With reference to the comment:

1. I agree that infrastructure (esp. roads, railways, air connectivity, traffic regulation, tele-density and penetration, internet/broadband penetration etc) is a very critical part of any developing/developed country’s economic development process and improvement in infrastructure will lead to improvement in many other fields like literacy, standard of living, mingling of cultures, more people getting exposed to modernity and stuff. However, I had intentionally overlooked this topic which can be a massive discussion/debate in itself. There was a word limit in the project and the compulsory inclusions (mentioned in my post) had taken up most of the time in research. I had briefly touched upon the topic in these lines:

“Technology has not been able to address the issues of transportation and movement for the masses. Making transportation cheap is not the end of the story. We still cannot guarantee minimal safety to the people traveling in trains and buses. In addition to this are the traffic congestion problems of people in the urban and semi urban areas. We have been quite successful on the communications front. There has been considerable penetration of telephones even in the rural areas. But it has also brought with it the problem of quality of service. The private sector players have failed in providing quality service even to their urban clients let alone the rural areas.” (More on page 6 of the document)

2. Obsolete laws: Wow! You hit the right cord. I had read some very good stuff related to Homosexuality and anti-sodomy laws in India (which needless to say, are outdated) and am going to post it in this blog. I do have one post on laws regarding prostitution and dance bars. Well, I must say that back then I did not know about this issue and completely missed it in my project.

As my inclination was more towards “social issues” and “technology for common man” in my project (which I think are important from the human development point of view, and should not be considered idle talk), I could have talked about the obsolete laws. However, once I am done with my career pursuits or when I am really free I will release a revised/enriched version of this document. I hope to include your points in it. Thanks once again, for your feedback. Do keep ‘em coming.

Regards,

Vivek

With reference to the comment:

1. I agree that infrastructure (esp. roads, railways, air connectivity, traffic regulation, tele-density and penetration, internet/broadband penetration etc) is a very critical part of any developing/developed country’s economic development process and improvement in infrastructure will lead to improvement in many other fields like literacy, standard of living, mingling of cultures, more people getting exposed to modernity and stuff. However, I had intentionally overlooked this topic which can be a massive discussion/debate in itself. There was a word limit in the project and the compulsory inclusions (mentioned in my post) had taken up most of the time in research. I had briefly touched upon the topic in these lines:

“Technology has not been able to address the issues of transportation and movement for the masses. Making transportation cheap is not the end of the story. We still cannot guarantee minimal safety to the people traveling in trains and buses. In addition to this are the traffic congestion problems of people in the urban and semi urban areas. We have been quite successful on the communications front. There has been considerable penetration of telephones even in the rural areas. But it has also brought with it the problem of quality of service. The private sector players have failed in providing quality service even to their urban clients let alone the rural areas.” (More on page 6 of the document)

2. Obsolete laws: Wow! You hit the right cord. I had read some very good stuff related to Homosexuality and anti-sodomy laws in India (which needless to say, are outdated) and am going to post it in this blog. I do have one post on laws regarding prostitution and dance bars. Well, I must say that back then I did not know about this issue and completely missed it in my project.

As my inclination was more towards “social issues” and “technology for common man” in my project (which I think are important from the human development point of view, and should not be considered idle talk), I could have talked about the obsolete laws. However, once I am done with my career pursuits or when I am really free I will release a revised/enriched version of this document. I hope to include your points in it. Thanks once again, for your feedback. Do keep ‘em coming.

Regards,

Vivek