Dreams for the future – an open invitation for ideas

I am starting this page in the hope that Indians will suggest what they think should be done for India by Indians, in the form of comments. I am keeping this deliberately open-ended so that a wide variety of ideas can come in. I am retaining the right to moderate comments. I also hope that the ideas are concrete and constructive. I do believe in the power of ideas to transform nations and communities.

In order to channel the discussion along what I think are constructive and useful lines, I will suggest the following broad areas initially:

(a) strategies for urbanization and building self-sustaining modern communities in India

(b) strategies for education and educational policy

(c) modernization of civil and criminal law

(d) reorganization of governmental administration and the electoral process

(e) modernization and reform of health care

(f) social security and support systems

(g) defence strategies and policies

I will try to summarize suggestions and ideas coming in. Give free reign to your hopes and imagination – and a request -  be polite, be concrete, be to the point.