Governance and Indian Nationalism (GAIN)

India may be an independent nation but Indians will not achieve freedom until they redeem the loss of every single drop of blood sacrificed by their Heroes over the past 1,500 years.  India is a rare country whose 10,000 to 12,000 years old civilization still exists and flourishes. Even in ancient times, Bharat was not only culturally rich but scientifically advanced as well. Past evidences also indicate that Bharatiyas have the best brains, be it in the field of Art, Science, Engineering, Commerce, Economics, Foreign Affairs OR Defence.  Indian scientists, mathematicians and engineers introduced revolutionary concepts that changed the world forever -- For example, Aryabhat (zero), Baudhayan (pi), Kanad (atom theory), Varahamihira (hydrology, geology and ecology) and Charak (Indian medicine).     India also produced Kshtrayias such as Rama, Arjuna, Bhishm Pitamah, Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka, Vikramaditya, Prithviraj Chauhan, Maharana Pratap and Shivaji Mahar...

IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:  If you can make one heap of all your winnings  And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss...

"The most important thing to do today is to generate enthusiasm. No economy can improve if people feel defeated and become risk-averse. Therefore, we have to bring the positive feeling back by implementing measures that would revive the outlook. The other step that should be taken is increase the savings rate, help people save more, as this would translate into more investment which in turn would boost growth." -- Dr. Subramanian Swamy  Nearly 35-40 million Indians pay taxes annually; however, only 1% of the total tax payers account for a major chunk of tax collections. For the remaining tax payers, filing returns is a complex process involving extensive paperwork.  While skeptics highlight an annual loss of INR 2.47 lakh crores of revenues; they tend to overlook the inherent benefits (monetary as well as non-monetary) that will accrue with such a system. Moreover, the system of zero taxation is also working effectively in nearly 15 other countries around the worl...

Arvind Kejriwal who shot to limelight during Anna's movement has now created his space in Indian politics. He has become the CM of Delhi and is now smartly working towards his next goal of destabilizing India which is the main agenda of his entering Indian politics. While many Delhites, who innocently voted for AAP, see its victory as a victory of anti-corruption, they don't realize that the actual control of Delhi still wrests with Congress -- the party they rejected in Delhi Assembly elections.  Kejriwal's rise highlights the vulnerability of Delhi voters who easily fell for rhetoric and false promises. Quite often, Indians have shown a propensity to choose an option which has led to India's undoing. Trends over the last 66 years indicate that whenever Congress was surrounded by serious corruption charges, it leveraged the weakness of voters to manipulate a confused verdict.  Therefore intentions of Kejriwal are pertinent to understand, given the continuous fl...