India is my beloved country and motherland. I am proud of India, its history, culture and glorious past. It is here that a number of great religions and no less great civilization were born and developed. It is the land of the Vedas, Upanishads, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. It has been the land of Buddha, mahavira, Nanak, Gandhi etc. It has been great wonderful and fascinating.

India is now a free and sovereign country. It is emerging world power. It occupies great strategic importance. Its nature resources and man-power are huge. India has been free for over 50 years. And yet it has not developed into a country of my dreams. There are many big problems to be solved. They include poverty ,illiteracy, unemployment, want of self-reliance in defense, over-population, corruption, regionalism, Communal tensions, riots, terrorism and empowerment of women are other big issues to be solved.

The appalling poverty makes my heart bleed. The gap between the rich and the poor is increasing. The majority of people live under poverty line. They are keeping their bodies and soul together with a great difficulty. There are still starvation deaths. The glaring inequalities make me sad and gloomy. This is not India of my dreams. I want poverty to be removed. I want that every Indian citizen has a decent life. His living standard is of international standard, that there is no child labour. I want to see every body healthy. I want to wipe away the tears from the eyes of everybody.

In the India of my dreams, there will be no poverty, no deprivation. People will not suffer from hunger, ill health, exploitation and unemployment. Each and everybody will be suitably employed and engaged in useful activity. Financially, it would not depend on any other country. Cooperation with other countries is a different matter. Industrially, India will be soon one of the major powers.

India of my desires will be very powerful, strong, united and formidable. No neighbouring or distant country will dare to commit aggression against India. We shall have out own mighty missiles, atom bombs and nuclear weapons. We shall have out rocket system to launch our big space probes. Then our astronauts will go beyond Moon and Jupiter. It will be a military and space power of the first rank. But it would remain a peaceful country with friendly relations with all. I want India to have a permanent seat in the Security Council of the U.N. with veto power. There cannot be any compromise on this question. India of my dreams will not hesitate to develop effective and powerful deterrents because if we want peace, we have to be prepared for war.

There will be no illiteracy. Each and everybody will be fully literate and educated. There will be free, compulsory and universal education for children up to the age of 14. the education for women will be given importance. They will be truly empowered and made equal partner with man in every field.

In the India of my dreams, merit will be above everything else. There will be no reservations. Every person would be equal in the truest sense. The weaker sections will be given fullest opportunity to develop their skills and abilities. All would be first and last Indians. There will be no majority or minority. Casteism communism and regionalism will not find any place there.

India is now one of the top ten corrupt countries. It is a matter of great shame. Corruption will be dealt with an iron hand in India of my derives. Corruption, criminalization and nepotism will be eradicated. There would be emphasis on character building, patriotism, service and sacrifice. There would be no delay in justice. Law courts, will work in shift to clear the pending cases. There will be total transparency. People will have the right to information. There will be one common civil code. Marriage registration will be compulsory. The nation will be above all other things.

There will be fundamental electoral reforms. The education and examination systems will be overhauled. The education will be work ? oriented. I want to shape India after my dreams. Therefore, I want to implement thousands of my ideas based on ground realities. I want to see India really a free, fearless powerful, more united and prosperous country.