New Year Thoughts - Change from within
Another new year! A time to renew our hopes and look forward to a year of peace and prosperity. The year that went by wasn't too good in general - inflation, economic gloom and of course, terrorism. And the outlook for 2009 isn't particularly bright either, if you listen to economists. But as they say, all crises are good opportunities. Think about it - certain problems get solved or move towards a solution only when some crisis strikes us. Looked at this way, things that have happened in 2008 have the potential of changing the course of the world. Let's just hope that the changes are positive and bring cheer to everyone. That said, positive changes are difficult to come when you have an overwhelming majority of ruling class favoring status-quo. India is one of those countries where change is a critical need of the hour. We have not changed much from the 1947 times, politically. If any, our political class has turned from bad to worse. The change that we need critically is ...