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‘Temples can be hubs like US university towns, catalyse economic growth’: Sriram Balasubramaniam



Dharma was a key economic driver in several ancient Indian empires, and an exploration of that could be an effective policy tool …

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  1. This is satire, right? A temple simply doesn't have the kind of resources a university has. Any donated money in a temple only looks a lot because it's not spent. Once it gets spent, it will be gone within 5 years. A temple can be a place of spiritual healing, a safe space for everyone who needs it. A university is an investment with multiple goals in mind. Lets focus on making indian universities capable on par with their counterparts in USA. How can you compare an American university with a temple when universities in india already exist.

  2. Temples, Monasteries and religions themselves were largely in union with the state and economy upto the years leading to the Victorian Era and beyond in most parts of Eurasia. The author should take a note of how history used to work

  3. Dharm is an overworked word which obscificates the analysis that is needed. Temple cities developed and enriched under the protection of Kings. This was not unlike the roles churches performed as the treasury and an aspect of government which was shared with the King's in the UK. The wealth of the churches were liquidated by Henry VIII to fund the transformation of the UK as a modern state. The temple towns with the university towns are today part of the ecosystem that plays important economic roles. The transformative power of the church dominated economy long ago ceased to be important. The considerable wealth locked up in Hindu temples can be better applied for India's economic advancement rather than provide the succour to Christians and Muslims parties who manage to lay their hands on them for their own advancements.

  4. Hindutva doesn't have the ideological framework to keep the country together. Forget about becoming a developed country. In the coming years, India will struggle to stay a one-union state. The last nail in the Indian coffin!

  5. India Bhaarat needs its own Economy System, Political System and Legal System. Yes, we were colonized for 2 Centuries by Britsh and we have copied many of their ideas like Capitalism, Democracy and Secularism.But these ideas need not be replicated as is.. We can modify them, suitable to Indian Bharatiya temperment and society.

    Of course while creating these systems, We should not be prejudiced and stick to obsolete ideas. We should take whatever works. Did Mughals have something good that works ? Let us take them and implemeent it !!! Does West have something good ? We can take them and Implmeent it !!! Do Communists have something good ? We can take and implmeennt this !!!

    Only this sort of Open minded thinking, Complimented with a touch of Unqiue Historical, Cultural Values and Morals, can set a stage for New Era of Indian Bharatiya Political, Economical and Judicial systems.

  6. Our Education budget:
    2024 : 2.5%
    2022 : 2.64%
    2021 : 2.64%
    2020 : 3%
    2019 : 3.4%
    2018 : 3.48%
    2017 : 3.7%
    2016 : 3.65%
    2015 : 3.88%
    2014 : 3.8%
    2013 : 4.77%
    2012 : 4.97%
    2011 : 5%
    2010 : 4.5%

    P.s The cost of living in India is increasing, & the income tax from same taxpayers rose from 492,654 lakh crore in 2019-20 to 1,022,325 lakh crores in 2022-23.

    It's essential to ask, who India truly belongs to. Our nation the dubious distinction of having the highest number of suicides in the world.

    Central agencies should avoid targeting businesses from non-Gujarat states based on mere suspicion, ensuring fair treatment for all.

    26,100 govt schools have closed in UP as per Indian Govt's United District Information System for Education UDISE.

    UP copspointingweaponsonmuslimto prevent them from exercising their right to vote. We are following in our neighbor's pak steps, by trying to be a religious nation full of radicals shouting religion is in danger.

    UP ranks among the bottom states in education in India. UP receives ₹4 from the centre, for every ₹1 contributed in taxes. Other states like Gujarat also have fewer educated youth compared to southern states.

    Southern states contribute significantly to the central government's tax revenue, but despite this, these states have consistently maintained high literacy rates & well-educated populations over the years.

    (People should remember, loving our nation doesn't mean we have to be silent about its flaws).

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