Its 11:05 PM, Dawn is just few hours away……

Son - Let me sleep ma, its already 11:05 PM… pls don’t disturb, I was just getting closer to Salma Hayek in my dreams… and you just interrupted me !!

Mother - Boy, it’s not the right time to sleep… for you it is 11:05 PM, but for me it is 11.05% inflation rate which is bothering me, and I am worried about your other brothers and sisters who didn’t have their dinner this night. You are not bothered, as even skyrocketing fuel prices is not going to hamper you from driving your luxurious Porsche car, but my 300 million kids are shattered when wheat or milk or vegetables prices rise even by 5-10 bucks. Please do something…., the mother cried.

Son - You care for them only…. What about me!!... The Young, IT-stud, dude, smart fellow who is responsible for all those ‘India-shining’ or ‘Incredible-India’ types glory to you…. You know what ma, even my bank raised the home-loan rates yesterday... Van-Heusen and Georgio Armani stuff is also costlier now, because of which me and my girl-friend cancelled our Euro-trip and are now planning only for Singapore or Bangkok….. Sigh !!

Mother - Alas!! You think like this….. I know son, prosperity has to be there for a country to propel, but we have to take everyone along side…. Why don’t you understand?
This is not the time to sleep, we need to work for this night only, as the Dawn is just few hours away… just imagine, how will it look tomorrow morning when I will bath in sun-shine and sparkle like gold again….. the sone-ki-chidiya !!

Tarun - I hope, I need not to explain who is playing the role of mother-son here……., the people out there reading this stuff are intelligent enough to get the feel.....

Are we changing ???

Are we changing?? Oh, I think we are… change is in the blood of Indians, considering n number of peaks and troughs in the cycle from being cradle of human civilization (Indus Valley civilization) to business hub controlling global trade during the Mughals… to a poverty-striken and blood-bathed India of 1900’s. You name it, and we have seen it all. We have seen extremes in many cases… be it science, politics, sports etc… Consider this -----

1975: India’s first satellite Aryabhatta was launched from Soviet Union.
1984: First Indian in space, Rakesh Sharma proudly uttered “Sare jahan se achha, Hindustan hamara”, when asked by Indira Gandhi, “How does India look from above?”
2008: ISRO sets world record by launching 10 satellites in one go using PSLV C-9. The satellites were from nations like Japan and Germany, so called technologically advanced nations

1960s: Lal Bahadur Shastri urged Indians to have only a meal daily, so as to curb food shortage. India refused US food aid because quality of food was good for cattle-fodder but not for humans.
2008: Condoleeza Rice and George Bush blamed Indian middle class for rising food prices, as our per capita income is rising and we are eating more. Poor fellow... somebody please remind him that more than half of Americans are suffering from excessive eating and obesity....

1962: Jawaharlal Nehru to China – “Hindi-chini bhai bhai”
China to India – “Oh really, but we want your land” and Indians lost the war to the Chinese.
1998: hmm.. dare not to look at our land, you Pakistanis and Chinese… we have the nuke-bomb with us… ha ha ha
2008: America to India – “what the hell you can do with your nuclear power, you Indians are not able to strike a nuclear-deal for power generation…. Shame on you”

1928: Indian Hockey Team won first Olympics Gold Medal
1980: Indian Hockey Team won 8th Olympics Gold Medal
2008: Indian Hockey Team failed even to qualify for Olympics …..

Negatives and positives are always there, but a country has to move forward to overcome others in all fields of excellence.
The essence is that we, the nation where average age is 24.8 years, still share a dream of ruling this world economy through sheer power of our young working force – the human capital. Extremes are always there and India believes to be at peak once again. Amen !!