I lived in Gujarat for good part of my life.
I am a witness to Gujarat riots of 2002, Gujarat earthquake of 2001.
If you land in Ahmedabad by plane you can see the Sabarmati River front & when you land in Delhi you will also see the Yamuna river. The difference between the two sights is called Gujarat model. Sabarmati River looks exotic even in winter with water flowing & banks duly protected by diaphragm walls, the garden along the banks are something every Indian should be proud of & specially in the evening it looks like a celebration of river, which Hindus so adore like their mother Ganges etc. The Sabarmati is a model worthy of display to the whole World.
On the contrary Yamuna river is lackluster & dull and offers a depressive sight, that's Delhi model.
Gujarat roads are well maintained, clean, hardly any potholes, compared to this all Kolkata & Mumbai roads have too many potholes. Only due to population explosion there is uncontrollable garbage on the public places. Highways & expressways are much better.
People are like their highways, all mostly constructive & progressive minded, move on come what may be (Aage badho) . Lot of Industrialisation, nobody found looking for jobs, there is hardly any situation vacant advertisements in local newspaper. People are all busy doing their own work and mostly prefer their own business.
One significant point I would like to mention here that all doctors in Gujarat have good well maintained & clean chambers; they generally don't order unnecessary tests. First time I saw they give a free file with every prescription.
Nobody tells you that you are an outsider!!! Never ever I have faced this situation. In fact all the outsiders who have settled in Gujarat refuse to go out of Gujarat, that's the difference between Gujarat model & Assam model where all outsiders are at the risk of being uprooted anytime & suffers insecurity. Because of this good people flock to Gujarat and good people leave Assam like exodus.
During 2001 Earthquake, which was having very devastating effects (eg one six story building sunk & only one story was seen above ground) but people never asked what's your religion but rendered help to all. People in large numbers donated whatever extra they had in homes and relief materials were dispatched to all affected location without marking Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Ishai etc.
During 2002 Gujarat riots have seen mob on the road with flame torches & later on when went to market, saw rioters burnt shops selectively belonging to particular one community. Just next shop belonging to another community was not attacked, people told me like this riots in Gujarat happens regularly & it's rojka ( रोजका) meaning regular affair. But Gujarat model is that where there is no communal riot since 2002, which means absolute peace.
Gujarat model is during Navaratri ( 9 nights of fasting, dance & devotional song) called Garba used to happen throughout the night; (during the time I was there, not aware of the present restrictions), heavy jewellery laden women folk move around freely throughout the night without fuss. People mingle with peace & environment of amity, that's Gujarat model.
But you don't get non-veg food very easily & when you ask for non-veg it's something you are asking extra. People will frawn upon you, if you ask for Prawn even in a restaurant serving meat!
Gujarat model is everybody watches stock market news during lunch time, nobody is interested in other form of entertainments!
People are money minded & follows “Maaru Suu” principle means what about me in any deal?? But in Gujarat nobody will disturb if you want to establish your own business there, nobody ask whether you are son of the soil or not (Bhumiputra) like Assam & elsewhere. There is equal proportion of Gujaratis in outside as well in their own state. During business deals even if you abuse a Gujarati he won’t mind & keep cool. As a matter of great curiosity once I asked a Gujarati businessman, that “Those people abused you during the negotiation, why did you not protest, he said those people only hurled abuses and gave me pain but could not take away anything. “Gaali deke gya na – kuch leke ta nahin ja saka” – if that’s the attitude then its Gujarat Model!!
Gujarat model is you get land for your factory in 3 days as per Ratan Tata for his Nano factory, when shifted away from Bengal by Mamata Banerjee.
Gujarat model is where there are no workers problem, no workers Union like Maharashtra, Kerala, West Bengal to hinder your production. So there is confidence on Gujarat made products & Gujarat projects to obtain on schedule delivery.
If India as discussed above follows Gujarat model of Governance and attitude, then it shall succeed no doubt on that.
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