There is no wonder if the writer finds taxi drivers in America emanating from various parts of the world talking all world politics.Even in India if you go to a hair saloon, the barber talks every thing including politics,on the face of earth so vociferously-right from action of Kamal Hasan in the recently released Dasavathaaram film to the contraversy & political situation in the country,that you will be wonder strauck for his awareness of things.Same will be the case with an auto/taxi driver of a town/city and also with a villager sitting at the junction of his place who talk, with great ease,about the contemporary politics. What the writer has dwelt upon is not world politics,but the experiences of the three drivers for their settlement in USA.The caption,therefore,is a misnomer. If we are to say about the political knowledge of a commoner in India,the above examples of barber,auto/taxi driver& villager speaks a lot.Thanks to growing literacy,media-especially TV which has become a household even in villages,people are getting more & more exposed to what is happening out side-in country and world as well.
