IIT Delhi and FTI Aug '10 Final
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An Evening @ IIT-Delhi
2nd Aug ‘10
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A Thought for Today…
“So long as the millions live
in hunger and ignorance, I
hold every man a traitor, who
having been educated at
their expense, pays not the
least heed to them”
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India, 2010…
Rising, shining, thriving…
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India, 2010…
A vast population deprived of basic needs…
…and dignity
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India, 2010…
A country that is increasingly ungovernable…
with large areas that are “out of bounds”
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India, 2010…
…and unsafe
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Cheque-book
Charity is
NOT
the answer…
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…to India’s
fundamental
problem
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Poor
Governance
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Charity can’t “fix” India
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How do we
fix India?
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The Root
Cause
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The Root
Cause(s)
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Ineffective
Leadership
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The 15th Lok Sabha
153 MPs with criminal charges
74 with serious criminal charges
9 Ministers with pending criminal
cases against them
25 “crorepati” MPs who have not
declared their PAN details
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Strategic
Failure
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Poor Choices
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The lost decade…
If India’s economic reforms would have
started a decade earlier…
14.5 million more children would have
survived
261 million more Indians would have become
literate
109 million more people would have risen
above the poverty line
From “Socialism Kills”, Swaminathan S Aiyar
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The Root of
All Causes
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A
Dysfunctional
Middle Class
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…that is “least bothered about
corruption in high places, the
relentless loot of public money,
the sagging physical
infrastructure …the repeated
terrorist attacks…”*
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…that constantly finds excuses
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…that constantly finds excuses
“This is not my problem…”
“I pay my taxes, I obey the laws…”
“If only our politicians and our bureaucrats did their job
properly”
“The problem is with the system”
“The problem is we have too many people”
“Why should I bother?”
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…that
tries not to think about it..
finds reasons not to do anything..
keeps saying this is someone else’s
problem..
pretends everything is fine…
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It is NOT…
153 MPs with criminal charges
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The only way out is for YOU…and ME
to get involved
Unless the educated, the healthy and
the ones with their stomachs full…
…unless WE start thinking about
changing India, NOTHING will change
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The 3 “I”s…
Get Interested
Get Informed
Get Involved
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Getting Informed…
The Indian National Interest Site
http://nationalinterest.in
My selection of Top News
http://my.alltop.com/jaihind
Bharat-Rakshak
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/
……
My blog
http://Satyameva-Jayate.org/
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Getting Involved…
Recognising that the route to change in
a democracy lies in politics
Connect with the “real” India
Networks and relationships
Policy and related matters
Joining hands
With others groups, associations and
individuals
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FTI is about Leaders
Leaders
Committed to democratic route to change
Having the courage and determination to fight it
out
With empathy and sensitivity towards the
unfortunate and the deprived
Having the realisation that this is going to be a
very hard…and a very long journey..
Having the highest standards of ethics
And much more..
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FTI is a Platform
For leaders with shared beliefs to come
together towards a better India
FTI is a “Coalition of the Willing”
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I’m not ready…yet
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What can you offer?
Resources, Money
Always needed
“Outreach” efforts
Time, Effort
Policy work, back-end work, logistics and
communications
All the thankless jobs
Spreading the word
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Next Steps
FreedomTeam.in
FreedomPartnersDelhi @ GoogleGroups.com
somnath@bhartiassociates.com 99100 44233
dipinder@gmail.com 98992 58440
shantanu @ Satyameva-Jayate.org
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Questions, Comments...
Jai Hind, Jai Bharat!
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