Airbus gets a $ 16 Billion New Year Gift from Indigo... India has not just arrived , Its flown onto the stage in style !!

India has created ripples in the Commercial Aviation Industry as Indigo awarded a deal to Airbus to buy 180 jets for its fleet. The order is being billed as " the largest single firm order number for large jets in commercial aviation history" and will definitely give its rival Boeing sleepless nights. Indigo plans to use these fuel efficient jets to cater to the growing aviation market in booming India.

Brushing away all the corruption , scams galore , poverty , lack of education and even lack of governance , i think India has time and again in the last couple of year announced to the world that it is no longer a nation of snake charmers. It is the centre of economic growth and not a bus to be missed. I think our generation is the sunshine generation and we are very luck to watch a nation being turned into a super power. We are where Japan was in 1960's & 70's and China early 90's when their economies just took off at an exponential rate. While there are sceptics who think that the growth in India is not inclusive but is restricted to only the privileged few , I think the notion is incorrect. Taking a few basic examples like the mobile penetration in India is one of the largest in the world with the current subscriber base at 660 million and rising , India being the fastest growing car market in the world in the last year. Closer home during a recent visit to my village in UP , i was surprised to see a shopping mart called "Hariyali" catering to the farmers needs and getting to watch a cricket match in the wee hours of the morning without having to switch on the genset was unexpectedly pleasant. I will not even mention a plethora of reverse mergers where Indian companies have taken over global giants in the past couple of years , as that would be termed as growth being driven by the "privileged few". Sure we have a lot of problems that still need to be overcome , but then a crown of roses comes with its fair share of thorns. While i do respect our nations media for having the ability to "bring out" a scam a day but i do sit back and wait for a day when a person from media is brought to task for any wrong doings. Sure Ratan Tata , Radia , Raja are now house hold names but i wonder why the initial noise around Barkha Dutt & Vir Sanghvi died down so quickly. Are power brokers exempted for all wrong doings if they are from the media ?

I think we should look past the media headlines and see our nation emerge into a super power. I think we should take pride in the fact that a Gurgaon based company has suddenly become the largest customer of aircraft's in the world. I think we should see that in less than a century we have moved from a nation where its citizens were not able to travel first class in locomotives to a country which has the largest railway network in the world. I think we should all stand up and tell the soldier who is braving the nature and the enemy , that he is protecting a nation of proud Indians and not just sceptics. We owe it to him and to the countless freedom fighters who gave up their lives selflessly for a dream. A dream that our generation has the opportunity to turn into a reality. I am a proud Indian and i choose to look at the bright side. Do you ?