On Sunday 23 Sep 2007 12:16 am, Ingrid wrote: > "There are simply too many suffering," one socialite explained. "So we > focus on things we can actually have an impact on, like > art and gardening
http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/travel/tmagazine/10well-mumbai-t.html?pagewanted=all If I may say so - this class of people in India are the exact equivalent of the people I have described as the R.A.P.E. (Rich Anglophone Pakistani Elite) in Pakistan. In an earlier era - this was the life of royalty in India, but pre-and post independence machinations ensured that the royalty had wealth but little power. If this class of Indian controlled the government, armed forces and foreign policy, and ensured that control stayed within, India would be Pakistan. shiv
