Cool Superpower

The Economist has just run a special feature on alternative energy. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. Made me sit up and think. 

• Indian companies or institutions featuring in the all-encompassing study - NIL. 
• Indians working in India featuring in the study - NIL
• Come to think of it Indian originated science and technology advances in last sixty years - NIL
• Indian originated products wanted by anyone else over the last sixty years - NIL 
• Indian originated services wanted by anyone else in the last sixty years - NIL 

On the other hand 

• Indian public schools without full teacher strength - 50% 
• Indian children who are malnourished - 50% 
• Indian young mothers-to-be without medical care - 50% 
• Indian seniors without pension / healthcare - 75% 

Who are these people who talk about super-powerdom? Emerging or otherwise. Where do they live? What do they read and see? What do they think? Why don't they think?

 

ps: The rare Subeer Bhatia, Vinod Khosla et al who live and work in a different culture do not count for this purpose. 

pps: "Monkey-see Monkey-do" products and services do not qualify. 

ppps: The country is in turmoil over some Government land in a Muslim majority state being given, needlessly and stupidly, to a Hindu temple trust.