Yesterday, power went off umpteen times. As we have APC at the office, initially, work wasn't affected as the PC's didn't go off along with the lightings and the AC. However, later in the day, as the UPS weren't charged enough due to frequent power downs, even the PCs bid adieu. Thankfully, our critical servers were on redundant supply of generators and hence didn't crash. Had they, it would have been a jolly good time pass for all. And then we (read HR) talk about productivity and efficiency in terms of man-hours.
What is the most important thing for any living person in a civilised world? Basic Amenities. Do we have? Unfortunately, inadequate. Why blame the government we elected. By definition, the representatives of the people, after all, represent the cumulative sum of the intelligence of the people. If we are bereft of the bare minimum infrastructure, it is we who are to be blamed. Period.
At the time of independence, 60 years back, our generating capacity was around 33000 MW. Now it is around 1.3 GW. Sixty years for 1 GW; less than 1700 MW per year! As of date, over 45000MW capacity addition is in under way, that is to be synchronised by 2012. Looking at the current (administrative and financial) prospects, it seems feasible. So, in next 5 years, we shall have added around 30% of the our present capacity; equivalent to the proportionate work accomplished in about 30 years between 1947-2007! Can it be done? The answer is an emphatic, Yes. Power, Oil, Gas - in short, Energy - is the need of the day. It has always been.
There are two ways to be happy. One, the escapist way, preached by the pristine sages of India which professes an individual that to be devoid of the material pleasure. Simply speaking, they convey that one should not desire. If there are no desire - of any variety - there is no discontentment. If there is no discontentment, one is happy. So, live in jungles with monkeys, eat herbs, sleep on hay and enjoy the nature. The other way is the entrepreneurial one. Take risks, invent, discover, desire; for comforts, facilities, amenities, et al. Enjoy them. Be happy. These are tangible things. Material of the Materialistic pleasure. One can quantify these things, at least, unlike the unfathomable and unquantifiable Spiritual one. OK. Where are these so-called materialistic things going to come from? Heaven? Absolutely not. We have to manufacture them. If we want it, we need to work. We need to upgrade infrastructure. We need to produce energy. It's the motive force that can drive us ahead. Granted, energy can't be created or destroyed. But, what we have been doing since last two millennia? Chanting dohe? How much moral purification it did? The Noida Serial Killer? Had he had better income, he would have savoured some vegetarian delicacies over the human flesh. We have been wasting incredible amount of energy on ostensibly worthless pursuits in the name of public welfare under the fictitious banner of 'Help the Poor'. How far are the alms going to feed? If the hand gets rewarded with money for doing nothing but just because it's the hand of poor, why that hand would ever desire to achieve the strength to earn. We need to teach how to fish, rather than giving away fish. And then, who is we? No, not only the government. Why blame them. If you swear, you will catch no fish. We have to work. We have to earn the happiness we desire, lest we are ready to be labelled as escapists.
We want malls, cars, ditch less roads, uninterrupted power supply and ilk. Where is it going to come from? Doing maintenance of obsolete mainframe code? Or by answering overseas calls? Where are you going to power the mainframes from? Where are you going to power the telephone exchanges? Where are you going to power the escalator you used to reach the next floor of mall? What are you going to fuel the car with? Spiritual drivel? Rubbish.
We need to manufacture. That needs industries. That needs skilled manpower. That needs education. And it can't be achieved by reservations, for sure. Prosperity is a function of (skilled) workmanship, not alms. I firmly stand by the following words of John D. Rockefeller, "I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure." We need to realise what drives the world. It's not service. It's manufacturing. Products. And that needs Energy.
Think over it.
What is the most important thing for any living person in a civilised world? Basic Amenities. Do we have? Unfortunately, inadequate. Why blame the government we elected. By definition, the representatives of the people, after all, represent the cumulative sum of the intelligence of the people. If we are bereft of the bare minimum infrastructure, it is we who are to be blamed. Period.
At the time of independence, 60 years back, our generating capacity was around 33000 MW. Now it is around 1.3 GW. Sixty years for 1 GW; less than 1700 MW per year! As of date, over 45000MW capacity addition is in under way, that is to be synchronised by 2012. Looking at the current (administrative and financial) prospects, it seems feasible. So, in next 5 years, we shall have added around 30% of the our present capacity; equivalent to the proportionate work accomplished in about 30 years between 1947-2007! Can it be done? The answer is an emphatic, Yes. Power, Oil, Gas - in short, Energy - is the need of the day. It has always been.
There are two ways to be happy. One, the escapist way, preached by the pristine sages of India which professes an individual that to be devoid of the material pleasure. Simply speaking, they convey that one should not desire. If there are no desire - of any variety - there is no discontentment. If there is no discontentment, one is happy. So, live in jungles with monkeys, eat herbs, sleep on hay and enjoy the nature. The other way is the entrepreneurial one. Take risks, invent, discover, desire; for comforts, facilities, amenities, et al. Enjoy them. Be happy. These are tangible things. Material of the Materialistic pleasure. One can quantify these things, at least, unlike the unfathomable and unquantifiable Spiritual one. OK. Where are these so-called materialistic things going to come from? Heaven? Absolutely not. We have to manufacture them. If we want it, we need to work. We need to upgrade infrastructure. We need to produce energy. It's the motive force that can drive us ahead. Granted, energy can't be created or destroyed. But, what we have been doing since last two millennia? Chanting dohe? How much moral purification it did? The Noida Serial Killer? Had he had better income, he would have savoured some vegetarian delicacies over the human flesh. We have been wasting incredible amount of energy on ostensibly worthless pursuits in the name of public welfare under the fictitious banner of 'Help the Poor'. How far are the alms going to feed? If the hand gets rewarded with money for doing nothing but just because it's the hand of poor, why that hand would ever desire to achieve the strength to earn. We need to teach how to fish, rather than giving away fish. And then, who is we? No, not only the government. Why blame them. If you swear, you will catch no fish. We have to work. We have to earn the happiness we desire, lest we are ready to be labelled as escapists.
We want malls, cars, ditch less roads, uninterrupted power supply and ilk. Where is it going to come from? Doing maintenance of obsolete mainframe code? Or by answering overseas calls? Where are you going to power the mainframes from? Where are you going to power the telephone exchanges? Where are you going to power the escalator you used to reach the next floor of mall? What are you going to fuel the car with? Spiritual drivel? Rubbish.
We need to manufacture. That needs industries. That needs skilled manpower. That needs education. And it can't be achieved by reservations, for sure. Prosperity is a function of (skilled) workmanship, not alms. I firmly stand by the following words of John D. Rockefeller, "I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure." We need to realise what drives the world. It's not service. It's manufacturing. Products. And that needs Energy.
Think over it.
1 comment:
Shall I call it work of an ambitious industrialist or a blatant attack on Eastern spiritualism. I would resist to put a choice between materialistic pleasures and spiritualism since both go hand in hand in my life. None of the two have failed to give what they have promised. As of the author, of whom, I am a very humble subject, I would just put a modest request...
Think twice over it!
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