Said a cab driver to my brother in Buenos Aires when asked why Argentina was a sewer when Chile was run so well. The difference with India is that we believe the lies we tell, this being bolstered by religion. Much like my mother's rituals, fiction is magically and instantly transformed to reality.
M friend Norman is very savvy. He knows our banks are beyond all hope. There was no cash available to stuff ATM's when his banya relatives moved two billion in loot to London, courtesy of Nirav. Yet he suggested they were positioned to rescue Air India.a
