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70 Years of Indian

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Attitudes from the colonial age, that saw the 2008 financial collapse caused by an excess of greed
information as needing to be kept away from public over prudence and ethics among several North American

view, are being eroded and slowly, more and more and European financial entities, the Indo-Pacific has
of the processes of Government are coming under emerged as the pivot. Both the Indian Ocean as well as
the Pacific Ocean form a contiguous entirety that is clearly
public scrutiny, as indeed they must. the hub of commerce and security across the world.

Efforts of Atlanticists to retain their primacy will fail, as will
her income, education or other characteristic was. As Bal
the alternative of a unified Eurasian pivot with its centre
GangadharTilak declared, Swaraj was his birth right and
located in the Peoples Republic of China, the conception
that of every citizen of the Republic of India. Every year,
that drives the Belt and Road Initiative of Chinese
prophets of doom forecast disaster and civil war. They
Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping. Within
spoke of a million mutinies; they spoke of revolt "around
the Indo-Pacific, the two great democracies which share
the corner". But year after year, that corner never came.
the common characteristic of having suffered under the
Election after election, the people had their say, and with
occupation of Britain as well as in the use of the English
the spread of radio, the advent of cable television, and the
language, India well on the way towards having more of
provision internet access to hundreds of millions, more and
its citizens knowing the English language apart from their
more became vocal about their views and preferences.
diverse mother tongues than any other country, followed
Finally, performance is being recognized as more of a
by the US.
necessity than caste or community labels in the race to
The population of Indian Americans is rising rapidly, and
get elected, and this is as it should be. Politicians should
this segment of the citizenry of the world's most powerful
compete with each other in good governance, and not in
country has become the most dynamic, with high income
abuse or in misuse of the public trust.
levels and very low levels of crime. Across the world,
At the same time, transparency is becoming more present.
the diaspora from India has distinguished itself by its
Attitudes from the colonial age, that saw information as
adherence to human values and its respect for the Rule of
needing to be kept away from public view, are being
Law. The Constitution of India has been the foundation of
eroded and slowly, more and more of the processes of
such learning, which has been carried into the numerous
Government are coming under public scrutiny, as indeed
lands into which those from India have settled down, to the
they must.
benefit not only of themselves but of the communities and
After the 1939-45 war across Europe and Asia, the
countries in which they live, unlike the people of some other
Atlantic emerged as the "geographical pivot of history",
countries, who are often proved to be more problematic.
to quote Halford G Mackinder. In the 21st century, after

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