Part Confessions of a Part-Conformist

When you cry the first time You lost your favorite pencil box Dad would be right next to your bed Consoling you, making you feel better than ever When you get straight A’s In your 2nd grade report card Grandma would be waiting right at the doorstep Waiting to give the biggest hug ever When you fall off the bicycle While learning how to ride it Mamma would rush to you to embrace you Making sure you don’t feel the pain When you feel like having your favorite candy After a hard day at school Gramps would run to get them Making you feel like a little princess When you have had the worst day ever And you need someone to just listen to you Your BFF would call you Asking you if everything was okay Now, here I am With none of these people around me Alone I stand With the deepest fears inside of me Still searching for substitutes But deep inside I know No one could ever replace them For I love them the most

India got independence on the 15th August, 1947. Since then, there have been attempts made by the government for the country to develop in all spheres – social, economic and cultural. Most of these attempts have been successful. One of the highlights and the most important creation by our Central Government was the formulation of the Planning Commission on March 1950. Ever since its inception, the Commission has been meticulously planning out the National Five Year plans – these are the government documents which aim at triggering off development in every sector possible. Every plan focuses on one sector in particular and the rest in general. Each five year plan has a set of aims and objectives to be followed, a rationale and the means through which development is going to be achieved. As of now the Government is following the 11th five year plan – April 2008 to March 2013. However, what led to the government coming up with the idea of have Five Year Plans was the Gandhian Meta Mod