All dusks are followed by dawns; a brighter day always comes overcoming the darkness. The lock always comes with a key, so does a problem. So many times we try to solve the problem by killing the symptoms without even trying to reach to the root of the problem and may give up easily, saying the problem cannot be solved. However, a problem well understood is half-solved; hence it is most important to understand the problem at first. But we must remember, “Problems cannot be solved with the same thinking that created them.” So, what is the problem that Nepal is currently facing, if we have one at all? If a dawn is to follow this long-living darkness which direction will the sun rise from “Where shall I fix my eyes to be able to see the light?”
You do not need to workout your brain hard to realize something is wrong with the way we are living at the moment. And you do not need to be a politician or an active social worker to get to know that people are not happy with what they have, neither the millionaires nor the scholars and definitely not the poor ones. Everyone, from a five-year-young kid to a ninety-five year old gentle man senses there is a problem with the system and all the media are selling just that ; negativity. If everyone senses an underlying trouble in the country, what is it? If you ask hundred people, you will get hundred and ten different answers and surprisingly none of them matches to your perceived problem. So, what does this mean?
It means, either there is no problem, what we are thinking is just an essence of negativity and frustration we are surrounded by, or it means that we are not talking problems, we are talking symptoms.
It is only obvious that we find ourselves a decade or two behind the world in economic, technological and infrastructural terms, as we have just come out of a decade long war in the country. Wait! Have we come out of it, yet? But does that mean we are wrong in all the things that we do? Is our culture, religion, lifestyle, education system, investment policy, banking system, parenting all wrong? Or is it that only political instability is the cause for everything? Or is it nothing but just our attitude that needs to be changed? With my experience, knowledge and intelligence, I cannot point out problems in other things; nevertheless our attitude problem is clearly visible to me. No system is perfect, every system has loopholes, and all the systems are being continually improved, the important thing is to make people feel that they are heading the right direction and their future is better than what is now, and that is exactly where our leaders and scholars are lacking to communicate to the mass.
Although history may not always be a good predictor of future, the easiest reference point always is history. If we look at the history of the developed and highly developing countries, two kinds of people stand out: Effective Leaders and Visionary Entrepreneurs.
We cannot rule out the contribution of JFK, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Clinton towards the development of United States, but it was not merely their efforts that have made US the richest and strongest country in the world. It would not have been possible without Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Alexander Fleming, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Graham Bell, Mark Zuckerberg, Ray Kroc, Warren Buffet, Walt Disney and many more such enthusiastic people: Entrepreneurs. As all other are busy talking and complaining about systems, entrepreneurs are changing systems, creating systems and changing the whole world. A quick reminder though, US is neither the happiest country nor the country with the most entrepreneurs.US is a country whose citizens understand business very well and are so good at communicating things that they really make the world want what they have. Are they really the best? I leave that to you.
Today, the world is singing only two songs, one about the US as usual and the other about BRIC economy. Brazil, Russia, India and China stand head to head to grab the opportunity to become the superpower of the world very soon. And as it seems China has left the other three far behind. China’s economy is growing at a rate no one would have ever anticipated. Everyone was busy complaining about communism, and while all others spent their energy and intellect to become a capitalistic country seeing the US, China proved to everyone it’s not what system is, its what system does that matters. So here we are observing two very completely different countries in terms of everything competing for the superpower position. That would be enough to justify my point that system doesn’t really matter. So what’s fuelling China’s ballistic economic growth?
The answer is quite simple: Entrepreneurship. There’s hardly any city in the world today that does not have a China Town. And there’s hardly any product that China does not manufacture. From the cheapest toys we buy to the tallest building of the world, it’s all in China. As it is supposed to be in communism, we do not hear about many multi - billionaires from China, however there are individuals who have contributed to the economic growth in a significant manner. I personally feel its not long before we see Baidu in place of Google and YouKU taking over YouTube. We are seeing a rapid growth of sales of Chinese Automobiles world wide, we may not have to wait long to say “No, this is not German, it’s awesome and it’s Chinese. There may not be another “Beijing Olympics” for years to come; we will have to see how the Rio De’ World Cup will be by the way.
No matter how much we pretend to hate our other neighbour, its not bringing down their remarkable economic growth rate. Indians were always good with business, now they have learnt to add Luxury to it. Indian goods are no more ugly looking and cheap and strong. Land Rover’s Indian now.
Two out of five world’s richest man are Indians. Bollywood’s everywhere. Indians are on moon now. Look at the Fortune 500 companies CEO’s list and at least a third of them will be Indians. It’s not just Ambanis, Tatas, Mittals and Birlas now. Today it Narayana Murthy, Azim Premji, Subruto Bagchi, Vijay Mallya, Dabba wala and numerous small company owners who are joining their hands together in uplifting the country’s economy.
Of course Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has a role to play in this breathtaking growth of India. He is a gold medalist of economics and has served as a teacher, so he clearly knows when and how to speak, N-deal is an example. More than Manmohan Singh my respect goes to Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam though. He came as an angel to India, an angel that we desperately need in Nepal at the moment. Along with all other things, it was Kalam’s mind-boggling speech that helped India integrate and march towards the brighter path. I wish all Nepalese read that speech and take it in case of Nepal.
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