Crocin or Antibiotics?

July 17, 2010 in general Posts

Dear All,

There’s violent internal strife in 15 out of 28 Indian states. Read my column on that issue here. As always, do read others comments as well as they add a lot to the discussion.

Love,
Me.

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40 Comments to “Crocin or Antibiotics?”

  1. sehar says:

    ohh the line i liked the most became the topic …well i think the suggestion given was awsm…when most of our city students dream to go utside india …they shud be sent to rural places to knw wht our country is facing….this might help in more awareness and feeling of responsibilty in inida`s youth

  2. Astha says:

    Hi Chetan,

    As you sais its 100% true we need antibiotics not crocine… but the question is that the docters we are conculting are the so called ‘Jholachaps’, and they are not qualified enough to prescribe antibiotics!!
    And those who are qualified are busy in establishing their empires, so who do you think can bring the most awaited changes?

  3. Prem Mohanty says:

    MNC’s and educational institutions have to work hand in hand.But we all have see what happened to TATA at singur. The reluctance of the Central Government to deal with state matters efficiently is most critical.

  4. Astha says:

    Why corporate social responsibility is only for seminars books and news rooms??

  5. Anupama N says:

    i loved the idea of the exchange programmes between both the colleges and that to making it mandatory so that ppl will actually have to reach out to such places rather making excuses.making it mandatory can only cause such a miracle…and as India has a higher % or rural population ,in this way we can even serve our country by making our rural population aware

  6. Santosh says:

    Hi Chetan,

    Well said, how long it will take us to have better safe and non-corrupted country. Almost 60 years congress led govt ruled the country where we stand on basic issues. I think the route cause is corruption in all areas. You are doing good job taking up this issue where pen can make more impact rather than sword. Can I take this liberty to say this you should be doing it very frequently like more articles, interviews (start your own interactive learning and awareness programs, tie up with tv channels.,) and starting with bunch of young group to start an resolution. More awareness is required among the younger gen. Bcoz we Indians have basic knowledge of short memory. DEAR CHETAN PLEASE NOTE WE AS INDIANS NEEDS A CHANGE IN ALL ASPECTS OF POLITICAL SYSTEM.

  7. rohit says:

    hii..

  8. As always, your article makes for a thrilling read, but back to the reality, it tends to fade into oblivion. Question is, who is going to make a radical change? Where is the starting point? Our very writers are going to deliver a thought-provoking piece of article and then comfortably sink back into their bin bag!

    Just who is going to lead us to change the way we live? Please, show me a leader!

  9. gayatri says:

    sir,
    ‘The wrong diagnosis’ , must say was a right dignosis by u.The article had a great punch.It was thoroughly a conscious pricking one.The suggestions were perfect but hope it gets executed soon so as to have a brighter india soon.

  10. pavan mandowara says:

    U r right sir.. we need to seriously lok into this matter and start from our surroundings…

  11. Vaibhav Garg says:

    Chetan .. Don’t mind but this article is just similar to other articles who talk about the problems and solutions..
    But where are the implementers?
    You are talking about urban youth.. huh.. This youth is materialistic and beleive me, many of us, just don’t care about anything except themselves!
    I still beleive.. “Koi bhi desh perfect nahi hota.. usse perfect bananna padta hai”.. But again who will take care of this.. “Here you start..There you are forced for an incomplete end” .. Corruption and Negligence is in the blood of ours!

  12. hari says:

    Hi CB

    Absolutely great article. You have hit the nail on their head. Its completely justified of erasing the disease from the root rather than temporarily fixing it.

    Hope its an eye opener for those blinds sitting there on the top.

    I wish we have some kinda Antibiotics to brainwash and reboot those corrupt politicians to make things proper.

  13. Tanvi Salhotra says:

    Extremely thought provoking and practical.. but with butts off the seats.! Possible anybody??

  14. Aditya Gupta says:

    Hii CB … nice article … keep writing …

  15. Liked the article, good one :)

  16. jami says:

    Good Article. Really different perspective. But Mr. Chetan, when you address a problem of a country, i would suggest drop being cheesy with Crocin and stuff. Back up your thoughts with some seriousness.

  17. anant singh says:

    @jami: this is the deepest and most serious mr.bhagat can ever be

  18. Puneet says:

    Hi Chetan

    Read ur article today. Quite frankly I didn’t expect such an article from u. U tried to draw attention towards the problems we already know ,hear/read about them everyday in newspapers and tv.We get so many opinions from some self proclaimed experts sitting in their air conditioned rooms who know nothing about the ground reality and can only give comments.Yes, India needs change but can the Change come this way ?I don’t agree. Change can come only through action.

    Libreralisation brought economic growth but this economic growth is causing farmers becoming landless. Govt. is giving fertile land to Industries and to extend boundaries of cities to accommodate rising population in cities .But this is causing poverty in villages as taking land results in no source of income for villagers.

    If u actually want to bring some change do something like u wrote about “city rural connection” . I would really appreciate if you and the “most educated and modern thinking” class does something to cure the real cause of illness.

  19. aditi maini says:

    It was a great article along with the great topic as well “the wrong diagnosis”.
    It is true that youth of urban cities need to go to rural areas to know about their culture and infuse modern values there. But the problem is from where to start as written by various people. As what u have written in the article is very correct, that there are three questions ,I agree with the first two answers but the third one, what all can be done. Your all the answers are right but it can’t be done by a single person. All need to work together.

  20. priya says:

    rightly diagnosed,mr.chetan…very clear thinking and well translated to the readers. U have not only addressed the plight of our ‘mordern’ india(like most ppl),but also abt the issues, what its leading to,what can be done about it and have come up with solutions that can work if implemented… Hats off to u,cb..wish our leaders were also doing and thinking similar in the parliaments instead of staging scenes worse than street fights..sigh! But the reality check is that the innovative solutions u have provided (personally i really support the student exchange and mnc thoughts..) will take atleast a100 strikes and hartals, another 100 walk outs and brawls in the parliament, thousands of big shots trying to mint money in the process and in the end, may or may not be implemented after a 100 yrs when we will be fightin a totally different issue!! Sorry for the lack of optimism..but its kind of difficult without even having leaders who can take up such solutions and implement it in a reasonable time frame and in a society where khap panchayats glorify ‘honour’ killings and where caste still is the basis for voting. Guess our leaders havent heard of antibiotic therapy..and indiaiioindia