{"id":350,"date":"2008-05-14T10:53:53","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T10:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=350"},"modified":"2008-05-14T10:53:53","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T10:53:53","slug":"the-indian-people-deserve-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indian people deserve better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No wonder Indians do so well when they move overseas. Look at the odds they have to overcome just to survive in their own nation.  If they are not constantly fighting bureaucracy, corruption, lack of basic health, education, the state is unable to even protect their lives against acts of terrorism.  Isn&#8217;t it time that the people forced the politician to overcome their obsession with their own power, greed and criminal irresponsibility ?  Is it not time for the people to hold the politicians accountable ? The state is as responsible for these acts of terrorism as the terrorists themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No wonder Indians do so well when they move overseas. Look at the odds they have to overcome just to survive in their own nation. If they are not constantly fighting bureaucracy, corruption, lack of basic health, education, the state is unable to even protect their lives against acts of terrorism. Isn&#8217;t it time that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-point-of-view"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Indian people deserve better - Shekhar Kapur<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Indian people deserve better - Shekhar Kapur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"No wonder Indians do so well when they move overseas. Look at the odds they have to overcome just to survive in their own nation. If they are not constantly fighting bureaucracy, corruption, lack of basic health, education, the state is unable to even protect their lives against acts of terrorism. Isn&#8217;t it time that [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shekhar Kapur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-05-14T10:53:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"shekhar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"shekhar\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/05\\\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/05\\\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"shekhar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/16ccb2f9fc537e6b2e3f9c66553791a6\"},\"headline\":\"The Indian people deserve better\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-05-14T10:53:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/05\\\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":104,\"commentCount\":16,\"articleSection\":[\"Point of View\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/05\\\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/05\\\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/05\\\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Indian people deserve better - Shekhar Kapur\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-05-14T10:53:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/16ccb2f9fc537e6b2e3f9c66553791a6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/05\\\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/05\\\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2008\\\/05\\\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Indian people deserve better\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Shekhar Kapur\",\"description\":\"I exist because you imagine I do\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/16ccb2f9fc537e6b2e3f9c66553791a6\",\"name\":\"shekhar\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d405951f0d7e98022349b518c83461ff64706ab932df335f2db686aaee7ff67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d405951f0d7e98022349b518c83461ff64706ab932df335f2db686aaee7ff67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d405951f0d7e98022349b518c83461ff64706ab932df335f2db686aaee7ff67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"shekhar\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/admin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/shekhar\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Indian people deserve better - Shekhar Kapur","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Indian people deserve better - Shekhar Kapur","og_description":"No wonder Indians do so well when they move overseas. Look at the odds they have to overcome just to survive in their own nation. If they are not constantly fighting bureaucracy, corruption, lack of basic health, education, the state is unable to even protect their lives against acts of terrorism. Isn&#8217;t it time that [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\/","og_site_name":"Shekhar Kapur","article_published_time":"2008-05-14T10:53:53+00:00","author":"shekhar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"shekhar"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\/"},"author":{"name":"shekhar","@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/16ccb2f9fc537e6b2e3f9c66553791a6"},"headline":"The Indian people deserve better","datePublished":"2008-05-14T10:53:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\/"},"wordCount":104,"commentCount":16,"articleSection":["Point of View"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\/","url":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\/","name":"The Indian people deserve better - Shekhar Kapur","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-05-14T10:53:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/16ccb2f9fc537e6b2e3f9c66553791a6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/the-indian-people-deserve-better\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Indian people deserve better"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/","name":"Shekhar Kapur","description":"I exist because you imagine I do","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/16ccb2f9fc537e6b2e3f9c66553791a6","name":"shekhar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d405951f0d7e98022349b518c83461ff64706ab932df335f2db686aaee7ff67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d405951f0d7e98022349b518c83461ff64706ab932df335f2db686aaee7ff67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d405951f0d7e98022349b518c83461ff64706ab932df335f2db686aaee7ff67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"shekhar"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/admin"],"url":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/author\/shekhar\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}