Nagpur: Drawing parallels between Israel and India, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday lamented that our country is still struggling with basics despite having all favourable conditions.Speaking as the chief guest at the concluding ceremony of the weeklong silver jubilee celebrations of Prahar Samaj Jagruti Sanstha at Suresh Bhat Sabhagruh, Bhagwat said, “Israel was formed in 1948, around the same time when we got independence. That time, monetary assistance was not readily available and it was a nation laid out on barren lands. While Israel was still struggling to get the status of an independent country, it fought five major wars that almost wiped it out. But it survived, and hit back. Today, it is among the top wealthiest countries while India is still developing.”Bhagwat said a small country like Japan survived dire consequence of Hiroshima-Nagasaki atomic bombings and bounced back spectacularly. But India is still struggling, financially. “Britishers did not leave India high and dry as we had Rs30,000 crore in our national treasure and Rs1,600 crore were to be obtained from them. We had readily available fertile soil, a young enthusiastic population and financial assistance. Yet, we still failed to develop it with that quick a pace. What is worse that we are fighting wars to prevent it from splitting into pieces,” said Bhagwat. Only an Army man cannot promise a better future. The society is equally responsible for it, he added.He spoke about patriotism, education of youth in today’s world and narrated stories from all over the world during the event.“Indians go on vacations to foreign countries but we still haven’t seen beautiful bridges in Arunachal Pradesh. Youngsters happily eat HappyMeals and pizzas but stay away from home-cooked food. The youth of our country needs to be imbibed with a sense of patriotism and have to be taught about our culture. And this has to be done by an elderly person,” Bhagwat said about the future of the country.Speaking about education, Bhagwat said the youth needs to be taught more than to just care about jobs. “Education should be such that it serves the country and not just a family. Education that is job-centric is not an asset to a nation,” he said.

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