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Re: India: A Country of Beggars
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: India: A Country of Beggars
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From: ganguli@Glue.umd.edu (R. Ganguli)
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Date: 10 Jul 1996 08:30:20 -0400
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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References: <4kks8b$kam@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <4kt6sd$jdb@babbage.ece.uc.edu> <ghenDuBB89.1J1@netcom.com>
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|> I apologize for any insult received - it was not intended. Literacy is
|> paramount for a country and for individuals to develop, but I agree that
|> industrial development is equally important. Commercial development in
|> India will help it keep its greatest resource - its people - and stop the
|> requisite sending of them to other countries for education.
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|> Please don't take what I'm writing the wrong way, I love Indian people.
|> But its counter productive to send Indian citizens to foreign countries
|> for an education, which can only be utilized in those foreign countries.
|> Then, unfortunately, many of those people, after receiving government
|> scholarships, either are obligated (de facto) or choose to reside in the
|> country where they got their education.
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|> Education is paramount, but industrial development is nearly as important.
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|> Bests,
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|> Jay
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The Indian government does not send students abroad to study. All the students
who go abroad come after getting scholarships from universities or are funded
by family and work done at the universities. This education is not being wasted
even if the people stay here. Many Indians have returned to set up companies
in the computer fields. Others help through advise, money or change in
perception and stereotypes. India does not have any dearth of talent in the technical
or management fields. What is lacking is capital and infrastructure. Over the
past few years there has been much improvement in that direction.
The literacy rate will improve as time goes on. It will follow and not precede
economic development in India's case. The 100 percent literacy rate did not
do Russia any good, for example.
In case you want to help, there are many charitable organizations trying to
improve conditions in India. For example check out ASHA, an organization
supporting education in India at
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/group/asha/
Ranjan
