btw, in response to your other paragraph .. (quoted below) .... 1. u do not sound boastful, but u sound scientific
2. u sure you understand india? 3. i have lived in more than a dozen cities, i have lived in more huts/ villages/ blah yada .. than i remember 4. i bet you, i have read more on india, heard more about india, than i thought i would be able to yrs back, BUT, i am not sure "other average indians" have done what they needed to yet, i dont feel i am qualified to comment for india. u know why? because 90% of india, may be 95% of india, cannot afford to be a part of the internet. :) "I want to say, if it were ever possible without sounding overly boastful that I've put in my home work to understand India. I speak 9 Indian languages, I've lived in half a dozen Indian cities, I've visited 23 Indian states, I've read more original Indian scriptures and Indian history than the average Indian, hence I feel qualified to comment on India." On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 6:13 PM, divya manian <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And the dividing line between "self help" rubbish and sensible > management books is rather thin. Some of them are definitely not bite size > platitudes > > > > Or non-existent? I think Cheeni wants us all to believe we have a > > crisis in India which is staggeringly disappointing to anyone who > > claims to be from India :))) People in India suffer from the same > > I want to say, if it were ever possible without sounding overly > boastful that I've put in my home work to understand India. I speak 9 > Indian languages, I've lived in half a dozen Indian cities, I've > visited 23 Indian states, I've read more original Indian scriptures > and Indian history than the average Indian, hence I feel qualified to > comment on India. > > > crises of confidence that plague the Americans or the English - give > > or take a few cultural biases. Yes, India is not "developed" but that > > is not really because Indians "lack confidence" but just the right > > elements for development has not come together yet (things are > > You will never find me making a statement that denigrates or > condescends on the topic. I believe we are all the product of > circumstances, much like a chemistry experiment where following the > formula always arrives at the same result. > > If India has a crisis of confidence today, it has to do with poverty > and not with the "Indian gene" if there was any such thing. > > My best analogy of India and the US is the comparison between > vegetable soup and salad. In the US it's still possible to visit China > town, or the Mexican/Latin quarter and experience the real thing, but > in India, much like vegetable soup, where you have a flavor and hint > of the original but not the real thing, we've had time to develop out > of many inputs. > > > happening, so some serendipity might favour India soon). And to put > > the development of the White World as the work of "confident" white > > people is to devalue the right potent circumstances that helped bring > > it about. > > I think you read way beyond what I feel. White people never enters my > world view, why it almost sounds like this youtube video > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glOv4MIyNSE (0:35) > > Cheeni > >
