Economically backward ... :(

It is not simply one tradition, institution, value, or national characteristic trait that
keeps India economically backward. It is the cumulative and interrelated effect of all of the inhibiting factors considered in this study, although caste, or “community”, comes closer
than any of the other influences to being a keystone in the blockage. It is true that white Americans have held down
the Negroes just as caste Hindus have held down the Untouchables.
But the fact that other countries have uneconomic practices is beside the point for India. India has an unusual number of these
uneconomic practices, and it can least afford them. India is not making enough economic progress to satisfy its growing population and its aspirations. It is not even approaching a “take-off into the sustained growth”. If the United States needs a revolution in its race relations, and is now getting it, India needs a revolution in many
of its institutions and other cultural practice. If others can progress then why cant we.What India really needs is the economic development. "I still remember the days when 1 US$ was 42 INR.....and now it has crossed 63 INR" says the youth of India.