Metaphorically India is perceived as golden sparrow. Our ancestors fattened this creature by putting layers of various varieties of gold on it. They perhaps, overlooked the bad effect of obesity. Our more enlightened modern leaders are in the process of thinning the bird for better health and mobility; little realizing that they are debilitating it. Our ancestors lived in an age of great men and small events where as we seem to be living in an age of small men ...
