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74 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE: WHERE ARE WE HEADING?

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Image Courtesy: Office Holiday           74 Years of Independence of the world’s biggest democracy India. India is one of the developing nations in the world. But due to its giant strides in the past few decades, we are now the  fifth-largest  economy by nominal Gross Domestic Products (GDP) and  third-largest  economy by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). We are the  first  Asian country to reach Mars and the  first  country around the world to do so in its  first  attempt. Image Courtesy: The Policy Times             However, being an Indian we can't resist that  'Let it be'  ( chalta hai ) kind of common attitude. Moreover, we have  'Makeshifter'  ( jugad ) for everything. But in between this,  we cannot forget everyday issues, which continue to pose hurdles in the progress of the nation. These social, political, and economic issues are meant to be t...