cheeni, with all sincere regards to ur words, and sentiments .. of course, i can see china town in "amrika", yet i get food which does not taste that good.
of course in india, too, that taste has gone missing. but yet, if you try real hard, drive 100 kms. out of any town in india, and then take some nasty detour, for another 5 kms. is where the real india starts, and never ends. yes you are right, poverty has done the trick for our chemistry here, but that in turn has given life to several other side "rich projects". what is the catalyst to undo this chemical reaction, then. sincerely, kunal On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan <che...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 6:13 PM, divya manian <divya.man...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 1:50 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian > > <sur...@hserus.net> 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 > >
