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The Curse of Socialism

My journey to understand began with the question, 'What has hobbled India's re-emergence as a great nation,   in spite of being re-independent for past 70 years?' There are probably many reasons, but one dominating and disturbing cause is India's adoption of Western Socialism. An alien and foreign ideology sought to be imposed on India and all Indians. We are often told that we are world's largest democracy. Actually we are the world's largest socialist democratic republic. So if our leaders have chosen socialism it must be good for us? Right?  Wrong. No its not. Socialism is a curse not only for India but for the whole world. Don't believe it?  Lets start with, what is Socialism? _________________________ Socialism   is a range of political, economic and social systems where everything is owned in common by all people, and supposedly everyone is equal. Everything will be owned by the state and its arms.  Utopian it may sound, in reality it ...

India cannot afford to admire Henry Ford

Attending a talk of great leaders, an America-phile (lover of America) was narrating to us natives the power of American leadership and why we should replicate it. The speaker said several useful things and some I did not agree with particularly when alluding to Henry Ford's management and leadership style. Here is why we should not admire Henry Ford's leadership and management style. Henry Ford is considered to be a legend of sorts. He was instrumental in the introduction of a revolution called mass production. Initially hailed as the most efficient way to manufacture goods, mass production churned out millions of near identical products at significantly lower costs from a process called craft production. While craft production employed highly skilled workmen with a few apprentices was highly rewarding both financially and emotionally, the products were terribly expensive. On the  other hand mass production employed large numbers of unskilled workmen in a manner that  co...