"It was a wonderful experience interacting with you and appreciate the way you have planned and executed the whole publication process within the agreed timelines.”
Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
India, a nation with extremes like extremely rich and extremely poor; a nation of great Economic power but with poor economic condition of the common man; In the eyes of the advanced western world, India is seen as a most populated, diverse (in race, caste, language, culture, customs, food, climate, etc), technologically advanced (as in space research), economically powerful, religious, democratic country. But then why do the younger generation wish to emigrate abroad to study, work and settle there. During the past 150 years, more than 100 million people have migrated for work. And since 2011, over 1.6 million people have relinquished their Indian citizenship leading to loss of billions in tax revenue for India. Superstitious beliefs still exist. So in this publication, the ground realities are given (that includes my own experiences and observations) - the negative aspects or the ‘darker side’ which has greatly influenced and affected me during my over 70 years of life in India. Why is life not happy and contented in India in spite of scientific and economic advancements ? No wonder India is ranked 126th out of 143 nations in the World Happiness Report (2024). This book explores why for an average common man life is not happy here in India, listing the possible reasons for the present pathetic, pitiable and deplorable state. Will we ever change?
Alphonse Amalraj Viswasam PhD.
The author is a retired Principal Scientist of ICAR with nearly 40 years of research experience in the field of plant genetic resources, published several research papers and books. And has travelled and explored almost all over India collecting plants and also visited all over USA twice and Canada many times. The experiences and observations of the author after living over 70 years in India, and has been greatly influenced by its backward and pathetic state, are recorded in this book.
