REVOLUTIONARY
INDIA TURNING MAJOR
A
revolution called liberalization started in 1991. We will be completing 18yrs
in 2009. Teenage yrs are the most important yrs as they form the base for the
future education-wise, culture wise and character-wise. Just like in the life
of a child growing in to the teens India too had its faltering moments but
always recovered back ready to come out of its teens as a major player set to
conquer the world with its free market democracy, horde of intellectuals turned
entrepreneurs and a very strong and committed work force.
IT
HAPPENED FIRST IN INDIA
We have all heard the song ‘It happens only in India’. How
many of us know that it all happened first in India…..
Let us
not forget the British rule, India was the richest country in the world. It is
said that Columbus actually started his voyage to discover India because it was
the richest country and accidently discovered America. The list is endless. A
few facts are listed below which show why India is the greatest of all
countries,
*The
‘Place value system’ and the ‘Decimal system’ were developed in India in 100BC
*The
world’s first university was established in Takshila in
700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world
*The Art
of Navigation &Navigating was born in the river Sindh over
6000yrs ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word
‘NAVGATIH’.
*Bhaskaracharya rightly
calculated the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun hundred of yrs ago.
According to his calculation, the time taken by the Earth was 365.258756484
days.
*The
value of “pi” was first calculated by the Indian mathematician Budhayana and he
explained the concept of what is known as the ‘Pythagorean theorem’.
*Algebra,
Trigonometry and Calculus also originated in India. Quadratic Equations were
used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century.
The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used
numbers as big as 10^53 with specific names as early as 5000BC during the Vedic
period. Even today the largest used number is Terra: 10^12.
*Sushruta is
regarded as the Father of surgery. Over 2600yrs ago Sushhruta and his
team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs,
cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries.
GDP
GROWTH
Growth of
a country or even the world is measured in terms of Gross Domestic
Product(GDP).The growth in 2008 and projections for the future is bleak with
negative or marginal growth for developed countries whereas India is still
expected to grow by 5+% even by the most conservative estimates given so far.
MARKET
& THE ECONOMY
Stock
markets are known as an Economy’s Barometer. The greatest mistake an investor
can do is to take a short sighted view of Indian Economy and Market.”To see is
to Believe”, one look at the Sensex chart will be enough to convince the need for long term
view and strategies.
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