In India passion wins at last...

Comment on the article Sangham Radio making waves by Ramesh Menon.   

The tragedy of policy making in India is that it is made mostly by those who have never been to villages and who have always seen villages, poor and the so called backwards with a sense of contempt. And to make matters worse, there is a system in place (inherited from the British) which is based on the basic assumption of administration as a rule and not service, something a modern democracy should be.

Wherever you go, there is so much of paperwork, so much of 'Jaan Pehchaan' and 'jugaad' mentality, so much of stress upon letting only those things happen which is of benefit to 'them'. This is essentially why innovation comes in this country at a cost which sometimes destroys the innovation itself.

Sam Pitroda told in a recent interview that he does not remember if he ever had to go anywhere except signing legal papers his counsel prepared, when he was in America. In India, getting the 'permission' to innovate, to be an entrepreneur, to do something new takes more energy than the enterprise itself.

The effort of the Dalit women is definitely a role model. The very fact that they kept waiting for almost ten years is testimony to their determination and passion.