Twilight of the Taj Mahal

Re:Twilight of the Taj Mahal by blocked_again on Thursday November 29, 2018 @10:24PM (#18566375)

Agreed wholeheartedly. The word passion is over hyped. And it makes very less sense especially when we are from a poor country like India where people run to make their ends meet.

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Re:Twilight of the Taj Mahal by osrec on Thursday November 29, 2018 @11:43PM (#18566738)

Are we really poor? Or are we just badly managing ourselves? Seriously, in a country as naturally rich as India, there is no reason for people to be emaciated with poverty during peacetime. If only we had more passionate people willing to stamp out inefficiency and corruption. And btw, passion is not over-hyped - in my experience, it's almost vital when trying to improve your own or society's situation.

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Re:Twilight of the Taj Mahal by kamaal on Friday November 30, 2018 @12:25AM (#18566927)

>>Seriously, in a country as naturally rich as India, there is no reason for people to be emaciated with poverty during peacetime.

India is not a rich country. Natural resources are not what make one rich. Its human resources.

The human resources development project has been abandoned ever since Jawaharlal Nehru died.

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Re:Twilight of the Taj Mahal by osrec on Friday November 30, 2018 @12:41AM (#18567009)

I'm not sure what you mean? Being naturally rich in resources is pretty much what makes you rich in the material sense. Other countries would kill/have killed for India's resources.

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Re:Twilight of the Taj Mahal by kamaal on Friday November 30, 2018 @01:32AM (#18567188)

Oil has been there under the earth for thousands of years now. But it takes some work to put it use.

Human resources are the most important natural resource any country will by and far ever own.

That's also the reason why the 60 mile radius around Bay Area, a barren desert, has an economic output higher than several countries.

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Re:Twilight of the Taj Mahal by osrec on Friday November 30, 2018 @02:17AM (#18567351)

I don't think you're quite right. The Bay Area is not a nation! It benefits from being part of the United States.

I also see no cogency in your oil example. Just because you need to process oil to put it to use, are you suggesting it has no value!? That seems wholly incorrect!

Anyway, I'm not here to argue. My bottom line is, India can and should be run better, because currently, it's run badly.

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Re:Twilight of the Taj Mahal by blocked_again on Friday November 30, 2018 @12:30AM (#18566946)

> . And btw, passion is not over-hyped - in my experience

I think people who are passionate in CS/I.T field are lucky that it also happens to be one of the highest paying fields in India. I don't think that applies to all sectors. Even people who are passionate about CS/IT and are not from a good college struggle to find a job in India. I consider myself lucky to have my passion lie in programming and passing out from a good college.

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