There are certain people in this country’s middle-class who would have us believe that India is a developed country because of the seeming prosperity in its urban areas. Is that yardstick enough to qualify India as a progressive state? Does not our outlook in other aspects matter?
For instance, people who are employed as primary school teachers, plumbers and electricians, among others, in countries, such as the US or Europe or any other advanced economies, would be accorded as much respect as their counterparts who work in more paying or respected professions. That certainly would not be the case in India where its citizens continue to foster asymmetry. If I was working in any one of the professions mentioned above in our country, I would be doing so, according to our conventional wisdom, because of my inability to excel in anything remotely intelligent.
For instance, people who are employed as primary school teachers, plumbers and electricians, among others, in countries, such as the US or Europe or any other advanced economies, would be accorded as much respect as their counterparts who work in more paying or respected professions. That certainly would not be the case in India where its citizens continue to foster asymmetry. If I was working in any one of the professions mentioned above in our country, I would be doing so, according to our conventional wisdom, because of my inability to excel in anything remotely intelligent.
