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are we lagging now?
There was a nice village that had a big well in the centre. One day, there was a big robber raid on that
village and many villagers jumped into the well to save themselves. Some of them fell by accident, others
were pulled into it while rescuing others. Some were confused, some were just like a sheep following the
leader. Few fell in to be with their friends and a few others were forced into. Eventually, everyone was in the
well. Many died in the process.
A few generations grew inside the well, making use of the water and little resources. By then, the external
attacks were long gone. But, the villagers didn't realize that. Scores died, living in the squalor, and there was
misery all around. As the number of generations grew, people started forgetting that there was a once village
above the well.
One day, a guy named Mohan finally rose up from the well and saw that there was a world around him. He
started grouping others and slowly people started getting out of it.
The challenge now is broken down into 4 parts:
1. Convincing people about the life outside the well, in the village.
2. Getting them out in an orderly fashion .
3. Finding enough ropes .
4. Advocating the patience as it is going to take a lot of time taking a million people out of the well.
This was the state of India and many other countries 60 years ago. Leaders in many countries have since
then brought the ropes to pull out the people.
India was a little slow than a few other countries, but we still pulled out as many people out as Japan and
Germany did. India's middle class with college education and profession jobs is more than the population of
Germany. However, Indian well had a lot of people to start out with and thus while Germany was done with
pulling 80 million people out, India is not yet done even after pulling out 150 million people since 1947.
You can take people out of the well only so fast and it takes time.
However, we can drive the process faster if:
If we can get every Indian kid to have the standard of education of even a Kendriya Vidyalaya or DAV or
DPS, India can have a 20X boost in productivity. That means more schools, more good teachers, better tech.
India can't forever depend on Saudi Arabia and other countries for our oil. Coal will kill our environment
like it is doing to China. Hydro power will kill our forests. Thus, we need to use solar energy as a national
priority. Even if it is expensive for now, we must put all our national efforts and get the economies of scale.
This will give us the energy security and the one who has the energy will be one with metaphoric power.
India has 200,000 sq km of deserts in the western side (Thar Desert and Rann of Kutch). These are hot
almost throughout the year and in the summers can get as hot as 52C.
A big chunk of this desert is not really populated and the government owns a lot of it. What if we could take
a 400 sq km land out of it for solar power?
400 sq km = 400,000,000 sq m
As you can see the orange region below, a big chunk of Western India is capable of generating 2500 kWh/sq
m.
Thus, total production from the 400 sq km =2.5 Mwh * 400 million = 1 PWh.
This is the total electricity production of India (Electricity sector in India). In short, with less than 0.2% of
our desert, we can almost completely wean ourselves of foreign energy.
See how bountiful is our solar resource. Unlike most countries, our solar resource is spread throughout the
nation, in case power distribution gets too expensive.
Best Answer: 1. Implement "Equal Rights" for all citizens by removing the mess of
"Quota and reservation"
2. Bring legislation for exemplary punishments (Including public hangings) for corrupt
government officials and politicians.
3. Bring speedy justice to masses by improving on present judicial system
4. Bring "Two party" political System
5. Prevent brain drain and Invest in R&D
BUT FORGET IT, IT IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPENIN OUR LIFE TIME. I BET..........SO STOP
DREAMING
Tim 7 years ago
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