Independent India turns 62 today

India turns 62 year old Independent nation today. During a span of such time, India has encountered various ups and downs, somehow or other survived many scares and today its stand as one of the major power in Asia. Often we speak only about the negative aspects of the country, belittling the positive achievements made by us since the glory on 15th August 1947.

India has grown significantly in several areas and produced world class scientists, engineers, bureaucrats, journalists, sports persons, artists, industrialists and politicians who have made a mark in the world stage. I would like to mention on this occasion about few personalities of modern India, who had made India proud.

In the last few years, India has made decent progress in several areas and produced world class scientists, engineers, bureaucrats, journalists, doctors, sports person, artists, industrialists and politicians, who have made a mark on the world stage.

First of all, we should salute our soldiers who battled for us, in 1962 Indo-China war, 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak wars, 1999 Kargil war and saved us from the jaws of the enemy many times. They are ever ready to provide us safety, security and tension free sleep. Our scientists have done extraordinary work and India has attained the capability to send satellites and rockets into space and we are now working on a Moon mission.

We have increased life expectancy from 32 years in 1947 to 65 years in 2009. We have built about 1.25 million miles of new roads in this short span of time. In 1947 our literacy rate was 12.2 per cent and it is up to around 70 per cent now.

In the industrial sector, we are marching ahead of many developed countries. We have increased our exports from a few million dollars at the time of independence to more than $125 billion now, with about $150 billion of imports. GDP growth was around 2.3 per cent in 1951-52 and has reached to more then 9 per cent at present.

The economy of India is the twelfth largest economy in the world by market exchange rates and the fourth largest by purchasing power parity (PPP) basis. India's per capita income is $1016 and we currently account for 1.5 per cent of World trade as of 2007, according to the WTO. Our hard currency reserves have also grown from a mere $1.5 billion in 1991 to over $220 billion today.

India's information technology exports grew from a mere $150 million in 1991-92 to $31.4 billion in 2006-07, and is projected to reach $60 billion by 2010. The Indian IT industry is unique for several reasons. It focused on exports; benchmarked with the best global companies; followed the finest principles of corporate governance; created the largest number of jobs in the organised sector; and demonstrated that Indians, too, could succeed in the competitive global markets.

We are at the eighth position in the world Telecom sector. Total mobile phone users reached 362. 3 million in January 2009 in India and the total subscriber base of fixed lines are more than 50 million. Forty five million Internet user are in India and the number is increasing rapidly.

India is the world's largest producer of films, producing close to a thousand films annually. Indian cinema has found markets in over 90 countries, where our films are screened. Indian artists like Ustad Zakir Hussain, Lata Mangeskar, Amitabh Bachcahn, RajniKanth, Kamal Hasan, Sharukh khan are respected everywhere in world.

When it comes to Business, India has produced vast pool of world class entrepreneurs. As a matter of fact, no of Billionaires in India is more than that in Japan(as per the latest forbes list of Billionaires). We have been able to produce good entrepreneurs like Azim Premji, Narayana murthy, Nandan nilekani.

We have been produce world class politicians like Manmohan singh and visionaries like the great Dr.APJ Abdul kalam whose VISION 2020 has gone into the heart of many Indian Youth.

Now finally coming to sports, Indians are achieving new heights in every kind of sports. In cricket, the Indian team is one of the best teams in every format and of course every one are the fans of Sachin tendulkar. Vishwanathan Anand is world's best chess player, Abhinav Bindra won a gold in Olympics, whereas Saina Nehwal is the latest Badminton sensation.

India has a large number of youth compared to any other developed country in the world. Isn’t this the only force required to over take any superpowers of the world?????????

The kind of potential in each and every one of us is enormous and when it is effectively used U know INDIA WILL BE THE #1 nation in the world. Don’t you think so???

So guys let us all do something and achieve in our field of interest and show to the world who we are and show our might in every field………We soon can have a Microsoft, a Michael phelps, a Barack obama from India….can’t we?????..........

First and foremost we must work towards the vision 2020 emphasized by the people’s president Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam.

What do you feel????????

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY friends.