In Germany (the quoted example), PhD’s are effectively free for German nationals ( I know at least a few people personally who go this route, they sometimes become lifetime PhD candidates, doing 2-3 in a row or dropping out of one and enrolling into another).
The thing is Germany is a very prosperous country which has social security and prioritises free education.
So… there is NO pressure to do anything. You can live in a nice state funded room for the rest of your life.
So…. no stress and hence no ‘survival of the fittest’.
India OTOH is one deadly competition after another after another. It’s literally fight after fight so people get used to doing what other people did to succeed in life.
There is no social security, so you struggle to make something of your life and there is pressure on individuals.
Plus corruption is non existent in Germany whereas it’s endemic in India.
Despite the problems though, India thrives which is a tribute to survival skills of Indians.
Dasara procession turns to tragedy in Shivamogga. The elephant carrying the Ambari runs amok across the streets damaging buildings and vehicles before coming to a halt as the 650 kilo silver ambari it was carrying falls down.
The longer you study, the lesser is your likelihood to get a job
Quite insane that education and employment now has an inverse relationship, which now inverts the oft repeated phrase
पढ़ोगे लिखोगे बनोगे खराब, खेलोगे कूदोगे बनोगे नवाब
These are basics in Hinduism
One should not eat, sleep or have sex during Sandhya Kaal as per our Shastras.
The outcomes will be bad like Hiranyaksha & Hiranyakashipu.
The Indian startup ecosystem is on steroids.
And what excites me most is that this isn’t just about software. It’s about deeptech. Manufacturing technology. Hardcore hardware. Cutting-edge chemical processes.
A new generation of Indian entrepreneurs is building the capabilities that could allow us to leapfrog entire stages of technological development.
These videos, courtesy @ashleevance & @RuntimeBRT, offer just a glimpse of what’s being cooked up in labs, workshops & factories across India.
And right on cue, Rajan Anandan, former head of Google India, & Saurabh Srivastava, one of India’s pioneering entrepreneurs & institution builders, have released a book calling India a ‘Lift-Off Nation.’
An apt description.
Because I believe the world is about to witness a tidal wave of technological innovation emerging from India.
And it’s being powered by young entrepreneurs who are daring to build things we once assumed could only be built elsewhere.
My salute to them.
#MondayMotivation