Thursday, October 08, 2009

Do Indians really have talents for a Nobel Prize ?

Well, I have been asking this question myself for many years.
Do we really have talents in our mother land India ?
Now, dont try to open YouTube and pull some videos.

Lemme put it this way,
we were so proud, to be an indian, isnt it?
we have a history of 5000 years or say 10000 years in the past. (who knows for sure?)
yeah, sure who can fix the number for that qn....

but, my million rupees question is... if and when we are having the world's oldest civilization, one of the world's best and richest culture, multi-diversity, being a sub-continent and for now it would be some 100 crore population.
yeah, when all these mind blowing stuffs we have, why we as indians never contributed any great inventions to the world. like the europeans scientists and research scholars.

Do we really have brains and brainy's with us?

Are we capable of facing the world? or Are we just a kind of scavengers and modern money slaves?
Why we never even discovered anything like madam curie?
why we never proved anything like E=MC square.?
Why we never thought the way how wright brothers visioned.?

But, we have two things in common for all the 100 crore pityful humans.
1. We always complain, and we seldom change. We demand it but when it happens we provoke.
2. We enjoy if someone of us, did something great but by his/her own without others help.

I beleive i dont have to speak for the 1st point. As we all knew that very well.

When it comes to the 2nd point, its the strongest of the two.

Take for example, Abhinav Bindra. hope you still remember the name.
the name which got a gold in the 10 m Air Rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

This guy was way over rich that he could afford for his training and travel all by himself. his gold is completely and only "HIS". its not the nations.
India as a nation did nothing except waving the hands for bindra while the flight takes off.

When he comes back with a gold. he became the true indian citizen. is it?

And the saddest part is the nobel prize winner Mr. Venkat Ramakrishnan.
Well, I appreciate this guys work.
But, do you really think that nobel prize belongs to us. To an Indian?
Are you sure it does?

I dont think so and I dont agree either.

He is an American Citizen. And it was the country America who gave all the facilities, funding and the greatest motivation for him to pursue his career.
And that brought him to nobel prize.

So, better stop rejoicing for someone who unfortunately a born indian but actually an american getting a nobel prize.

If you appreciate him for his research,. i bow down to you.
but if you feel happy that an indian prized for nobel. you better wake up.
I am not against NRI's (i myself an NRI in fact)

I just feel disappointed why when we have everything thats possible but not doing anything in the right way to achieve the right thing?

--- This is my first genuine post written completely and directly from my mind ---
--- Sorry, if it looks like a casual email style to a friend. ---
--- now, i understand the difficulty and talent of blog writing ---