The Indian Juggernaut

There is no stopping the country, nothing. After the plundering of our wealth by the West in the last two centuries, the subjugation of our peace-loving people(once thought of as barbaric by our illegitimate rulers), the atrocities committed upon us in the name of the empire..........it brings a smile to my face to see my countrymen making our presence known in the world. Be it the Tata acquisition of a British company, the Mittal steel empire, the software engineer developing applications for American corporations or the customer care representative handling Microsoft's support calls in Bangalore......the truth is clear, we will persist. India is poised to overtake UK's economy in a decade(article in The Independent) and possibly America' s in another 40 years.
It should be noted that India and China have dominated the world economy in the last 2000 years. Europe and America started controlling the world economy only in the last 300 years, credit going to Britain for pioneering the industrial revolution. But the shift of economic power back to India and China is bound to happen in the first half of this century itself.
These positive outcomes for India are not an excuse to cover up for it's corrupt bureaucracy nor it's debased politicians. This is a vindication of it's people, my people. It speaks of the spirit of it's common man, his ability to rise above his despair and move forward. We have a lot to achieve in terms of governing ourselves and it will take patience and sacrifice. But for now the juggernaut moves ahead slowly and steadily.

PS: It is not without reason that the word "Juggernaut" forms a part of this blog's title. This word found its way into the English language through India. It derives from "Jagganatha", an incarnation of the Hindu God Vishnu. Further, from Wiki"..........One of the most famous of Indian temples is the Jagannath Temple in Puri, Orissa, which has the Ratha Yatra (chariot procession), an annual procession of chariots carrying the murtis/statues of Jagannâth (Lord Krishna), Subhadra and Baladeva (Krishna's elder brother). During the British colonial era, Christian missionaries promulgated a myth that Hindu devotees of Krishna were lunatic fanatics who threw themselves under the wheels of these chariots in order to attain salvation. Such a description can also be found in the popular fourteenth-century work "The Travels of Sir John Mandeville." The fact is that devotees have sometimes been crushed accidentally in the past as the massive 45 foot tall, multi-ton chariot slipped out of control. Many have also been killed in the resulting stampedes. The sight led the Britons to use the word "Juggernaut" to refer to other instances of unstoppable, crushing forces."