RE:Showing a very rosy picture
by Jagadis Bose on Aug 04, 2008 07:19 PM
The article doesn't just paint a rosy picture. It also denigrates institutions that have shaped and continues to shape life in India. He says that the postman has become irrelevant. Say that to the migrant labourer who sends home post-cards and money orders or to millions like me who depend on post-office investment scheme income. In fact, every application that I sent during my student days, every admit card for every exam that I took, every important document that I mailed or received, were delivered on time by these same postmen. This probably is true of all Indians of my generation. The interviewee of this article (and people like him) seem to have no connection to India at all -- they are living in a fantasy world where India is a superpower, bullet trains ply between Chennai and Mumbai, and benevolent America is our fairy godmather.
