I would agree if the writer says there are very BIG problems in India's path. But a comparison with 1947? As told by my village elders, in 1947 only zamindars had enough "grains" to eat. Others mostly lived on rice bran and others. Even the rich bought new clothes on festive occasions. A literate person was respected in the entire village (so low was literacy). More than 100,000 people were killed during partition riots. hundreds of people got killed in 1 year due to plague. about half of the infants used to die within 1 year due to Tetanus (my granny had 12 children, only 4 survived beyond 5). In 1943, 1.5 million people died in Bengal out of hunger (HUNGER). So don't say could we have been worse in 1947...
RE:What 1947 was like?
by Sincere Citizen on Aug 17, 2007 10:45 AM Permalink
I can say this is not true, even people who did not own land did get decent food. Think you mentioned one of the problems which India has not had the guts to tackle and that is "population explosion" , you granny had 12 kids ?? a few million such grannys and we can easyli add 30-40 million, thats Indias problem, major problem.
