Tuesday, 18 January 2005

Galileo & INDIA

"People dont plan to fail, they fail to plan." This is the most suited philosophy to explain the younger youth generations of INDIA. Students these days want to earn money. They fail to realize that a good job is not the only way to earn money.
Its the vision of Galileo that drives discovery today. Its the vision and realization of things around us is all that matters. View this... "There is no dark side of the moon, Matter of fact Its all dark." This is a great thought, but not by a scientist. How do great people (as we call them) invent or discover. Is it their imagination; might be, but the most important thing is the vision to see it. Take Issac Newton as an example. Apple had to fall in his head to say "You fool, there is gravity and that is why i fall." Newton had accepted to few of his friends that, he knew there was gravity, but he did not know how it worked. Its all the vision and realization of the material world that matters.
So, what was Galileo's dreams? He said "We can explain the way the universe works."
Where are we? This is the most important question to be asked. With the decline of persons taking pure science there is a back drop in the growth of pure science by INDIANS in INDIA. All aspiring for professional courses, for nothing but to earn money. Scientist and Inventors too can earn money. How? IP's ofcourse. So why people forget to note that. Lack of exposure.
What was in Pure Math 50 years ago is in Engineering now - a - days. Want a proof? The best that can be offered is Computer Science.
Very few bright Mathematicians for INDIA in the future, so we need to depend on others for knowledge.
Very few bright Physicists for INDIA in the future, so we need to depend on others to discover the natural philosophy.
Very few bright Chemists for INDIA in the future, so we neeed to depend on others to discover the nature of materials.
Very few bright Economists for INDIA in the future, so we need to depend on others to shape our economy.
Very few bright Socialists for INDIA in the future, so we need to depend on others to thing about our society.
Where are we headed? Lacking this is like not having Ramanujams, C.V. Ramans, Hargobind Khuranas, Amartya Sens and more. So we have to depend on Hilberts, Einsteins others of this kind. Shame!
This ultimately means one thing. Less contribution from future INDIA to fulfill Galileo's dreams.

P.S. India was the greatest cradle of Civilization. But its history.

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