Where is the Passion

Why cannot a country like India, where cricket is supposed to be everyone's 'passion', ever produce the world's best team? Why is that, with all the great intellectual capability, India is not amongst the most advanced nations?

"Passion" ..... that is where we lack!

"Survival is always the first instinct!" Yes, its true ... You can really not follow your passion until your survival is assured isn't it? "Self actualisation" (following your passion!?) comes right at the top of the Maslow's heirarchy. It is only after all your preliminary needs are met that you can reach the self-actualisation state.

India produces thousands and thousands of MBA's and engineers each and every year..of these people, how many of them really wanted to be MBA's or Engineers?? I really dunno... but i can surely tell you that the answer will not be any where close to the figure of 100%. Any Indian middle class person would be prodded to go on and become atleast an engineer so as to have an assured life. When it comes to career, we mostly have "Money" as our goal and not passion. I do not blame any one for this... I am after all one of the people who is not actually following his passion.