--- Nasci Caldeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When the 'emergency' was imposed, I was in Calcutta, and I cried that democracy that Indians nurtured and thrived for 25 years then, had taken a back step thru the night! I also cried tears of Joy when in London I read that not only Indira's party lost the election but that she lost her own seat!
Mario replies: Hey, Nasci, you cry a lot, don't you, while encouraging others to "weep" as well, actually or metaphorically? What's with all this weeping and gnashing of teeth? If you LOVE India so much how come you don't live there!!! Nasci writes: > Why this cover of hospitality'??? It could be that the persons affording you the hospitality are themselves partly or wholly the beneficiaries of this wanton 'Corruption and Hollowness' in public life. > Mario writes: Indian hospitality is not a cover for anything. It's just a fact. How come you don't know this? It is really sad that someone who grew up in India is unable to recognize the warmth and hospitality of most Indians, and attributes Indian hospitality as coming from beneficiaries of corruption in public life. This is the height of cynicism. > Nasci's response: > What is India's per capita income? What percentage of the population are below the poverty line. What percentage can truly afford and be hospitable? What are the laws and understandings on issues of social equality and other related things like equal opportunity, caste and racist discrimination, etc. Nobody ever doubts that India has the intellectuals and the material resources as well; but how are these brains utulised? In India the country is rich but the people are poor. Why? U r comparing with Australia?? Australia is a rich country and the people too are rich to match. Of course there are differences but u do not seem to know that Australia is Paradise!!! Mario, I know that India is the 4th largest economy but do u know that India is also home to the second poorest people in the world?? Do U know that smaller countries like Malaysia and Thailand and Taiwan (and S'pore of course), now have a better overall standard then Goa even??? Leave alone the rest of India which is mired in poverty. Mario writes; > Hey, tell us something we don't know. I don't live in India, so that's my bottom line. But I don't go around badmouthing them either, because I think I understand where they went wrong after independence, and I know they're trying to change. Also, I admire a poor country like India that is trying to make progress through the democratic process. Most poor countries end up as dictatorships. India is making far more progress now that they have consigned socialism to the dustbin of history where it belongs. Socialism, unfortunately, wasted 50 years of progress that they could have been making, and is also the cause of the poverty and bureaucracy that results in corruption. > Nasci responds. > Even though I may not be living there now, I do care and always will; it is my birthplace and my birthright. You should also be giving advice and be a benevolent critic. Why Not? > > Mario replies: Words are cheap. What are you actually DOING, other than bitching and moaning? What makes you think I'm NOT a benevolent critic? So, what's your solution for all of India's ills, besides shedding tears and wringing your hands?
