I met
a senior Secretary in the Government of India last year. Belonging to a
middle-class family in Uttar Pradesh—his father was a school teacher in a small
town and mother was a housewife—he was in a mood for introspection. He felt
that while his schoolteacher father could built an independent house while
educating him and his siblings—one of his brothers is an IAS officer, the other
an IPS officer and his sisters are professional doctors—he finds it difficult to
do so. “When I analyse, I feel I can’t have an independent house, being a
Secretary in the Government, and can’t educate my sons the way I want,” he
said, adding, “I can’t believe that in the past 30 years, decent education,
healthcare and housing are out of reach for a middle-class man. Where is India
heading, I don’t know?” The answer to this needs to be debated.
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