomes unemployed and unempolyable

Higher literacy rate means higher unemployment for the state In High-literacy states,the unemployment rate: Kerala 20.77%,TN 12.05%,West Bengal 14.95 In low-literacy states,the unemployment rate: Rajasthan 3.06%,Himachal 2.96%,UP4.27%

Macaulay mechanism really works,still

Risk Rises with Education

Jayaprakash

Narayan says in his Foreword to Dharampal's book on Civil disobedience "Educated Indians since independence in the name of modernization ran down most things Indian. Such self-flagellation is not conducive to development of psychological drives that are essential for nation building.

Enterprising India

Community functions as venture-capitalist and incubator for new entreprenuers belonging to that community Apart from traditional business communities, neoentreprenurial communities have taken to economics as a movement Co-opetition factor works Gounders, Nadars, Naidus, Rajus in business in Tamil Nadu have transformed from non-business to business occupations - shunned politics The Ezhavas of Kerala, Patels of Gujarat,Sikhs of Punjab,Kammas of Andhra, Jatavs of Agra and more

Time proves many things wrong

Max Weber ridiculed the religious and social foundations of India for its under-development in his work The protestant ethic and spirit of capitalism. Said Hindu values and caste system are impediments to growth. Karl Marx had in his essay on India that was published in the New York Harold Tribune on June 25, 1853, this to say about Hindu-Indian religions: So, the Western, Anglo-Saxon conclusions about Indian socio-economic model seems wrong; the Indian socio-economic model promotes spontaneous sociability or social capital. But the Indian children of Marx (Communists) would not accept as it glorifies Indian traditional system.

How Western Model works S.Gurumurthy

Atomise the individual[ decouple man and woman by individualism] Dismember families [ and orphan the children] Nationalise families and their functions [ law and social security] Privatise the state and its functions And finally, globalise the corporates Entire process of social evolution put on reverse gear and the harmony between the individual, family and community and the larger society inter se and between the society and the state on the other is disturbed West works in Creative Destruction mode all the time.

Cause and Effect in Economics

The larger objects and goals of life are conditioned and set by Religious values. The objects or goals of life [which partly lie in the culture, traditions, and belief systems of the people] decide the way of living and model The chosen way of living decides the life style and comforts The life-style largely determines inter-relationships, habits, tastes; The inter-relationships, habits and tastes influence consumption and savings; sustainable consumption within income and leveraged consumption beyond income; savings in safe modes and savings in risky modes; The result is this micro economics impacts on macro economy. While a mix of social, religious, cultural and civilization elements influence the economic behaviour of the individual, the collectivised individual behaviour converges the micro economics with the macro.

Economic Activity
Micro-economic behaviour

Western Model
Individualistic

Indian/Asian Model
Family-community integral

Personal Savings

Low

High

Safe savings Banks etc

Risk Savings -- equity Consumption Leveraged consumption Consumption drive

Low
High High High Consumer confidence

High
Low Balanced Low/very low/Nil Purchasing power

Macro-Economic Behaviour
Household Savings Corporate Savings Risk capital formation Stock market role/habits Main economic drive

Western Model

Indian/Asian Model

Low High High High Consumption

High/adequate Comparatively Low Low Low/Moderate Balance consumption, investment between savings and

Social security Interest rates External Debts

Largely funded/state run Generally Low High

Large Private/family Generally High Low/moderate

Social consequences

Western Model

Indian Model

Family

Eroded

Stable

Community relations

undermined

valued

Relations with State

Level of Trust

High dependence on state Moderate dependence on state Low level of trust amidst the society members and High level of trust hence dependence of amongst the society and legal and contractual hence formal institutions bondage is high. and mechanisms are not much required.

Indian View of Individualism

Religion was never and will never be an individual choice in India. Samaja (Society) dharma, and Kula dharma. It is only in the residuary area of Vyakti dharma or the individuals domain that he can have his choices. This is what he calls as parakramavad.

 The concept in Hinduism is that man and woman complement each other to become full. Concept of Ardha Nari-Nareswar. Woman is the fulcrum of the Indian Society, Community and Family. Women are treated as secular objects and created for enjoyment of men like other material objects. Indian System works on Duty-based society, West works on right based approach. e.g.Father is duty bound raise the Child in the best way and it is the duty of the Son to obey and take of parents.

Fundamental differences