Traipse and Happy New year 2005
So finally 2004 is over and when i look back this year then this was a year with so many things happenning. For me some of the defining moments in history are
Reelection of George Bush -> Bush is back and it didn't surprise me inspite of all the media generated hype that he won't be selected. He came back and he came back strongly. Considering my views (I am a staunch supporter of Gay Marriages even gay couples adopting children, Stem cell research, Freedom of Speech, Non violence). I couldn't support Kerry. By the time of election I wanted Bush to win and infact most of the people in India were siding with Bush. One of the reason I believe is Kerry's economic policy. Inspite of being a liberal he didn't behave like a liberal wheras Bush was more open. The world economy is undergoing a rapid transition that many people have failed to take notice.
Congress back in India -> I definitely feel that to have a good leader at top can do much more sweeping change then a grass root politician. For long India had prime ministers who were more politicians than a reformer. Current Prime minister Manmohan Singh is definitely one of the best person for this job. His equally competent finance minister Chidambram and Montek Singh Ahluwalia make a perfect team and also we have a President who thinks and is a visionary. Dr Abdul Kalam is definitely a President we are proud of.
Technology and Cell phone growth -> Its good to see finally the telecom sector in India growing. Infact the government should liberalize this section fully. There should be no licensing fee, prices should be slashed down and let the people get a connectivity at the cheapest and easiest way. Infact government shouldn't look beyond formulating policies and making sure that they are implemented. The easiest way to do is to make more and more roads. Connectivity is a problem in India. Spend as much as on non polluting source of energy. Why doesn't it exploit the huge coastal line ? Unless a country becomes energy surplus its progress will be retarded. I don't believe in spending a lot of money on basic education. To me its a waste of money. Broad band connection is a crying need in India. Not using the latest communication technology is the greatest mistake any country can do. I remember there was a talk of DTH(Direct to home telecast in 1996) it never got implemented. There is now a resurgence of interest in it. Which i now think is too late and considering the policies that some people want the DTH operators to implement. So that people won't become morally corrupt ! Thats insanity and I believe and waste of money. In couple of years most of the television will be available through Internet and then you cannot restrict anybody from watching anything they want to.
Coming future -> More and more classes will be available through the internet. Current model of teaching will evolve in which teachers becoming more of facilitators instead of the only source of knowledge other than books. People will have access to the lectures of best teachers and these teachers will be helping their students understand those lectures. I am not saying that these teachers will become Teaching Assistants to those teachers but definitely the boundary between Teachers and TA will become blur. Teaching aids will be lot more interactive and standard of education will improve world wide.
Relgion -> More and more people will start to claim themselves as spritual dissassociating themselves from the organized religion.
Reelection of George Bush -> Bush is back and it didn't surprise me inspite of all the media generated hype that he won't be selected. He came back and he came back strongly. Considering my views (I am a staunch supporter of Gay Marriages even gay couples adopting children, Stem cell research, Freedom of Speech, Non violence). I couldn't support Kerry. By the time of election I wanted Bush to win and infact most of the people in India were siding with Bush. One of the reason I believe is Kerry's economic policy. Inspite of being a liberal he didn't behave like a liberal wheras Bush was more open. The world economy is undergoing a rapid transition that many people have failed to take notice.
Congress back in India -> I definitely feel that to have a good leader at top can do much more sweeping change then a grass root politician. For long India had prime ministers who were more politicians than a reformer. Current Prime minister Manmohan Singh is definitely one of the best person for this job. His equally competent finance minister Chidambram and Montek Singh Ahluwalia make a perfect team and also we have a President who thinks and is a visionary. Dr Abdul Kalam is definitely a President we are proud of.
Technology and Cell phone growth -> Its good to see finally the telecom sector in India growing. Infact the government should liberalize this section fully. There should be no licensing fee, prices should be slashed down and let the people get a connectivity at the cheapest and easiest way. Infact government shouldn't look beyond formulating policies and making sure that they are implemented. The easiest way to do is to make more and more roads. Connectivity is a problem in India. Spend as much as on non polluting source of energy. Why doesn't it exploit the huge coastal line ? Unless a country becomes energy surplus its progress will be retarded. I don't believe in spending a lot of money on basic education. To me its a waste of money. Broad band connection is a crying need in India. Not using the latest communication technology is the greatest mistake any country can do. I remember there was a talk of DTH(Direct to home telecast in 1996) it never got implemented. There is now a resurgence of interest in it. Which i now think is too late and considering the policies that some people want the DTH operators to implement. So that people won't become morally corrupt ! Thats insanity and I believe and waste of money. In couple of years most of the television will be available through Internet and then you cannot restrict anybody from watching anything they want to.
Coming future -> More and more classes will be available through the internet. Current model of teaching will evolve in which teachers becoming more of facilitators instead of the only source of knowledge other than books. People will have access to the lectures of best teachers and these teachers will be helping their students understand those lectures. I am not saying that these teachers will become Teaching Assistants to those teachers but definitely the boundary between Teachers and TA will become blur. Teaching aids will be lot more interactive and standard of education will improve world wide.
Relgion -> More and more people will start to claim themselves as spritual dissassociating themselves from the organized religion.
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