Globalizing India's SuperKids!

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 Globalizing India's SuperKids!

Here's another example of the kind of enterprise globalization is inspiring in India. Capitalizing on Indians with money, brilliant entrepreneurs have opened nurseries for under-school tots that offer to develop in the little ones more senses than the 5 all normal humans possess - in short, to turn them into SuperKids or geniuses. High fees ensure no undeserving kids of low income parents get in. And the stage is set for high dramatics.

Take one such nursery of geniuses. A showing-off competition begins each morning with big cars (Chevvies, Toyotas, Skodas -you name them) arriving at the gates, each carrying a tiny tot to school. (Most of the tots live within a ten-minute walk from the school.) Some are accompanied by one parent. Where both parents are busy making money, the tot is accompanied by a chauffeur and a retinue of attendants. Some cars stay around through the day - clearly indicating the parents have so many cars that one has been exclusively set aside for their tiny tot. The charade is repeated at school closing time.
Surely, one extra sense those kids are likely to acquire early is their parents' craving to show-off.
 
Can such utterly fruitless and time-wasting pursuits take India far on the road to development? Do such parents ever think of or desire to help any of the country's many half-starved kids?

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Tail Lights

1. India Illuminiscopic:
Check out Dreams of One Country on Amazon.com. If the novel's Revolutionary Theme - the March to a New Ek Desh India - appeals to you, you can download it on any device: I phones, pads or computers. In the 21st Century story youth lead India's people to unite as Ek Desh (One Country), to strive together and build an enlightened and truly modern nation
2. Can Happy Families Afford to Shut up?
Nothing is easier in the world than to jump to conclusions, misunderstand and add to misunderstandings. The preventive treatment is a family policy to bring up issues openly - if there is doubt, confusion or a suspicion of motive or intention. An unknown proverb: In families initial annoyance is better than lifetime rifts.

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