Wake up call.

 "Citing growing air pollution, strained infrastructure, corruption and climate extremes," a Reddit post advises, "Do not think about the degree - think about where you actually want to live in the long term. Because here's the reality: India is becoming uninhabitable. You may not notice the pinch today, but by your 30s, it's going to hit you like a truck - when you're trying to raise a child, buy a house, or just get decent healthcare." BT. "Why would migrants spend so much money for a dangerous enterprise of going to America," asked Chidanand Rajghatta in November 2019, during Donald Trump's first term and after Mr Narendra Modi had won a landslide victory in the general election (BBC) telling us that India is the "Vishwaguru" (teacher to the world) because we are all living in "Amrit Kaal" (golden age) (BBC). But, the "Indian dream" is to flee from here. "The more worrisome reason for New Delhi is that India offers so little hope that some young men who are able to raise $20,000 prefer to use it to flee the country rather than deploy it at home to build a better life. In other words, they have assessed that the risk-reward return from chasing the American Dream is better than investing it in what they consider an Indian nightmare," wrote Rajghatta. Last week, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal...asked, "Are we going to be happy being delivery boys and girls...Is that the destiny of India...this is not startup, this is entrepreneurship...What other side is doing -- robotics, machine learning, 3D manufacturing and next generation factories." After years of trying to get government jobs, desperation drives young people to "being delivery boys and girls". Why government jobs? "Not much scope after B Tech, so I chose civil services," and "I just need a stable future and I don't want to live a hopeless nightmare," were the answers to M Krishnamurthy & R Bijapurkar. Mohandas Pai responded to Mr Goyal, "there are many deep tech startups in Chip design, IOT, Robotics, EV charging, BMS in India, growing rapidly but where is the capital? Indian startups got 160b$ from 2014-2024, China 845b$, US 2.3Tr$." ET. "India imposes the highest taxes in the world on its domestic sectors, which account for a quarter of GDP and employ 17% of its workforce." "These sectors cumulatively generate employment for over 100 million," wrote Prof Ghanshyam Sharma. High taxes help officials to collect bribes. "An X user shared a detailed account of a friend's experience of trying to start an automotive parts manufacturing unit in India." BT. "Meanwhile, Piyush Goyal talks about competing with China, while the government itself can't manage a basic EPFO website." "Truth is, we'll never overtake China, not with this army of babus (bureaucrats) and netas (leaders) blocking every step." he wrote. These very people are the ideals for our youth who are desperate to join their ranks. That is their Amrit Kaal. Time to wake up.