71% say Mera Bharat Mahan! inspite of social problems & social issues present!
Jai Hind
A recent BBC poll – World Service – reveals interesting aspects of how people of Indian origin view India (and issues that are problems.)
It reveals that a majority of the Indians like to say “Mera Bharat Mahaan” although worried of problems like caste barriers, gender discrimination, corruption, danger to security from within than enemies from outside, government jobs losing respect, and economic growth not benefiting the masses etc
NOTE: Several very interesting points/polls below
Makes me say Jai Hind! ;-0
Original BBC Article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6320413.stm
Times of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Caste_barrier_worries_India_Inc_BBC_poll/articleshow/1560569.cms
Indians want to see their country punch its weight around the
world – but are worried the caste system is holding it back, a
BBC poll suggests.
Almost two-thirds of respondents in the World Service poll said
India being an economic superpower was important.
But 55% thought caste issues were still a “barrier to social
harmony”.
Visitors to BBC websites chose questions for the survey. A
nationally representative sample of 1,616 Indians was
interviewed in December.
The poll found that a majority (71%) are proud to be an Indian.
Most also thought it was important that India should be a
political (60%) and military (60%) superpower.
A majority were optimistic about many aspects of the modern
Indian state – more than half (55%) think the Indian justice
system treats rich and poor people fairly, a statistic which
some may find surprising given perceived failures in the police
and courts.
Nearly as many (52%) think being a woman is no barrier to
success any more.
And the survey found that twice as many people (48%) would
rather work for a private company than for the government (22%).
But on other topics respondents were less positive.
Forty-seven percent agreed that “corruption is a fact of life
which we should accept as the price of doing business in today’s
world”, although younger people were less tolerant of corruption
than older people.
And if Indians are agreed on the need for India to be an
economic superpower, they are less sure they are seeing the
fruits of recent economic growth.
Asked whether India’s economic growth over the past 10 years had
benefited them and their families directly, exactly the same
proportion (45%) said that it had, as disagreed.
One in two (50%) felt that “people in India don’t take their
religion seriously enough”, while two in five (40%) believed
that “young people have lost touch with their heritage and
traditions”.
In total 1,616 citizens in India were interviewed between 5-15
December 2006.
Polling was conducted for the BBC World Service by the
international polling firm GlobeScan and its research partner in
India. The margin of error is +/-2.5.
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