My Reflections

India is an economic bright spot and one of the fastest growing economies in the world. India is also one of the most unequal economies. One third of world's poor live in India. It produces talents who can compete head to head with the talents anywhere in the world. At the same time Indian schools and colleges produce graduates who are unemployable due to poor quality of education. India is attracting people from far away countries for health care at the same time Indians in large number do not get basic health care facility. The expensive health care is single major factor which pushes people down the poverty line. Indian villages especially villages beyond 5 KM of district head quarters lack basic infrastructure very badly. The public schooling system has improved but the quality of education remains a challenge. These contradictions make India a land of paradoxes. Anirudh Krishna, in his book ‘The Broken Ladder’ diagnoses the causes and effects of economic dispari...

Education only Solution for Muslims’ backwardness Since time immemorial mankind has witnessed a universal truth that the educated and technologically advanced class rules. The society which does not encourage its people to learn, perish. Greek, Egypt, Rome et al. vanished because of death of creativity in those societies. Great civilizations died its own death due to lack of education. The British Empire was established on the strong foundation of technological advancement. It remained superpower till its education was supreme. The US could impose its hegemony on the world because it has technological and economic excellence. Japan could match with US and European countries; the technology with quality is the mantra behind. The technological advancement, economic growth etc. is attained and sustained on quality education. Education, particularly higher education can be liberating force from prejudice, atrocities and discrimination etc. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, a great reformer of 19th cent...