Middle East Turmoil – Is India Watching?

I am being optimistic here - It becomes so evident that sooner or later most of the Middle East countries will be relieved from Autocratic rulers to try to impose Democracy. That’s very good news and the people from those respective nations will start to enjoy freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of information and so forth.

Now, how would this Middle East “To Be Democracy” affect India? As we all know Indian citizens are predominantly “the working community” in most of the Middle East. My gut says –

AS CITIZENS OF MIDDLE EASTEREN COUNTRIES START TO ENJOY THE DEMOCRACY, THEY WILL GET THE “RIGHT” EDUCATION THEY NEED AND START TO FULFILL THEIR OWN NEEDS BY THEMSELVES.

For example – Right now, Saudi Arabia does not have an optimal Education System. Though kids graduated from colleges and universities, the skills acquired are not enough or even relevant to meet job requirements. That’s why Saudi hires Indians and other Asian citizens to fill the gap in the skill scarcity. Assuming (optimistically again) Saudi will one day become a “True Democracy” things will definitely change for good for her own citizens.

While things are unfolding in that region, it becomes a great responsibility for India in several ways, if we Indians are pro-active enough. Few things that we need to focus right on –

• 1.       Creating more domestic jobs for Indian citizens who are working in Middle East.
• 2.       Revenue created by NRIs in terms of foreign exchange.
• 3.       Re-evaluation of our Education System and policies around it.

Those are just a few. But, I am hoping that Indian Administration is keenly watching what’s happening around and being pro-active in protecting the largest democracy in the world and its citizens going forward!!!

World is changing, so as we!!! It becomes INEVITABLE!!!

“Exploitation of Democracy” – Will there be an End?

“Government by THE PEOPLE; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a FREE electoral system” – That’s the definition of democracy.

While it is yet to be debated what is happening in Egypt will yield peace to Egyptian people or instability to the surrounding region, I am glad, at least people are awaken from the exploitation of so called ‘democracy’. Provided there will be a fair and balanced election to choose their next leader, and if it will be a continued process, that’s a huge step towards a decent democracy. Whether Hosni Mubarak steps down or not, there will definitely be instability in the region and a cascading effect to other world powers. But, from Egyptian people’s perspective, they fight for their own rights for a FREE electoral system. Once that’s in place, I am sure there are ways to bring stability to the surrounding region through bi-lateral relationships.

While all this is happening in Egypt, I started to think about how much exploitation is done in world’s largest democracy “INDIA”. No doubt, we have a proven democracy since independence in terms of conducting elections every five years. But, from an exploitation stand-point, I do not see a difference between Egypt and India except that Egypt is ruled by the same leader for 30 years. May be I am bit too harsh by saying that, but that’s a hard reality based on my perception and opinion.

I can say, by all means India is more developed than Egypt. So, when it comes to “Democracy”, it is a question that we need to ask ourselves – How can we eradicate the exploitation, so we can witness a real democracy sooner than later.

Let’s choose the “RIGHT” leaders, and hope our leaders are proactive enough to serve and uplift the country and people with “NO EXPLOITATION OF DEMOCRACY!!!”