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Survival of the Fittest!

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It was 14 th August 2012. Meeting with the dullest person of India on the brightest Delhi morning! Indian National Congress party (Congress) was at its peak, not sure of corruption or ruling. I was barely 8 months old in India after my brief stint in Dallas TX of almost 7 years, off and on. Prior to me was another American Senator scheduled to meet the aspiring Prince of India! I overheard the self-obsessed price charming trying to compare a senator’s post to something equivalent in India. He somehow did manage, though he was wrong, as usual! Irrespective of my agenda with Rahul Gandhi, I was more intrigued to learn him, his mind set, his party and his surroundings. Time was in my favour, may be to demonstrate me that it would be the last time I am destined to deal with him. “ 70% of India’s population live in villages. They know nothing but farming. We want them to continue farming. We promised them water, we promised them rural roads, we promised them agricultural benefits, we...

We deserved all what Modi is delivering, 30 years ago! Guess what? That’s where we are heading – 30 years back!

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While the government may publish and show only what they want you to see, it’s the very few who can actually feel the reality. Its not just Parle-G, Jet Airways, automobile companies, real estate developers and many more industries who have shut down or are on the verge of collapsing. On this journey which is taking us 30 years behind in the next 10 years, be prepared for many more surprises! With all due respect to our Prime Minister and his gang of bureaucrats, their intentions are absolutely clean. I must emphasize that their thought process is completely corruption free and the policies have no self-interest. But the bitter truth is that PM and his bureaucrats lack practical experience and knowledge when it comes to running an enterprise. It’s because they never ran any enterprise or didn’t live a life full of business struggles.  Let me explain better in a layman’s term by giving a very relative example. All of a sudden our PM wakes up and decides that the steering whee...