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   From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com   
      
   India, August 1947... My grandfather described the   
   situation then   
      
   By Burkha Dutt   
   October 24, 2018   
      
   I see some posts here and there about how India is a poor   
   country or how unorganized we are. While I agree with them,   
   I only agree partially. I also see this negativity being   
   used by communists to try and prevail their ideas of   
   economy over the country.   
      
   To bust these communist agendas, I want to take you all to   
   a picture painted by my grandfather about the times we, as   
   indians came from. Juxtapose that picture which he   
   described (below) to your india today...   
      
   Me: What were you doing on August 15th, 1947? How do you   
   think India has changed since then.   
      
   Grandfather: "(pauses a bit) I was travelling in a train   
   from Rajahmundry to Visakhapatnam. The midnight before that   
   dawn, it was announced india was independent. I was a   
   teenager travelling to see my family in visakhapatnam.   
   Everyone was happy that we achieved independence. In this   
   part of the country, all laurels were thrown at congress   
   party(he admires gandhi's personal characteristics). Tuni   
   is an important town in coastal andhrapradesh. Our train   
   was going through that town. Just before the train stopped,   
   on either side of the track, there were about 10000 people   
   asking for food in the hope that people in the train,   
   supposedly richer, would throw some food. Remember, the   
   madras presidency had seen famine for the past 2-3 years by   
   then. Tears kept rolling down my cheeks. Helplessness.   
      
   If you ask me has India changed, I would say, yes.   
   Definitely yes. Its been slow but there has been progress.   
   However, I feel people have grown more cunning and are   
   duping others these days even more."   
      
   This was India then, a poor country left without even food   
   to eat! Its not a question of who is responsible, though we   
   know the mughals and the british plundered the country. The   
   real point is that we have pulled many people out of   
   poverty. In fact the slow pace of progress is a result of   
   Nehru parivar's lack of vision. A lack of   
   dictatorship/draconian communism has let the people   
   progress. No matter what we think of Nehru, he was better   
   than any communist leader. Same applies to any congress of   
   the old times. To think that Congress under Sonia G and   
   Rahul G has joined hands with communists, makes me laugh at   
   those that call themselves congressmen. I mean wasn't   
   congress opposed to communism and hence, a democracy   
   established in India? How can they forget that in their   
   blind hatred for Hindus and hindu practices?   
      
   The motivation for the post was to break the myth prevalent   
   among some of us that nothing can be done of India. We   
   progressed despite many corrupt, inefficient political   
   leaders post independence, we progressed despite the   
   overpopulation issues, despite the deep scar of partition   
   and subsequent terrorism from the neighbor. We are getting   
   off of our debt. Democracy is working for us, just need to   
   give power to the right people.   
      
   I think Mr. Modi is the best leader for India in the   
   foreseeable future but that's an opinion. The above though,   
   was/is a fact.   
      
   End of forwarded post.   
      
   Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi   
   Om Shanti   
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