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that the deficit is met from ta7es paid "% %ou and me: ;ow long can we afford to do that:

should su"-standard performance "e tolerated and encouraged :

*herefore shall we sa% that each production unit each service unit must not o

stand on its own feet "ut also generate surpluses generate wealth#

;aving said that let us now "riefl% scan the goings on in this million ton steel p

which caused such poor performance %ear in and %ear out#

3n top of the list would "e lac! of discipline among the wor!force# 6ndulging in gos

was more important than coming "ac! to wor! in time after lunch# *he pace of wor! w

generall% leisurel% and lethargic# Slow downs would "e resorted to for some increase in w

content which "ecomes inevita"le from time to time to meet some process changes or des

changes# Sleeping while on dut% during the night shift was common# Stri!es too! place for

flims% demand "% an% one of the half a do,en trade unions# Electric 3verhead <r

3perators union having a few do,en mem"ers in a plant with a 0000 plus wor!force co

and did often "ring the whole plant operations to a grinding halt for some grievance t

affected them alone#

6t is therefore no wonder that productivit% was low and the output remained well "e

the designed capacit%#

A ver% legitimate uestion that arises is as to wh% did the managers not put their he

and soul to correct the situation# 3"vious answer is wh% would the% stic! their nec! ou

increments were standard for all irrespective of performance and the )o" was fairl% safe# >

could alwa%s pass the "uc!#

?ow this is not something unusual for a government run esta"lishment#

'An e7ample are the huge mone%-losing and mismanaged companies owned "% the 6ta

government toda% and run in part as "usinesses in part to emplo% wor!ers in part

patronage for politicians and their friends# @#@the onl% countr% in which the



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government programmes run after world war 66 have "een successful "% & large is apan

ever% other countr% = and in democratic countries )ust as much in communist ones = m

government programmes since world war 66 have "een disasters# 6f the% achieved an% resu

the% were often the ver% opposite of what the% were enacted for# *his goes for the fra

efforts in the Soviet Union since 4hrushchev(s da%s to improve farm production and f

productivit%#

hen the <hinese however privati,ed their farms production and productivit%

shot up almost overnight#B

*he ?ew ealities '= "% Ceter Druc!er - +989 pu"lication ++

!hy did the econo"y of #SSR collapse $

6nstances li!e the following were common to read in the news papers and )ourn

during the seventies and earl% eighties#

A tourist saw in a side alle% in a "ig cit% the rear wheels of a ta7i )ac!ed up with eng

running# *he response to the uer% with a wide grin was ' 6 am completing m% uota of m

for the da% #( Surel% concern for effective pu"lic service was not his priorit%#

Another instance was that of a group visiting a factor% in the interior # As their veh

approached the% saw a festive atmosphere with colourful flags and "untings all round

the emplo%ees milling around with hardl% an% wor! going on# Answer to the uestion 'ha

"eing cele"rated:( was prompt '*oda% is our Feneral $anager(s "irthda%#( 3"viousl%

management was colla"orating in this fun at the cost of productivit%# ?o where else 6 presu

F$(s "irthda% can "e cele"rated in such st%le#

6n one factor% it was noticed that the consumption of vod!a would start well "efore

shift closing time# 3ne wor!er was seen with his coat tails tightl% suee,ed in a "ench vice

he could not stand straight and when the siren sounded he was escorted out "%

colleagues#



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6n another instance the foreman came out with the list of wor!ers who were "as!in

the sun out in the open after the lunch "rea! was over and started calling out names one

one# 3nl% that person would get up and proceed inside to the wor! station whose name

"een called out# *hus the last name called out would get su"stantiall% e7tra time under the

when he should have "een operating some machine inside#

>ou would(nt sa% that the concern for productivit% was high among the wor!ers or

foreman# ould %ou:

<oming to the farming sector let us peruse what went on in china G

HIollowing the <ommunist Cart% of <hina(s victor% in the <hinese <ivil ar control of

farmlands was ta!en awa% from landlords and redistri"uted to the 00 million peasant farm

6n +952 graduall% consolidating its power following the civil war the government "e

organi,ing the peasants into teams# *hree %ears later these teams were com"ined

producer cooperatives enacting the Socialist goal of collective land ownership# 6n the follow

%ear +95 the government formall% too! control of the land further structuring the farmla

into large government-operated collective farms#

6n the +958 HFreat /eap IorwardB campaign initiated "% $ao Jedong land use w

placed under closer government control in an effort to improve agricultural output

<ollectives were organi,ed into communes private food production was "anned

collective eating was reuired@# *he farming inefficiencies created "% this campaign

to *he Freat <hinese Iamine resulting in the deaths of somewhere "etween the governm

estimate of +K million to scholarl% estimates of 20 to K million# @@@@ 1% +98K when a"

99L of farm production teams had adopted the Iamil% Croduction esponsi"ilit% S%stem

government "egan further economic reforms aimed primaril% at li"erali,ing agricultural pric

and mar!eting@# /ater in +99 the government a"olished the K0-%ear-old grain ration

s%stem leading to more than 90 percent of all annual agricultural produce to "e sold at mar!

determined prices#(

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So"e %onclusions that Stand &ut

*he evidence thus far of empirical e7periments lasting over man% decades in various part

the socialist world can help us to draw some ver% useful conclusionsG

+# Human beings perform, face hardships in pursuit of success, display high toleran

to frustration and take risks primarily in Self Interest # E7ceptions have "een in the area

religious faith or patriotism# ;owever our focus remains on human "ehaviour in the econo

sphere#

Dov Seidman, in his book entitled, ‘ How : Why do we do any thing, Mea

everything’ a 2007 !bli"ation talks abo!t emiri"ally tested henomenon

‘altr!isti" heling ‘ being a biologi"al henomenon$ %es, & "an vis!ali'e o!r inn

tenden"y to hel others in some sit!ations( b!t whether it "an be a li#e lo

rin"ile ) a li#e long ra"ti"e in all sit!ations where one s!bordinates one’s o

interest and that o# the #amily day a#ter day , year a#ter year , does not a

realisti" to me$ &t did not s!""eed in the so"ialist "o!ntries over a seven de"a

long e*eriment$

<ollective farming introduced in <hina cannot "e said to have "een a success as s

a"ove# 6n fact some millions seem to have died out of famine# Strong doses of propaga

over long stretches of time did not succeed in people accepting collective gain as a go

enough motivator# ;owever farm productivit% shot up once individuals were allowed

cultivate some tracts of land and reap the "enefits#

2# *he socialistic pattern of the government or government st%le wor!ing pu"lic se

getting directl% involved in providing goods and services to the societ% is not the right path

generating wealth# 6t did not wor! in USS it did not wor! in 6ndia it did not wor! an% whe

Iew instances of the '?av atnas( and 'mini atna( companies in the pu"lic sector in 6ndia

an e7ception to the rule of wasteful deplo%ment of material and human resources "% the

Even among these 'atna( and 'mini atna( companies utili,ation of resources cannot

called to "e in the range of e7cellence though "etter than other pu"lic sector units# *hi

"ased on m% personal o"servation#



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And wealth must "e generated "% efficient and innovative use of resources followed

effective mar!eting#

*o what use it is put to and how it is done is the legitimate role of the government#

Fovt# intervention through pu"lic sector ma% "ecome necessar% sometimes w

private parties are sh% of entering the field li!e steel during the +950(s needing h

investment with long gestation period# ;owever in such cases a getting out plan and strat

should "e clearl% laid out "efore hand#

# Profit is not a dirty word. Profiteering is. $a!ing profit "% an enterprise engage

production and deliver% of goods & services to the societ% is a crucial foundation that must

"e maligned#

Crofit is the onl% valid measure discovered so far to assess if the enterprise is us

the societal resources efficientl% and is adding value to the e7tent that the pu"lic is willing

"u% and use the output time after time#

Crofit must "e large enough not onl% to sustain the enterprise and protect the livelih

of man% emplo%ees and their families "ut must generate enough surpluses for fute7pansion investment in research and garner adeuate reserves for a rain%

da% without an% need to lean on the government # 3ut of this scale of profits the amo

needed to satisf% some whims and fancies of the entrepreneur should "e pean

Fovernment can see to it that this does not include presenting an aero plane as a "irthda%

to one(s wife if that seems relevant#

Entrepreneurial spirit must not "e !illed# 6t is one man(s strong desire for succ

coupled with talent that "reeds innovation and ris! ta!ing "ehaviour without which surpludo not get created# After all <hinese super economic success followed onl% after +9

li"erali,ation#

K# Crofiteering occurs when Self = 6nterest turns into Freed and the entrepren

resorts to unethical practices li!e manipulating the mar!et !illing competition offering s



standard ualit% product as a champion product corruption etc# And that(s where

government role of regulation comes in# *o m% mind what

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went wrong in USA & some parts of the western world leading to the economic malaise s

2008 onwards is that Freed was allowed to have a field da%# *he concerned governme

had not ta!en enough care to see that the Self = 6nterest motive sta%s within the circle

'Enlightened Self = 6nterest ' and does not degenerate into Freed#

5# Apart from defense foreign affairs education healthcare etc other ma)or role o

government ought to "e to regulate the entrepreneurial activit% within ethical guidelines r

than waste its talent in production and distri"ution of goods and

services needed "% the societ%# 6t must remem"er that talented people onl% can

difference and the% are alwa%s in short suppl%# And the talent availa"le with the govern

must "e deplo%ed for high priorit% areas li!e regulating the entrepreneurial activit% in the cou

1. 6n a nut shell the role of the government is Fovernance which means to sus

an overall economic s%stem conducive to adeuate generation of wealth its regulatio

ensure that the profit motive does not degenerate into greed and to prudentl% invest

wealth for Cu"lic welfare covering health care adeuate

nourishment education sanitation suppl% of pota"le water for Defense 6nfrastructure c

of environment and research in all a"ove areas to meet challenges of change in the %ear

come including threats to climate change#

And it is a "ig enough role# And it is paramount that to perform well in this role

government must not waste its talent "% getting involved directl% or indirectl% through pu

sector in the manufacture and deliver% of products and services including distri"ution of f

grains to the societ%# Fovernments are not designed for that !ind of role# 1est option

improve matters related to mostl% uestiona"le trac! record of our Cu"lic Distri"ution S%s

for food is what is alread% under plan and "eing tried out in poc!ets i#e# cash su"sid% to

need% people = "etter cash going in the hand of women to prevent "eing consumed in liu

through Aadhar to ma!e it practicall% lea!age free#



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India and %hina - a 'ourney egun together

>es together = in +9KN and +9K9# And see how well the two giant nations have don

the economic sphere and other spheres and what loo!s li!e a prognosis for the future#

1ut wh% "ring in <hina here when the "asic theme of the "oo! is 6ndia# And

response to that uestion resides in what has "een mentioned in the Creface = the seem

attraction of our %oung elite towards the wa% things are done in <hina the wa% things are

in china #

Cerformance of an individual or that of a group of people to m% mind does dep

considera"l% not onl% on their competencies "ut also on the culture the overall mindset

disciplined conduct of people which in turn gets influenced not onl% "% the present "ut a

"% the deep rooted ha"its formed in the conte7t of the past histor%#

6t should therefore "e an interesting e7ercise to ta!e a "ird(s e%e view of the !ind

historical influences that have "een shaping the two people over the last man% centuries#



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<E?*U> 6?D6A <;6?A*; 1< 1irth of Jainism & Buddhism

!"#S, $mperor of Persia con%uers parts of ' India.

Jhou d%nast% from +02N 1<# onfucius- O /et ruler "e the ruler & su")ect a su")ect#Fovernment & social stratifications are facts oflife to "e sustained "% ethical standards#O

5th 1< A)atshatru murdered his father1im"isara "ecame !ing of $agadh

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Kth 1< Ale7ander the Freat conuered someparts of ? 6ndia# <h Fupta $aur%ausurped the ?anda throne defeatedSelucus married his dtr ;elena

empire from 4a"ul to $agadh

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rd 1< $mperor (shoka) adopted Buddhism Pin d%nast%# Unified for the +st time centrali*edcontrol legal codes & "ureaucratic procedures#1anished Q !illed man% dissenting <onfucianscholars#or! started on +reat 'all of hinaMfinall% competed during $ing D%nast% N00 !ms long

2nd 1< Descendants of Ale7anderRs Feneralsruled parts of ? 6ndia#

;an D%nast%

+st 1< +st Sha!a 4ing in ? 6ndia iil serice e-amination system started

+st AD Sha!a 4ing 4adphis# issionof St /homas to India

Inention of paper & porcelain.

2nd AD udradaman the Sha!a !ing ? iddled with corruption characteristic of thed%nastic c%cle#

rd AD ule of ir Sen ?ag capital $athura## ;A? empire collapsed Era of dis-unit%# Iourcenturies of war lords domination started

Kth AD Fupta d%nast% -do-5th AD 0alidas died. alanda uniersity set up.

Birth of (ryabhata ) astronomer #;un control of ? 6ndia

6ncreasing popularit% of 1uddhism#Inention of wheel barrow & gun powder 1usedonly for fire works2

th AD 1irth of 3arahmitra, the astronomer # SU6 D%nast%, ompletion of grand canal amonumental engineering feat

Nth AD Defeat of ;arsha ardhan "%Cula!eshin defeat of Cula!eshin "% $ arman

*ang d%nast%# ;igh point of <hinese civili,ation#1uddhism flourished# Block printinginented.

8th AD Ara" conuest of Sind Scholar officials strengthened to offsetdependence on powerful aristocratic familiesand ar /ords#

9th AD Shankaracharya, the philosopher0abul ruled by Hindu Shahi dynasty.4efeated by !a%ub

*rading all over the world#

+0th AD <hola power in south <ollapse of *A?F d%nast% # Iragmentation into+5 !ingdoms



++th AD

aids of Fha,ni contd# *he onl% 6ndian!ing who defeated him twice was<handela !ing Rid%a DharR incele"ration of which another templewas constructed at 4ha)uraho#

Printing and $ducation spread,private trading flourished merchant class grew#

+2*; AD Crithvi a) defeated "% $uhammadFhuri# RPuta" $inar- "uilt "% Sultan#?alanda Uni# destro%ed "% 1a!htiar!hil)i#

S%nthesis of <onfucian Q 1uddhistic Q *aoistideas "ecame official imperial ideolog%-Stressed obligations of obedience to rules, childto father, wife to husband, younger brother toelder.

+th AD Slave d%nast% Putu"udin Ai"a! eignof 6ltumish ?asiruddin 4hil)i1al"an Allaudin 4hil)i

>uan d%nast% 4u"lai 4han grandson ofFenghis 4han# $ongolian interlude#

+Kth AD eign of $uhammad-"in-*ughla!# *ravelogue of enetian $arco Colo to 1ei)ingastounded Europeans# oads Q granaries#$6?F D%nast% from mid +Kth

+5th AD 0abir, +uru anak , haitanya Accession of 1uhlul /odi at Delhi Arrival of Cortuguese in 6ndia

<onuered Annam M? ietnam# Admiral <heng;o large fleet man% e7peditions in <hina seas6ndian ocean east coast of Africa#<onstruction of sea going vessels "anned

+th AD +st "attle of Canipat start of $ughald%nast%# ule of Shah MSuri d%nast%*he Dutch "egin to trade in 6ndia#

Strong belief that hina had achieed mostsatisfactory ciili*ation on earth and nothingforeign was needed or welcome#

+Nth AD ule of A!"ar the Freat#Folden *emple in Amritsar -construction of ED I3* completedule of Shah)ehan capital shifted from

Agra# Aurang,e" fought & !illed "oth"rothers imprisoned father#

End of $ing empirePU6?F D%nast% $anchus Mnot ;an#<ontinued previous s%stems & philosoph%#

+8th AD ?adir Shah defeated $ughal arm%ordered general massacre 6n a singleda% +50000 la% dead# rd "attle of -Canipat Ahmad Shah A"dali defeateda large $aratha arm%#<live wins "attleof Classe%# 3ne earl% conseuence ofthat was the great famine in +NN0 in1engal & 1ihar !illing la!hs#

<onuered outer $ongolia control of central Asia *i"et and *aiwan#Cortuguese at $acao monopoli,ed foreigntrade followed "% 1ritish Irench & Spaniards# #

+9th AD Fen Ferard defeated $aratha arm% atCatpargan) & enterd Delhi# $a)orrevolt of 1ritish 6ndian Arm%#

4ing prohi"ited opium trade destro%ed20000 chests of illicit 1ritish opium#1ritain started opium war # 4ing was defeated#1ig powers divided <hina into spheres ofinfluence# 6sland of ;ong!ong ceded 99 %rlease apan defeated <hina *aiwan wasceded#



20th AD 6ndia gains independence into a4emocratic "epublic # on)iolentstruggle marred "% horrible mutualmassacre huge migration of

population#Iive %ear plans to "uild industr% & infra-structure#+9N+- ;elped East Ca!istan emerge as1angla Desh+99+ - Economic li"erali,ation helpedeconomic growth#

Democratic revolution "% Sun->at -Sena"olished feudal monarch% and esta"lishedepu"lic of <hina# USA gave massive aid tonationalist govt of <hiang -!ai-she!#

<ommunist part% won the war esta"lishedRCeopleRs epu"lic of <hina & pushed <hiang4ai She! to *aiwan#

+92 = Attac!ed 6ndia+9N8 - Economic li"erali,ation open-doorpolic% ending 5000 %rs seclusion#

'igvedic Ar%ans( "% ahul Sans!rit%a%an#M+2 M+ M+K internet

e can clearl% see how centur% after centur% for more than 2500 %ears <hina

"een ruled "% a local d%nast% after another local d%nast% e7cept for two episodes G

$ongolian episode in +th centur% of a few decades rule of 4u"lai 4han grandson of Feng

4han and the second episode of western domination after the 3pium war in the +9 th cent

;owever over a long stretch of time there had "een no foreign domination in <hina#

hereas from the 6ndian column it is evident that out of 200 %ears "ut for

centuries that of $aur%a Fupta and ;arsh periods some or large parts of 6ndia h

continuousl% "een under foreign rule for over 2000 %ears with people suffering mis

famines terror coercion to migrate to another religion etc#

*here was no pan-6ndian move to colla"orate and fight this menace# hat did

mean for "ul! of the 6ndian people: 3"viousl% survival = me and m% famil% and m% commu

first# 6t included ha"its of flatter% it included not "eing straight forward in tal! and in deali

with others and the li!e#

6n <hina it stands out that there was cultivation of deference to central authorit% and

o"edience to the rules the ruler and the elders in the famil%#



hile traveling in a train from Shangahi to 1ei)ing a few %ears ago we had the goo

fortune of sharing the compartment with a <hinese couple in their forties# *he% were "oth "

in loo!ing after and pampering their %oung son of a"out or K %ears# 6n halting English the%

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could ma!e it clear that this one was their onl% child and if "% mista!e the% get anot

the conseuences will "e uite severe ' 6 will lose m% )o"(# See the uiet deference to

authorit%# 6 do not thin! that such a rule could have "een enforced successfull% in 6ndia#

that this was a ver% wise move on the part of <hina# 6t seems that in a few %ears <hina wo

"e loaded with an aging population#

Another thing that we learnt in that )ourne% was some thing worth cop%ing# *he railw

trac!s "oth at Shanghai and 1ei)ing railwa% stations were un"elieva"l% spotlessl% cle

compared to our situation where the trac!s are usuall% dirt% and filth%# *he secret of

achievement was ver% simple and anchored in their rule "ound "ehavior# As soon as the t

is a"out to enter a railwa% station all toilets are closed and these get opened onl% after the t

is a few !ms out of the railwa% station# Puite an innovative solution to the pro"lem#

Another t%pical "ehavior that hit our e%e was a highl% cultivated "od% language

aggression = "e it the Durwan Msecurit% guard saluting %ou as %ou enter the hotel or "e it

trape,e artists on the stage#

<hina we see has to its credit huge infrastructural pro)ects much "efore the curr

technolog% = the Freat wall which is in fact great competed over man% centuries and

grand canal#

<hina also has to its credit or discredit committing few territorial aggressions includ

one on 6ndia in +92#

here as 6n 6ndia personalities li!e 1uddha $ahavira Furu ?ana! 4a"ir <haitan

Fandhi focused on promoting a softer message of non-violence and 1ha!ti M devotion to Fod

well as intellectuals li!e Ar%a"hatta arahmitra focused on pursuits of astronom%

mathematics#

/et us now have a loo! at what the well !nown author Irancis Iu!u%ama has to

on the priestl% class of the two countries and the !ind of impact it had#



' *he intellectual inuir% is honest# Iu!u%ama is a "rave western scholar who "egins

e7ploration from 6ndia and <hina rather than Athens Sparta or ome # ;e points out 4arl

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$ar7(s error in clu""ing 6ndia and <hina into a single 'Asiatic( paradigm# Unli!e <hina

"ut li!e Europe 6ndia(s institutionali,ation of countervailing social actors = an organi,ed

priestl% class and the metstacisation spread. of !inship structures into the caste s%stem act

as a "ra!e on the accumulation of power "% the state# *he result was that over the past 220

%ears <hina(s default political mode was a unified empire punctuated "% periods of civil wa

invasion and "rea!down where as 6ndia(s default mode was pett% political units punctuate

"% "rief periods of war#

6t is not merel% geograph% or warfare that contrasts 6ndia(s political development f

that of <hina(s# *he "iggest differentiator is religion# hile <hina(s thrust was on ance

worship 6ndia too! the idea further through the s%stem of varna or social classes#( Irom

standpoint of politics Iu!u%ama writes ' this was an e7tremel% important developm

"ecause it separated secular and religious authorit%# hile the <hinese priests w

emplo%ees of the state 6ndian 1rahmins were a separate varna from the 4shatri%a M warri

and recogni,ed as having higher authorit%#( 6t is from this he argues that India5s relati

greater thrust on the rule of law germinates. It also e-plains India5s greater democr

leanings.5

M*he origins of Colitical orderB "% Irancis Iu!u%ama a senior fellow at Stanford universit% = "oo! review "%

Fautam <hic!ermane as pu"lished in the ; *imes of +#T#20++

*he su"mission therefore is that the two societies of 6ndia and <hina emerged

independence in mid twentieth centur% with a different set of "eliefs and values with diffe

cultures with different mindsets#

;ere is a sample of what some <hinese thin! a"out us 6ndians G

‘ Ior ordinar% <hinese there were visi"le s%m"ols of this 6ndian self = degradatio

their own midst G Carsi "usinessmen from 1om"a% who acted as middle men in the 1ri

opium trade with <hina and Si!h policemen in treat% ports li!e Shanghai ;ong 4ong ;an!

whom their 1ritish masters periodicall% unleashed on <hinese crowds# 6ndian soldiers



done the "ul! of fighting in 1ritish wars in <hina for nearl% a centur% after the + st opium wa

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As the <hinese saw it foreigners had ruled the countr% continuousl% since the $ugh

esta"lished their empire in the si7teenth centur% there was no native ruling class capa"l

unif%ing the countr%# $using on the fate of Asia /iang Puichao identified 6ndia as a ho

stor% a"out a H /ost <ountr%B that had failed misera"l% in the international struggle for eua

and dignit%# '

An e7cerpt from ' *he ruins of empireG *he revolt against the west and the rema!ing of Asia( "% Can!a) $ishra

pu"lished in the 3utloo! of Aug + 20+2 M29

*he prognosis a"out the future of <hina M alwa%s a highl% ris!% venture to m% mind

that that <hina will continue to move faster than us in the sphere of econom% and "uild

huge infrastructure pro)ects li!e the railwa% train into *i"et or the ama,ing string of "ridges#

*he onl% ma)or pro"lem that 6 foresee for them is that with growth of affluence and

education among the people in <hina the demand for certain freedoms is going to gain

strength# ;ow <hina copes up with it will "e a challenge worth watching# *he happenings ithe *iananmen suare onl% a few decades ago do not "ode well# 3n the * screen onl%

%esterda% 6 was surprised to see pu"lic in <hina protesting against the installation of a refin

in their area# *his was unthin!a"le a"out a decade ago# *hings are changing#

6ndia ma% catch up with <hina if <hina(s aging population pro"lem caused "% the on

child polic% "ecomes a drag on its economic performance and 6ndia is a"le to encash the

called demographic dividend timel%#

/et us not !eep comparing things# e in 6ndia have what Sunil 4hilnani descri"es G

' the onl% tena"le normative aspiration in modern politics can "e to ma!e states m

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