Strong leadership is the solution to our ills

Abstract

In a recent speech at a CII conference Rahul Gandhi made an observation that our problems are complicated and it needs a grass-root level solution. He added that waiting for a man to come on a white horse to solve our problems may be futile.

This is a standard argument of large number of experts who are for ‘System Change’ or more particularly ‘Structural Changes’ to make things happen.

In our context, individuals do matter substantially and institutions are made or broken by the efforts or failures of individuals. We are less of a rule-based society and more of a relationship-based one. Because of thousands of years of foreign rule we have lesser faith in institutions than individuals. Read more at: https://rvaidya2000.com/2013/04/18/strong-leadership-is-the-solution-to-our-ills/