The Pareto Principle of India
India has just celebrated its 80th Independence Day . It’s a moment that naturally invites pride in me. Born to a family of government employees involved in this nation-building exercise, I saw the struggles of this journey. However, the part that I'm more curious about is the road ahead. Why the next 20 years matter Eighty years feels like a long time, yet when it comes to India, it barely feels like the prologue. The real story is still being written. I can't help but compare it to the Pareto Principle I learned in university. In most systems, 20% of the effort produces 80% of the results . W e have spent the last 80 years completing only the first 20% of the task . I don't mean it in any critical sense. It was the most foundational and essential work that the country had to do. While some may complain it could've been better, let's not forget it could've been a lot worse too. In 1947, India was left hollowed out from the inside by more than a century of c...
