India is not fully independent according to the author. While India has formal independence with its own political system and army, it remains dependent on other countries in several key areas, including culture, money, power, and influence. True independence requires a nation to be self-sustaining without heavy reliance on foreign factors. For India to be truly independent, it needs to develop its economy and alternative fuels without outsourcing, become a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and act more assertively on the global stage according to its own strategic interests.
India is not fully independent according to the author. While India has formal independence with its own political system and army, it remains dependent on other countries in several key areas, including culture, money, power, and influence. True independence requires a nation to be self-sustaining without heavy reliance on foreign factors. For India to be truly independent, it needs to develop its economy and alternative fuels without outsourcing, become a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and act more assertively on the global stage according to its own strategic interests.
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India is not fully independent according to the author. While India has formal independence with its own political system and army, it remains dependent on other countries in several key areas, including culture, money, power, and influence. True independence requires a nation to be self-sustaining without heavy reliance on foreign factors. For India to be truly independent, it needs to develop its economy and alternative fuels without outsourcing, become a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and act more assertively on the global stage according to its own strategic interests.
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answer depends on the definition of Top of Form Independence and Freedom… Search Sudhir Chadda, Special Correspondent August 15, 2004
How many years are
we independent? Bottom of Form Fifty-seven years you say! Well your math is Send Letters to the Editor right. Have you ever consulted the Add RSS headlines dictionary to find the meaning of independence! Well you are not alone. Many of us assume we attained our independence in 1947! Are we really independent?
Well that depends. A country cannot be independent till
it can freely express its opinion and act based on its national and strategic interests. Is Iraq an independent nation? Why not? Well you say their Government is hand picked exiled puppets of America. Well it is true! Then who is Manmohan Singh? Can he or Vajpayee ever really oppose Iraq war knowing very well that Saddam was India’s real friend! Well why are we negotiating with Pakistan knowing very well what Pakistanis are up to! Well you will say it is better to live in peace with neighbors! Well that is what Pandit Nehru and Natwar Singh said in early fifties about Pancha Seal with China! Did the Chinese give a damn about India in 1962?
Then tell me what will make you happy to call India an
independent nation! First, we must be a self-sustaining nation with least dependence on foreign culture, money, power and influence. Let us start with culture – are we not eager to shed our “ego and parampara” and embrace the Americanism for money and status symbol? Money – isn’t our national reserve dependent on how much foreign money comes through foreign institutional investments? Let us take power – did we not withdraw from Kashmir border on insistence of America? Did we not settle in Kargil and not cross the LOC because of what the super powers will do in United Nation? Are we not compromising with China to keep America and Pakistan in check? Well you will say this is part of diplomacy! Influence – Whom do we influence? I tried to dig up Indiadaily archive for the last five years and found that only Bangladesh and a few African countries – we gave them some money to build their railways! Then I found that we really never gave them the money – just proposed and they are nervous about accepting the same!
So are we really independent? Let me tell you “yes” –
we are independent according to the definition’s minimum benchmark. We have an independent army, our people think that we are independent and we have an independent political system.
So what will make us really independent? Who is really
independent? Is even America independent?
America is not really independent. It is dependent on
imported crude oil. And that is causing a major havoc in American life. That is the root cause of problems in 9/11, Palestine-Israel, Middle East and Iraq! Russia probably is more independent. It has every thing it needs for self-sustaining. One thing is missing though! Pride among its citizen and self-realization that how strong Russia is. Russia has all mineral resources, nuclear, space and high tech, highly technical and skilled labor force, enough crude oil to feed the rest of the world and relatively strong military power to resist any aggression on its homeland. China is also strong but not as good as Russia. US is of course strong and independent except it does not have the oil and US citizens are financially weaker due to excessive borrowing and massive debt ridden infrastructure.
So when will you call India an independent nation?
Well first India must be a member of the Security
Council with full veto power. Second, her economy must not be dependent on any one else’s. The myth that outsourcing jobs may make India an economic superpower is bogus! India should make goods and services on her own and other countries should be eager to buy that! That is what happens in Japan – yes that is what I mean! Third, we should invest and research in alternative fuel. Like America India is dependent on imported Petroleum and that has to go. India should move ahead and start using Hydrogen as an alternative fuel and show the world that it is a leading super power. Forth, Indians do not need to leave their own country to earn some dollars or euros or yens. Indians must be proud to be in their nation contributing to mother India. Let me tell you a real life incident! I know of a person who was a top class graduate in electronics engineering from IIT. He worked as a top instrumentation engineer in Indian Space Research Organization under Kalam our current president. In mid eighties, he resigned from ISRO and migrated to America. He worked for several American companies. Finally he worked for AT&T Bell laboratories (currently under Lucent Technologies). He was one of the finest engineers Mother India has ever produced. Lucent went down financially and so did AT&T. He was fired from Lucent in 2003. Till date he never found any professional employment in US! He is unemployed and still looking for prosperity in America while his family eagerly waits to live a dignified life. This is not an isolated story. This has happened again and again all over America to thousands and thousands of Indians. Fifth, India should start acting like a super power. For example, like France, China and Russia India must say clearly to George Bush – we do not like what you did in Iraq and want you leave them alone! There is no need to create a farce on sending army to Iraq under US command. Americans do not like that either! If India continues to play these games, more Fernandes strip- searching will continue all over the world. Sixth, Indian businesses should behave in a matured way. Quick money schemes cannot make anyone independent! The NRI businesses in US and UK and other nations have only worked on quick money schemes. Why is it that India has no cars made out of indigenous design? In seventies we had some of our own design. Where is that spirit? Collaboration with Japanese, Europeans and Americans are the name of the game today. Are we not trying to become another Thailand or Singapore? Do you call those nations independent – well may be! That is why I say whether India is independent or not depends upon how you define independence and freedom!