Ambition, aspiration are good, as any professional athlete will attest. However, for India to aim to become a developed economy in twenty years’ time sets the bar so high, it can become delusional. No country of even a fraction of India’s size has achieved this. Better to acknowledge that amidst islands of excel land affluence, we are still a developing country. Lower middle, whereas Sri Lanka is now upper middle. Set realistic targets and achieve them relentlessly. So much ground to cover in Delhi and Bombay, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are in their own space.
Ambition, aspiration are good, as any professional athlete will attest. However, for India to aim to become a developed economy in twenty years’ time sets the bar so high, it can become delusional. No country of even a fraction of India’s size has achieved this. Better to acknowledge that amidst islands of excel land affluence, we are still a developing country. Lower middle, whereas Sri Lanka is now upper middle. Set realistic targets and achieve them relentlessly. So much ground to cover in Delhi and Bombay, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are in their own space.