The real reason for not seeing this tragedy is much deeper than what it appears. It is now clear that the Indian govt. knew of the earthquake in Car Nicobar one hour before the waves hit Tamil Nadu.
However, given the state of things in India, one could bet one's life that nothing would be done. To top it all, the head of NIO does not even know that a tsunami is possible in the Indian ocean. What could one say for the caliber of people at NIO? Now, consider this case: if a young scientist comes up with the suggestion at NIO or the weather department that it is possible that a tsunami can hit India and the damage can be huge, what do you think the response would be of the powers that be? I can bet it won't be any different that the responses we have seen on this mailing list. Basically, it is our tradition to put down dissent, put down merit. We will come up with crude reasons such as so and so's action is due to commnal reasons, vested interests and what not, but we will not respond positively to an intelligent suggestion. In fact, the guy who would have made the suggestion, he would have been probably suspended or demoted for thinking of such scenarios. We might be good at IT services, but here too, we are good at rote work --- the Americans tell us what to do, and we do it. We cannot be pioneers or creative, because there is not just apathy but outright disgust, and opposition in this country to creative brains. regards, Samir Kelekar --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], blandino viegas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Hello Hello Gaspar, > > These are AMCHE GOEN-KAR. WHAT TO SAY. THEY ONLY > FOLLOW UP EVERYTHING. WE NOT. THEY ARE NIOs. > > VIEGAS > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
