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The I A S results for this year were out a few days back and the newspapers promptly ran stories about the toppers, right from some with a humble background, to those who have followed the family tradition(i.e whose parent(s) are IAS officers themselves).when my mom read these articles, she wishfully said that maybe i should try for civils too,but i have never been interested in it, i never was and i never will.Besides, i told her, its not fair that i waste the lakhs of rupees that the indian government has invested in making me a doctor.Her argument was that a lot of doctors are doing that every year, what about all those doctors and engineers who got educated in the state run colleges with low fees and cheap education who promptly left to the US and other countries after graduation and settled there?isnt that brain drain?, and when so many are doing it why not me?, what difference does it make if one person tries to think differently and act differently?
But, i believe it does, it matters what each of us does with what we have got, India a great country and dont let anyone make you feel differently, like every country, there are problems, there is poverty,crime, corruption, inequality, illiteracy etc, but we need to look at the good ponits too, the vision our founding fathers had was beatiful, they envisioned a sovereign, socialist, secular democracy..
we still have free medical care, some of the best and top colleges are still run by the government and for which the fees is almost nominal, the largest railways in the world and a lot of other things we take for granted..
Sometimes i wonder, where did that vision of our founding fathers go?, where am i living?why am i still living here instead of searching for greener pastures(namely the US and other western countries), but im not ready to give up on my country just yet, i will try and give back what i have gotten from my country, and wont give up hope..not yet...
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I understand your patriotism, but when it comes to reality, it's always your call on what makes you happy and how can you justify your choices. Before moving to US, I thought the same as you, but being here for last 5 yrs, I realized society is more fair in giving me the opportunities than my home country and it makes a huge difference in how happy and peaceful v can be with our lives, Having said that, it makes me no less patriotic having the opportunity to serve not only US but also the rest of the world with innovations and technology that has an indirect ripple effect through out the world, India being the forefront of receiving the benefits. If not for the brain drain of the 80'd and 90's, Indians would not have put our country on the world map and would not have brought in so many jobs to feed the ever growing population withjobs in tech and outsourcing sector, that has literally transformed india from a third world country to a global IT powerhouse and such a huge economic power. You need to understand that each of our personal success stories joined together scripts the success of country as a whole. So do whatever it takes to be successful without engaging in wrongful routes.
i agree with you there, but most of the people actually haven't given back much to their home country in any way, they haven't repaid their debt, though a lot of what they are is because of this country..
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