Change

What's a typical Indian mindset is? Is it something which always resisted the change. Isn't it always being uncomfortable to the change in his/her usual lifestyle or way of living. Isn't it always being demoralizing those who are the carriers of transformation. Isn't it always wanted to live in its own shell.

If it's a no; then why, people resisted to opening up of Indian economy in 1991. Then why, bank employees resisted against the computerization. May be there would be a flip side to earlier mentioned resistance. But, why they resisted to the type of clothes wore by individuals. Why they resisted against the inter caste marriages. Why people still become uncomfortable when they see an adult boy and girl walking together in a tier II or III city. Why they regard it as a westernization of Indian culture. Don't they know that India is a mixture of cultures enriched by arabic, iranian as well as chinese and malay culture too. Why even after having a post graduate degree in law or philosophy or geography or science, people/parents can't differentiate a taboo of the society. 

I believe that mentality is something not very own. It's rather a product developed from the ingredients of casteism, religious hatred practiced by Indians from the last five to six centuries. And this mentality was more polluted during british era; which somewhat somewhere infused the feeling of survival by suppressing others. Two hundred years of marginal to negative growth led to a mentality of preserving every item to ideology. 

May be because of that, they still believe that Indian culture is polluted by being westernized. Even after being post-graduated they believe in casteism or regionalism to showoff their supremacy over others; which has become a survival need for them. And when these people either in age group of 20's or 30's or 40's or even 50's, see a boy and girl walking together, regard it as anti-indian culture. This survival need of having supremacy, which is there in Indians, rarely allow any wife to rise above the glory of his husband or provide 100% security to a lady walking alone on the road. 

This sickness in Indian culture can't be overcome until unless everyone realized the pain to be on the other side of this suppression and supremacy story or in close contact with such pain. 

An evening with Dr. Subir Gokarn

Those who are great researchers are not only great because of their extraordinary knowledge rather the way , they link those matters of rocket science with the most basic principles. They make even the most critical subject so easy to understand. The lecture by Dr. Subir Gokarn was one such experience.
He was there to give an introductory lecture on sustainability of Indian's growth in future. The way he explained the relationship between the productivity, wages, inflation and all the present happenings was unattainable by many of us.
As per him, because of current rise in income of the Indian citizens specially in the rural region because of these govt. initiatives like MGNREGA and others, where productivity of labor hasn't been improved. In fact, there is decline in their productivity of these labors because of poor planning of govt. officials at lower level. Because of which, same road been constructed by two different agencies in a span of 6 months. Although the basic aim behind these programmes is to give employment. And the issue of productivity has been neglected. At industrial level, this is happening to less extent.
Now the people has money but the services are not generated up to mark which ultimately leading to inflation due to supply side constraint, which is arisen because of lower productivity. Now, if RBI try to contain this inflation for long term growth sustainability so that real value of money will be intact. But the way things are going with RBI following the classical economy and govt. laying emphasis on Keynesian economy; things will be pretty much tough to handle for both of them.
~All these facts and much more, when coupled with graphs and figures and from the mouth of Dr. Gokarn feels so smoothing and easy~
Only experience can give justice to this.