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Simeon Mitropolitski is a Canadian analyst, of Bulgarian origin, and a former syndicated columnist with the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA). He is the author of several hundred articles dealing with hot political and economic topics, both national and international.
He was part of the first group of Bulgarian intellectuals and students that began the opposition movement that finally put an end to the communist regime in this country in 1989, and in 1996-1997 participated in international observation teams during the elections in several Balkan countries - Romania, Albania and Bulgaria.
In 2002 Simeon and his family moved from Bulgaria to Canada where they live now in Montreal, province of Quebec. Simeon is a Master of Political Science from McGill University and a B.A. of Political Science and History.
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India: Introductory notes
That's why India can't be described using popular stereotypes, because anyone will unavoidably put whole regions, ethnicities, religious groups and climatic zones outside the Indian character. Before going deeper into the specific opportunities that may arise of India as a destination for investors, we shall at least get the impression of the civilization variety that stands before our eyes. Born out of the British colony some 57 years ago, India tries to build its national identity using as imagined national ancestors the irrigational communities that have existed for thousands of years along the rivers Indus and Ganges. Although no more than 30% claim Hindi as their mother tongue, it is the nationalist rhetoric, imported by colonial power, the country has always been one nation that waited to be awaken. This primordial claim hides the fact that many Indians aren't still ready to accept their Indian identity. There are still many illiterates, especially in the small villages and the illiteracy is a mortal enemy to any form of nationalism. Indian society experiences unparalleled modernization. The traditional social and caste structures in many places are gone forever. The social mobility, the ability to change status, to rise or fall, has become widespread. The traditional social nets that prevented people from falling too low are gradually replaced by the market distribution of gains and losses. For the advanced societies this has become trivial; for many people in India this is still a cultural shock they still try to understand and to live with. For the first time in history the population outside the upper castes begins looking at their bodies, trying to make them more fit for the more industrious way of life that the new urban civilization imposes. Whole generations of people have discovered the hygienic goods during the last 10-20 years. The sickness is no more God's punishment that has to be accepted without contradiction, it's the responsibility of the human being to be clean and in good health in order to produce more and to live better. Making money is gradually becoming an obsession for hundreds of millions. You no longer have a constant position within the society, determined by birth; it's the money you have which determine who you are. This obsession is widespread from the top to the bottom of the social scale. The poorest among the poor in Kolkata, this museum of the world's deepest misery, hope to see their children getting richer. Their hopes are so big that we can only point at the social dangers that will come if they aren't met. If the social misery of millions in India is similar to that of Paris and London some 150 years ago, how can we be confident about the future social peace in this country? European modernization period had its antiheroes Stalin and Hitler. Who will be the Indian modernization antiheroes? India and China both represent unique cases of billion-sized societies undergoing modernization, meaning destruction of the traditional way of life. If they succeed they will forever change the way the world economy is running. If they fail, the consequences for everyone will be disastrous. We can't expect to remain mere observers seeing Supernova stars blowing up close to our planet. India gradually becomes a country that captures our attention regardless of our economic and investment intentions.
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See also the directory of companies providing real estate services in, and general real estate information of India.
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