Citizens' Manifesto: India's next 60 years

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From: Merinews <merine...@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 3, 2007 7:10 PM
Subject: Citizens' Manifesto: India's next 60 years
To: SikhsAgainstGenocide <SikhsAgain...@gmail.com>

Dear Countrymen,
Greetings from Merinews!

Today as India spreads its wings to set foot on the new global economic center stage and prepares to join the club of developed nations, the historical references have changed. It has transformed from the land of snake charmers to a country with high intellect, professional prowess and is an emerging superpower.

At this critical juncture in our history, it is apt that we undertake a reality check of the ground situation in our country. Here are some of the issues, which demand our attention

	India is considered an emerging superpower, but corruption levels in India are one of the highest in the world

	While the IIT's and IIM's have captured the world's imagination, a large proportion of Indians do not even know how to read and write

	Many parts of the country still lack basic amenities like safe drinking water, electricity, sanitation facilities etc.

	Law and order is a problem across vast swathes of the country

	Side by side with glitzy malls exist slums where lakhs of Indians lead a hand-to-mouth existence.

	While our GDP is rising, farmers are still committing suicide

	Infrastructure in the major cities is yet to catch up with the huge rise in populations.

	While women are scaling new heights, cases of dowry, acid attacks, female infanticide, rape are an everyday occurrence.
	and many more…

It's time we considered where we are and where we should be, both as a society and as a nation. In doing so, the foremost need is to identify the fundamental issues and problems that we face without any visible solution or an action- plan to address them.

Instead of blaming the system, the population, the politicians, the Constitution and other factors that restrict our progress shouldn't we, the citizens, dream big for our country and work towards making this dream come true? It's time that citizens of India came forward to identify the challenges ahead, line up solutions to tackle them and then charge forward towards making that very critical difference by creating the blueprint for the next 60 years of India's growth.

Towards this goal, Team merinews has taken up the challenge to create the "Citizens' Manifesto - a people defined roadmap of India till 2067."

We call upon every Indian to come forward and join this initiative. Your fire of patriotism and the passion to realise a dream for yourself, your society and in turn your country is what is needed to make this happen. You can submit your suggestions, thoughts, views, ideas, issues and their solutions.

Let's come together to give shape to our future.

With best regards,

Vipul Kant Upadhyay
CEO & Editor in Chief

How you can participate in the campaign?

We are putting together a team of concerned Indians hailing from various walks of life to steer this campaign and invite you to join this campaign.

You can contribute by writing about issues that go unnoticed. In case you are finding it difficult, let us know. We will write it together.

Identify the challenges the country faces today and write to us about them. Share your thoughts about the probable solutions or let us find it out together with fellow citizens.

Your suggestions are valuable. Please write your views and thoughts to make this campaign more meaningful click here to send your suggestions.

To know more about the campaign write to us at camp...@merinews.com

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