Dude: Think Gujarat's intellectual/cultural progress w.r.t WB .. If you have read Dr Amartya Sen's Nobel prize winning theory, industries and SDP are not necessary indicators of prosperity..
-What about child marriage? -What about dowry? -What about superstitions? -What about child mortality? -What about progressiveness towards inter cultural marriage? -What about literature? ......... The list can go on..
I am not saying one system is better over the other but please do not resort to one dimensional analysis..
