It's there on Wikipedia, in any fact sheet, and all school children know it. You see it when you walk down the street or look at the news. It is also the biggest asset of this country and I'm not talking about the combined wealth of the richest people like the Reliance brothers or Tata family. It's not the hidden gold treasure of 22 carat yellow gold that lurks in every Indian home. It's not the cows, farming, the herbs, or the ancient system.
It's the PEOPLE. The more than 1bn people that live here and the MANPOWER they represent.
Back home you're lucky if you can find a clerk in the store and here it feels like there are at least 3 people to each customer. Well, it might not be the best way to utilize the manpower, but they are here. By the way...this example kind of shows the frustrating issue according to me. People are not utilized, it's not organized and effective.
I often feel "there is a job for everything". Take the mall for example. There is one person who presses the button in the elevator, but its a often a waste because that person does not know how the elevator works. So customers become irritated which leads to chaos in the elevator. Do see my point?
Another issue I face is the fear of new things and using your own head to think outside the box. Probably because, and I've seen, if they do....they are yelled at and humiliated openly. Not a very good management technique...
India is a young nation on its own feet after long time of rule by others. Imagine the possibilities if they get their act together so to say. In my eyes, they have the greatest of assets in the manpower as the basic ingredient. Add some spices of efficiency, organization, creative thinking, unity and remove the following ingredients: corruption, and superstition and let it cook for some time. O boy....you'll get something amazing. Something the world has never seen.
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