Times Of India had started a all-India 6 week campaign called India Poised for India’s christening of 2007 as the ‘Year of India’ with Amitabh Bachchan as their brand ambassador in early january . The group that they were trying to make revolved around same old problems of India but here they did not only ask you to point out problems but also to suggest solutions .

We all know what are the problems of India . We see them everyday . Whether it is the long traffic jams Or daily 6 hours power cuts . Whether it is the huge amount of bribe that is paid to get tax returns early OR the fear that forces us to not allow our daughter or sisters to step outside home after 10 . We know what are the problems , now it is the time to find solutions for those .

If you have a passion to do something for your country , you should join this campaign . I don;' know if they are still continuing this campaign . But you don't need Times of India for doing something good for your country .

I know , it is quite a old news item , but i just came across this campaign and was feeling something that forced me to write on this . India Poised might be dead , but the flame must continue to enlighten us , youths of india .

Check below , a inspiring speech by Amitabh Bachchan .


Script

There are two Indians in this country.

One India is straining at the leash, eager to spring forth and live up to all the adjectives that the world has been showering recently upon us.

The other India is the leash.

One India says, give me a chance and I’ll prove myself .The other India says prove yourself first and maybe then you’ll have a chance.

One India lives in the optimism of our hearts. The other India lurks in the skepticism of our minds.

One India Wants. The Other India Hopes.

One India Leads .The Other India Follows.

But conversions are on the rise .With each passing day more and more people from the other India have been coming over to this side.

And quietly while the world is not looking, a pulsating, dynamic new India is emerging.

An India whose faith in success is far greater than its fear of failure.

An India that no longer boycotts foreign-made goods but buys out the companies that makes them instead.

History, they say, is a bad motorist .it rarely ever signals its intentions when it is taking a turn.

This is that rarely ever moment. History is turning a page.

For more than half a century ,our nation has sprung, stumbled ,run , fallen ,rolled over ,got up ,dusted herself and cantered ,sometimes lurched on .

But today as we begin our 60^th year as a free nation, the ride has brought us to the edge of times great precipice.

And one India – a tiny little voice at the back of the head – is looking down at the bottom of the ravine and hesitating.

The other India is looking up at the sky and saying, its time to fly…