I never felt so helpless before like this being Indian, have about you?

China is progressing by leaps and bounds, while in India, we continue to grapple with social issues like these: "Dalit groom rides horse under tight police cover in Ajmer to protect him from upper-caste locals" or "BJP announces ₹1,000 per month for SC/ST students in Delhi." Meanwhile, China's DeepSeek competes against America's ChatGPT and Gemini, whereas Indian startups are primarily focused on mobile apps designed to deliver goods within minutes. These startups thrive on the shoulders of the poor, who work tirelessly just to feed their families twice a day. We have failed to win several critical races: * **Manufacturing**: India remains heavily dependent on the USA and China. * **Computers**: Most of our computers come from the USA or China. For instance, I use a Lenovo laptop (Chinese), a Xiaomi mobile phone (Chinese), and DeepSeek Gen AI (also Chinese). * **Supercomputers**: The "heart" of our supercomputers (The supercomputer series Param, created by CDAC/IISc/TIFR), the chipsets, are imported from IBM (USA). * **Pharmaceuticals**: India does not invest significantly in R&D to create new medicines. Instead, we produce generics based on patents that have become public in the USA. * **Jet Engines**: Even the Tejas light combat aircraft, designed in India, uses jet engines manufactured in the USA. We don’t produce commercial aircraft either. * **Mobile Handsets**: Despite being a staple electronic device used by almost all Indians, including naga sadhus, we don’t lead in manufacturing them. * **Consumer Electronics**: Televisions, washing machines, and other appliances in Indian homes are predominantly Chinese, Korean, Japanese, or American. * **Operating Systems**: Despite having the largest pool of software engineers, we haven't developed an original operating system from scratch. The operating system created by IIT Madras for the Government of India is merely a Linux distribution, not a new OS. When Sam Altman of OpenAI remarked in public that India cannot produce anything comparable to ChatGPT with a $10 million investment, Anand G. Mahindra took offense. In a patriotic PR stunt, he declared his intent to create a similar app. However, upon learning that he was dumb enough to under hear "..can't make ChatGPT with $10m investing..." took back his ego and dropped the idea of creating a marvel, why? Perhaps because the Indian public's ego wasn’t deeply wounded by the correct statement made by Sam Altman. NOTE- China made DeepSeek with an investment of $5.5 million. So, Anand Mahindra didn't even investigate how much it takes to make ChatGPT like GenAI. Imagine a country where leadership works on ego rather than pragmatism. Our future appears increasingly uncertain and dependent. Even our diplomacy remains "non-aligned" because we cannot afford war or animosity, even with Pakistan.