Can Indian tiger overpower Chinese dragon ?

I guess this is the question the world is asking.A couple of days back i came across this article in rediff.com where some paranoid said that in the next 20 years India will overtake China.I beg to differ and honestly consider this as hogwash and worthless comments posted by some chauvinist who favours India.The ground reality is entirely different and who knows it better than we Indians ourselves.About half a million people in Mumbai daily travel to work braving the crowded local trains,disdained roads,rude bus conductors and humongous pollution levels.Some of the key factors for any country to be considered as a preferred hub for MNC settlement is a) Good infrastructure b) Well connected to the whole world c) skilled and nimble-footed manpower.As far as infrastructure is concerned 26 July has painted a honest picture about the plight of thousands of people who suffered due to the age-old infrastructure.The airports in India by no means match International Standards.I am afraid the manpower is not as great as it made out to be.

Let's face it India cannot compete with China even for the next 50 years.The government has abdicated the welfare of people living in this country for their own petty needs.We do not maintain bigotry to unprofessionalism,be it private sectors or government offices,only a handful show abhorrence to unprofessionalism that is infused in our blood.We Indians are happy with the fact that we earn enough to feed ourselves and lead a decent a lifestyle.Even if we take retrospect into consideration we have always lagged by way of technology and innovations.As our President Abdul Kalam says "When the enemy had guns,we had swords",this sums up as to how much we lag.We have never thought globally,none of our products are globally respected brands.

During 1970's India and China were are the same level (with respect to the economic growth) but back then China opened it's door to the world and embraced the European policy of economic growth while we still followed our own archaic model of economic growth.Now 20 years later when we followed the archetype that China had created,it was too late.China is blazing it's way to become a superpower(posing a threat to a US in the process) whereas India is limping.As our former Thane Comissioner T.Chandrashekar puts it "In Bangkok if a road needs to be built ,it will be built" whereas in India even if a lampost needs to be erected it won't be done without a Morcha or a Rasta-Rokho Andolan.

The only field where India leads China is IT but in the coming years maybe even that will change.According to statistics by 2018 IT will contribute to 5.2% of the Indian GDP whereas it will be 7.1% for China.

I believe that we can only overtake China only if we,the people of this country change.Just saying "Mera Bharat Mahan" will not suffice.As the famous management guru Peter Drucker says"The strength of any organisation or any country,lies in it's people".Unless and until we are thought to think globally and unless and until we actually start thinking globally TIGER CAN NEVER TRIUMPH OVER THE DRAGON.