Varghese statement is totally wrong and foolish. It it not because of a particular 'religion' that india is poor. But caste system itself is a part of the economic system. Only by changing economic base that we can change our society. It is interesting to note that most of the poorer states in India have concentrated least on land reform. Unless India can do something about land reforms about 70 percent of the people who greatly depend on agriculture will not go up in the economic ladder. whatever the goverment does in other sectors will have only a little effect on the society. THe development in other sectors except agriculture will make a section only very rich and the rich-poor divide will grow in India in the coming years. Also the crisis in agricultural sector will increase the flow of poor people to big cities and ultimately it will create tensions [both tensions based on regionalism and religious differences] in India.
