The Bullet Train effect – Why the public sense resists national development
The usual brouhaha over development is not the concern with this article. Neither is a Modi vs Congress debate. The concern of this article is a question – Why does the Indian populace resist development? The bullet train is just one of the many issues that pops up through this rather intriguing question. Changes reflected in the system are often implemented with some amount of public support. The changes that are implemented with ease have a characteristic of appealing to some public emotion or the other. On the contrary, changes which in fact might bring a certain change in the development pace of the country are outright questioned in such manner that it seems that we, as this nation’s citizens are hypocrites. Wanting change but not wanting it to be sudden. Wanting development but not quite of that magnitude. Wanting monetary implications for ourselves, but not wanting the tax money to be used for those purposes. After all, the government is spending our money, therefor...