2011 census is over. The populations increase is 18.6% over last 10 years in India and pegged somewhere at 1.2 Billion.
20 yrs ago, when census was done, for months and years to come, each politician of the country, each arm chair commentator, each intellectual talked about close to 1 billion mouths of India that is eating it all. Talked about, how basic needs like food itself is scarce. Equated all social and economic issues to one thing - "Population Explosion".
Last 15 yrs, a portion of young, upwardly mobile India, has referred the "billion mouth" to "billion minds and 2 billion hands". Referred "population explosion" as "Rich human capital".
No wonder, 2011 is so much more positive. The key diagnosis of all diseases, population, has become the panacea. No sweat, analysis, intellectual blabbering over the number 1.2B !!!
20 yrs ago, when census was done, for months and years to come, each politician of the country, each arm chair commentator, each intellectual talked about close to 1 billion mouths of India that is eating it all. Talked about, how basic needs like food itself is scarce. Equated all social and economic issues to one thing - "Population Explosion".
Last 15 yrs, a portion of young, upwardly mobile India, has referred the "billion mouth" to "billion minds and 2 billion hands". Referred "population explosion" as "Rich human capital".
No wonder, 2011 is so much more positive. The key diagnosis of all diseases, population, has become the panacea. No sweat, analysis, intellectual blabbering over the number 1.2B !!!
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