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Development - Be Optimistic - Do your part

 Just a thought - Be Optimistic - Do your part -

I have people complaining all the time in our nation. It is correct to say we have problems of governance, administration of cities, corruption and feudalism in attitude by many in officialdom. Manufacturing and employment remain concerns. BUT we have made progress. It’s not as though time has stood still. We will evolve and for the better. But some will only complain. When people crib and crib and bring in political figures, well they are often not clear. Often - even twenty plus years ago I tried this -
Take a board - write - or write on a register and hold it up -
Water for drinking and irrigation
Variety of food and fruits
Electricity
Roads
Comfort goods
Two wheelers
Cars
Banking and financial inclusion 
Hospitals / Doctors
Communication etc.
Then divide it into 60 years - a 20 years period at one time - maybe even ten years - and ask questions about the status ! And I don’t care who governed. But just the status. How it has evolved and the facilities. 
Then we know !
There are people who in their lifetime have from walking to their village found connectivity and commercial activities in small towns. Costs and inflation are a concern, yes. Could we be better than this in the same period. Certainly..  But are we badly off as before, not at all. And do not confuse a political leader and his thoughts, he was benign and he was too strong or whatever, no matter what, we have made progress. It’s not just gloom and doom.
And instead of myths check longevity now and in 1920 or so or even earlier. We live longer now. This is one myth which must be done away with. So do your part sincerely and don’t crib. Be aware but not negative.
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