Reflection

In Java programming language there is an API called Reflection which allows an object to look at its property and methods. In simple terms someone can decide what are the qualities in him/her and what are the possible things he/she can do. I wish i too have such API. Wouldn't it be fantastic that before you try to target something scarry or big, you can reflect on yourself and then decide. And now news from India. Everyday i hear this is great about our country and that is great. Sure our country is growing. Sure people are getting better living standards. But still we are very very far away and should reflect to see what we have still to accomplish. Forbes (February edition) had an article on child labor. It is painful to see that still in India 6% of the total labor is done by children (aged 7-14). This cannot be an indicative of success. Those children should be going to school and playing, not working 12 hours a day for a meager sum of 20-30 rupees.