On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Kunal Kapoor <[email protected]> wrote: > btw, in response to your other paragraph .. (quoted below) .... > 1. u do not sound boastful, but u sound scientific
Thank you. > 2. u sure you understand india? I don't, but I am trying to, and I am not content to mouth the party line. I choose to say the controversial, the critical, the painful, the damning, I don't expect to be loved for it, but I will defend my stance against unfair slurs. > 3. i have lived in more than a dozen cities, i have lived in more huts/ > villages/ blah yada .. than i remember Well, power to you, the problem with numerical prowess is the number system guarantees that there will be a larger number, always. > 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. There's a Tamil saying, 'Sevikku unavillatha pothu Sirithu Vayutrukkum uyappadum' When there isn't any food in the stomach one can't pay attention to the words coming in through the ears. I don't believe that you need to be rich to be wise, but for most people it is the case. I know many examples, even among close relatives of mine that have bucked the trend and have memorized Tagore, and Gogol and Tolstoy while never having come even within sniffing distance of fame or wealth. I think they are the exception though, not the norm. Cheeni
