Loksatta

It was Monday morning , I was very much excited when I saw that article on the front page of Eenadu.It says JayaPrakash Narayan lead Loksatta is soon going to start a Political Party. Some of the sentences in the article touched my heart. I got very much disturbed and excited. I am not very happy with the software job I am doing now. I used to believe I should not confine to these kinds of jobs like many. I strongly believe I should use all the knowledge I gained from my experiences and education serve my mother land. For this either I need huge money or I should be in politics. First doesn’t seem to possible in the near future. So the other go is Politics.

The words from the "Charcha Patram" politics are no longer confined to Big shots or criminal people, encouraged me. After 3 days of thinking I finally decided I should be join Loksatta.Today I called Chittoor Zilla Office located in Tirupathi.The voice on the other side promptly received me and I said I will come to the office on Saturday. Other details I got from the 2 minute brief talk with the person is, life term membership costs 20Rs and soon they are going to start branch offices in every place.
From the newspaper info I came to know, Party will be officially started on October 2nd.
My main point in joining the party is "Development should happen in a distributed manner"

My concern "Development should happen in a distributed manner":
We all know villages and towns occupy majority of the population in India. Everyone loves their Birth Places, and likes to lead their life there. But as we grow up we are forced to go to cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad to get a job. But how many of them like to live in those places leaving their homelands.
I observed many of me friends in Bangalore one day or other feel depressed for leaving their homelands. But most of them will not dare to think moving away from Bangalore and settling in home Places.They continue to lead their lives in the same mood.
Now coming to the villages, I observed in many villages, the only people living there are either old people (Who are deserted by their children) or Uneducated youth or people who rich from the grandfathers’ days. If this sort of trend continues many villages will soon wear desert attire.
What is the prime reason behind this...?
Are new jobs not getting created - No
is country not Developing - No
what else ....I feel Development is not happening in a distribute manner. It’s just confining to major cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad. If
development happens uniformly, jobs will be created uniformly. Every place will have its own uniqueness which can be used to create employment.
For example coming to my home Town Chittoor, it is a drought area, for the past several years there was no rainfall. Still I believe there are few plus points to this place.
1) Its proximity to two major cities Chennai and Bangalore. We need to woo and attract small scale and medium scale industries to setup here by offering them some special packages.
2) There are several Temples in around Chittoor like Tirumala, Tirupathi, Kanipakam, Sholingar and Tiruttani which are already very famous. Also some more temples

like Mogili Eeswaralyam, NTR Jalasayam, Vepanjaeri, and Deer Park in Chittoor etc should be developed and the local govt/Muncipality should take the responsibility of popularizing them. Thinking how it will generate revenue and employment?
First it will increase the traffic, which will generate revenue to Bus, Auto and Taxi people.
Second Govt can take enough measures to open stalls near Temples or Tourist places where hand made goods or toys can be sold. The job of making these toys

can be given to women residing in some villages.
The local governments should work as a company or an organization for the development of the area by competing with other places.
One point to remember is today’s Bangalore or Hyderabad aren’t that big by birth, they have evolved aver a period of time. Likewise today’s Chittoor can grow to a big city if needed measures are taken. I am not blaming development is not happening or government is not taking enough measures to develop all the places uniformly. What I say is this development can happen at a faster pace. For this to happen the local bodies should also take initiatives to develop their place rather than depending too much on the centralized government.

The idea I expressed here may not be as effective as I have in my mind, but I believe, Distributed development should happen for this nation to become a developed country.
I request you all to express your concerns or comments , so that I can consolidate and take them before Loksatta whenver I get chance to meet them.

Links
1)LokSatta Website
2)LokSatta Blog
3)Charcha Patram (PDF)
4)JayaPrakash Narayan Blog