Hey, Nascimento, Calm down, man. I have no intentions of weeping. Weeping never solves anything. Besides, India and Indians are far better off today than when I left 33 years ago for the New World.
You seem to be looking at the Indian glass as half empty. India has many faults as all of us know all too well. Yet it also has many good points, such as a level of acceptance, personal warmth and hospitality that is unmatched anywhere. India is the only "poor" country that has had such a high level of committment to secular democracy that it came back from the brink of a dictatorship under Indira Gandhi, when SHE, who had initially declared a bogus "state of emergency", called for elections and lost! How many countries and dictators can you cite you would do that? Not one. Only in India! Yes, there is incredible poverty and corruption and greed and ineffiency, but there are still far more good people than bad and they seem to muddle along nevertheless. Besides, Indian brains, educated in India, are underwriting technical development around the world. In case you have missed it India is now the 4th largest economy in the world after the US, Japan and China. They probably would have been No. 1 if Nehru had made a right turn instead of a left turn in 1947. Where does Australia rank? Yeah, some introspection is in order, but let's also celebrate the progress and the ingenuity. There is no need to weep, weeping never solved anything. Just get in the game and do something. Someone once said that watching a democracy in action is like watching sausage being made. Winston Churchill once wryly noted, "Democracy is the worst system ever devised by man, except for all the other systems out there." So, let's cut 'em some slack, give 'em some time. After all, you don't live there, so what do you care? I don't live there either, but I go there every year to bask in the warmth and hospitality of friends and family, and try and enjoy the best of both worlds. --- Nasci Caldeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Frederick and all goanet guys, > > I hope u guys, whether from foreign or Deshi foreign or down right Casti wallah, will weep; for this what is going on in your motherland! Money alone moves mountains! Principles be damned! Law does not prevail. Laws are made deliberately with loopholes to cater for 'cheating' and the same goes with Rules and Code of Conduct. Who is to blame for all this? the people first, the voters. then the politicians of all parties and Independents included, who make shoddy laws; who appoint shoddy contractors and who appoint corrupt persons as chair persons and directors. >