Dreams Of India
India in 2020 – A Vision It has always been the dream of every citizen of an economically backward and poor country, to see that the country developed with no negative systems or ideas or beliefs. It is my dream also to see India as one of the most developed nations. 2020 is a good deadline for seeing a developed India. One always feels sad when we see someone begging on the streets or when we see dirty, broken roads in shabby slums. One also feels jealous when we hear about the United States advancing in every field. By 2020, India will be on the same platform on which America is now. The first and foremost thing I see in India 2020 is 100 percent literacy rate. Every citizen in the country will be able to read, write and understand any one language including the farmers and slum-dwellers. India will not have any unemployment. The people will earn their bread and there shall be none called ‘beggars’. The beggars will also be employed at least as sweepers earning a small but a salary of their own. The people shall be above the poverty line. India in2020 will not have a......
This article would give you an idea of how we started DreamIndia2020 and what our initial activities were. This will help people who want to start such activities in their own localities, but are at a loss as to how to carry them out.
The idea of conducting English classes for the slum children occurred in October 2004 and this was the starting point of what is now a mini movement called DreamIndia2020. Though initially we did not plan to create such a movement, as new ideas came through, the set-up just kept growing.
We spoke to a bunch of children playing in the playground opposite our house. Though apprehensive in the beginning, when we got down to their level and participated in a few games (marbles, cricket etc) with them, their fear subsided. We then enquired about their background, where they studied, where they lived, about the members of their family and other such relevant...
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