It is 0730pm hrs on 8th April 2012
As the aromas of a wonderful meal that is being prepared in the kitchen waft into the living room and catalyse my cravings for a delicious supper, my mind also wanders to the cacophony of ideas that were being bandied about at a conference last week, by some of the leading bankers and politicians of India as their singular contribution to institutionalising financial inclusion in India. What was singular about the whole cacophony was that there was not a shred of evidence that the captains of Indian public sector banking industry and their political bosses are attempting to demonstrate some innovation in their approach. Nothing more than a push factor towards registering new accounts and not a shred of evidence of considering how to instigate and use the pull factor.
And so I wonder:
As a child I was educated
To believe of just one divide.
‘Twas an arithmetic operation that denoted
How to share and put aside.
Now when I am old
I am being told -
There are other divides
Economic, Digital, Communal, Lingual, Political, Financial
Yet to find some common sides
They offer little hope for anyone at all
But De Bonos boys will with their Hat
Generate the multipliers to annul the Divisors
And make the world indeed become Flat.
Hope your Easter weekend is turning out to be a great one.
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