What does India really need?

This question has been haunting me since quite a long time now. If you consider the potentials of the people, the vast geographic diversities, the inherent industrial opportunities, and above all, the historical inheritence, you see, no other country can rival India. But still something has been lacking in true essence.
I can still wish, there was a certain individual like Mohandas Gandhi, who could just get the Indians on their feet by a statement. I do know that he was just a mortal, and had committed quite serious errors, the price of which Indians are still paying and probably keep on paying for atleast half the next century.
Then suddenly one person comes to my thought, who can be just as charismatic and influential as he could be, and again he hails from the same land of Gujarat. No bonus marks for guessing his name, and that is Narendra Modi.
Just like Gandhi, he might have had an errorneous past, but then he does command a significant influence over the state of Gujarat, neighbour states, and to an extent even in the Parliament of India.
Talking about what India needs, I strongly believe India needs a leader like Modi, who with his eloquent speech, and charismatic personality, deliver what the upcoming generation wants. The next gen does not really care about hinduism or islam or christianity, but they want an environment in which they have opportunities and resources to prove their mattle. I remember those congress days when every election saw the motto of "Garibi Hatao", but no one dared to deliver.
India does not need reservations, or free seats, or bonuses; but what the people need is a true implementation of the natural law of selection. If you have the intuition, or calibre to succeed, there should be no bonds to prevent you from doing so. Reservation is one of those swords, which can cut by both the sides. Just because the upper cast in past did not leave a way for the others to prosper, it would be unfair to do the same to their present generation.
The ideal solution to the problem would be to encourage more educational institutions to open allowing access to more children. Instead making more victims, why not create more opportunities. Just because a section of society cannot get into main stream, why not broaden the horizon and expand the main stream to include those.
But again, as being known as a developing nation since past few decades, even though India has maintained one of the highest GDP ratio, throughout the world, we the Indians are used to the politics being played on us. But while my visit back home, I saw a completely different picture as compared to what the western media depicts.
I saw express highways, which lets you zoom at a speed of 80kmph, and cuts down the time and fuel consumption. I saw the new road development in Vadodara, and Ahmedabad, two of the biggest cities in Gujarat; and the efficiency of the beurocratic world was amazing. The banks have shed their usual lethargic image, and you can see everyone really busy, in the work and not over the phone! The railway station have become clean, safe, and more approachable.
This is just the tale of two cities, and I am confident, that the slogan given by the Gujarat government "Swarnim Gujarat" would prove what a person, with the support of his fellow citizens, can achieve.
But as Robert Frost said in the last century, Narendra Modi (can be applied to everyone to be honest), should believe in the following words:

The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep
and miles to go before I sleep.

Chak de India

This weekend i watched the shahrukh khan starrer chak de india. it was not a good movie if you assess the story line, the same old one hero, ispires some people to do the unprecedented and finally succeeds.
the only thing i liked about this movie was the story of indian people. how easily they make or break heroes and villians. shahrukh plays the role of indian hockey captain, who is the best central forward in hockey at the time. but three bad things happen coincedentially at the same time.
1) he misses a penalty
2) india loses the hockey cup final against pakistan and
3) out of sportsman spirit he shakes hands with the opposition team.

the media then potraits him as a traitor and all people starts swearing on him. the statements that the general public is shown making are nothing new. we always had those statements made against the cricketers, but the only difference is that cricketers get second, third and many more chances to prove their innocence, but other sports person gets none.

he goes missing for seven years, and returns back as indian women's hockey coach. general public is still not ready to accept him for that role based on the previous image. the zonal disputes among the indian team; whether it is cricket or hockey, is evident when the team registration and coaching starts.

the director has taken so many minute details from the real life into the movie, that even though you knnow the end of the movie is going to be india's victory, still you stay on the edge of the seat as to how the win is achieved. the goal scoring competition amongst the indian forward keeps you guessing till the end, until the team spirit triumphs.

my recommendation, is even though this post tells you almost all the details of the movie, still it is worth atleast watching once in cinema. well if you have a membership in cinema like me you can even watch it twice, without getting bored.