WHAT WE NEED AS DEVELOPMENT

Development is not a topic just spoken by politician at the time of election, it is a topic which we talk for hours and hours in public. If I ask what development is to a youth, a woman, a business man, a spiritual guru, a physically disable, a marginalized people and others, it’s definition may be surprisingly different. Most of us have been misled by politicians definition stating shining sky scrapper, wide roads, bigger industries, business growth are things which shows development. But it’s not only those things,   development is   something more than it. It is unbiased law enforcement, non-corrupt systems which work without prejudice, creating of society where woman feels safe, proper education ,building ability in person to realize their true potential without fear, zero rate of crime and so on.

Development should ensure freedom from discrimination, freedom from fear of loss of identity and exclusion so that feeling of equality expands. Country is not only roads, buildings, business hub; it’s people, gender whose development is dependent on government policies and programs. Biased economic distribution only benefits few and increase gap which create bigoted environment. Most of the time growth remains concentrated on the center which cultivates feelings of inappropriate distribution of nation budget and makes the people of remote feel neglected. This create hostility towards centralized government and sometime it may create situation which makes raise of insurgent  which might take another decade to get solved.

Most of the donors extent there charity for development but please understand it is not the charity it is motivation, empowerment and encouragement which will develop human. There are thousands of enthusiastic peoples who want to get friendly environment for inception of their dream. People are in need to move from village to city and from city to foreign nation leaving behind their families because they have a dream, motivation and enthusiasm to do something but this personal demanding politics has let us down and people are compelled to move. Every leader of South Asian country talks about these matter but at the end it has been just a topic where they can flatter in every public speech.

We need development but not development only on infrastructure, we need development of freedom, development of intellectualism, development of equality, education, quality health care and safe environment for healthy peaceful leaving. It is not the GDP which shows how developed is nation but it is how happy the people of that nation is.