At many of the seminars and intellectual discussions it has been often found people discovering the root cause of most problems in India. And, political system has been at receiving end mostly for most problems in India because everything else is allegedly a result of that.

Not that, I don’t hate politicians but certainly I do not have a disregard for the political system. In my view, the problem of India is not so much the political system but the indifference of people for the political system. We have a great democracy and so its systems, where one can reach up to any heights irrespective of his caste, creed and social status.

But the most regrettable is the role of the so called Indian intelligentsia which is double-speak, corrupt, immoral and valueless. These are the people, who daringly manipulate the system by being dishonest, greedy and immoral for the petty gains through the ever-ready gullible political leaders and administration.

Political leaders and administration understand their value and vulnerability well. Therefore, they become emboldened in asking and sharing the booty as part of their share when the influential class of wealthy people use them for their illegitimate and ulterior gains.

After all the kind of unfair balance that we face in India between haves and have nots is only indicative of the fact poor becoming poor and rich becoming rich. The gap is so disgustingly visible that even a dumb dog of the rich family must be feeling embarrassed seeing poor children begging on the road while taking a ride in the car. Do you think it is the poor people or the underprivileged class or the less privileged class who are corrupt or immoral or manipulative...no it is all the influential class.

The moot point is how do you deal with this class. In my view it is extremely difficult unless mass of people who are actually honest come out and participate in many initiatives that would lend a powerful voice demanding what is good for masses than classes. There have been going such powerful initiatives undertaken by some conscientious people who silently made the government to bow down to their resolve.

There are Aruna Roy and Arvind Kejriwal, belonging to prestigious Indian Civil Service but chose to come out of it to fight for the Right to Information for Indian citizens. Their unsung contribution would be remembered in posterity for gifting common people such a powerful right after Gandhi’s ‘Swaraj’ that no one can now deny justice to any common man on male fide or wrong reasons. There are a number of IIT and IIM graduates, who are dedicating themselves into inventing technology tools for empowering people to use them for their betterment and rights.

One-man army by the name of Prof Anil Gupta, Professor, IIM, Ahmedabad has been tirelessly working with innovators from the rural background, who have invented small technologies to change theirs and also lives in the neighborhood. He is silently bringing change by working with such ordinary people and bringing them into mainstream.

There is someone in Nagpur, who has provided an online platform for connecting people with those needing blood. He does this noble work by spending money from his own pocket. Some similar initiatives are happening in the education domain too. Intelligent learning tools have been created. Well-educated professionals are dedicating their lives in changing the future of rural children by imparting them useful education.

In the name of increased educational opportunities India may have been producing graduates but how many of them are employable is any body’s guess. So, what we are creating nothing but a huge army unemployed graduates. Similarly, every third student in the country wants to become an engineer. Thousands of engineering colleges have mushroomed across the country and aspiring students with a dream to become an engineer have taken admission after spending huge sums.

After they start studying in these colleges what they discover to their utter shock is that there is no faculty to teach them. And, whosoever are teaching them are unqualified teachers and outdated ones. Parents feel cheated so as their wards but they have no choice but to remain there and silently suffer in the hope that someday it might change. Their hopes get shattered the most when they have to work like a shop floor supervisor at a salary equivalent to a technician even after procuring an engineering degree. So, what is driving this phenomenon where every parent wants their children to become engineers. Nothing but unrealistic hopes and greed.

The blame cannot be found entirely with parents alone. The very fundamental question arises who is granting the permission to set up such engineering colleges without even verifying whether they have the competence to run them. Just on the strength of their money power these greedy traders also trade in education and in turn what are they manufacturing - a frustrated lot of students. Therefore, there is no surprise when we read reports in newspapers that behind many of thefts and robberies are these engineering students.

This is just not the example of engineering students alone. Same is the story in many such other professional education set ups. With the sudden downturn in the aviation sector in India, hundred thousands of students suddenly have no job opportunities while they have spent huge sums money of their parents on admissions. The story doesn’t stop here. Even the hospitality students are going to meet the same fate. Similarly, there would be increased joblessness in the BPOs, Aviation and Hospitality. In a country when joblessness would get created to this extent it is likely lead to nothing but lawlessness of all kinds.

I don’t think the government or the resourceful people representing the industry and political parties are even bothered. We generally get excited by some unrealistic growth stories. The crude example of such a make-believe story is the growth in the aviation sector.

The one boom in the sector couldn’t find enough pilots to fly planes from within India. To meet the demand the country has had to import foreign pilots at huge costs. Infosys and Wipros have created an environment where engineering colleges indulged in manufacturing engineers like soaps without even bothering to devote time on standards. And such companies have thrown out a large number of such ‘manufactured engineers’ like garbage on the street when the going became tough for them in the current scenario. Who is to be blamed? I think ourselves ’society as a whole’. Isn’t it?