🧠✈️ “Reservation at Home, Innovation Abroad: How India’s Best Brains Are Building Other Nations”
india has given the world some of its brightest minds—from Silicon Valley CEOs to Nobel laureates. But ask why india itself is still lagging in innovation and wealth creation, and one bitter truth emerges: talent flees, reservation rules. Here’s how the brain drain, fueled by caste politics, has crippled India’s growth story:
1. The Great indian Exodus
Every year, lakhs of India’s brightest students—engineers, doctors, scientists—leave for the U.S., Europe, and beyond. They don’t just study abroad, they settle there, building billion-dollar companies and powering global economies.
2. Reservation politics = Talent Flight
With limited seats in IITs, IIMs, and medical colleges, General Category students face suffocating cut-offs. Many choose to go abroad rather than fight an unfair system at home.
3. Wealth Creation Lost Forever
The CEOs of Google, Microsoft, Adobe, Mastercard, and dozens of unicorns are indians by birth—but their innovations enrich foreign nations. The wealth, jobs, and breakthroughs they create never touch indian soil.
4. From Desperation to Migration
Young GC students, told that merit alone won’t guarantee success in india, are now openly advised: “Leave if you can.” This tragic mindset fuels a vicious cycle—every departure weakens india further.
5. Reservation Keeps Expanding, Talent Keeps Leaving
Instead of reforming the system, governments keep widening quotas for votes. The message is clear: politics matters more than merit. The best brains read the writing on the wall and book a one-way ticket out.
6. Global Gain, India’s Permanent Loss
Nations like the U.S. and canada welcome India’s brightest with open arms—reaping tax revenues, research breakthroughs, and startups. Meanwhile, india bleeds talent and settles for mediocrity.
7. The Irreversible Damage
Generations of lost talent mean lost opportunities. The truth is harsh—the damage is done, and it may already be too late. India’s finest minds are building the future—but not for India.
⚡ Hot Punchline:
Reservation divides, brain drain empties, and india pays the price. While the world celebrates indian talent, india itself is left with slogans, not solutions.
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