Can't compare India with China. We may be a so-called vibrant democracy, but that still doesn't ensure food for a large section of our people. Our politicians are not sincere in running the country. In India there is no consensus like "Nation first, politics later". China has a think tank in place since several millennia that decides a consistent domestic and international policy. The author praises "vibrant diversity" in Indian society, while actually, our society is divided on lines of religion, caste, language, financial status, etc. Politicians thrive in these vote banks and ensure their return to power successfully, term after term. For Indian politicians it is power at any cost...the nation can go to hell. Indian politicians and govt officials have no accountability while in China they are jailed or shot dead. The smallest man in big Chinese cities may have no voice, but he has bicycle lanes on all the major roads with cheap access to health and education. Chinese universities provide abundant facilities for athletics and sport, and that's how their medal tally is rising in every successive meet. Even tax rates are much lower in China. I was happy to see rickshaw pullers taking their families out to dine in decent restaurants at the end of the day. A bottle of beer is available to them for the equivalent of Rs. 12. while similar beer costs Rs. 70 or more. Here, our govt taxes people's happiness in a rather sadistic fashion, courtesy Chidambaram and Sharad Pawar....
RE:Long way to go, India
by sickularindia on Jan 12, 2008 01:49 AM Permalink
move to china and place this coment fool.Flawed democracy is beter than no democracy.A beer cost Rs 12/- and Rs 70 here because the fluctuation in the currency in two countries.And again you realy want to take your family for beer--------wow
RE:Long way to go, India
by sickularindia on Jan 12, 2008 02:19 AM Permalink
COMMUNISTS ARE FAILURE AT THE END OF THE DAY.YOU FORGOT ALL THE ACHIVEMENT OF USSR ALREADY
RE:RE:Long way to go, India
by Parshuram on Jan 12, 2008 03:46 AM Permalink
For your information, 2 Yuan (Rs. 12) is the price of beer in China. Anyway, you're free to pay Rs. 70 for the same, the laid back idiot that you have chosen to be. It is your kind of "sick" mentality that's keeping our Indian nation backward and lethargic more than anything else. With such attitude as you have displayed, it is no wonder that people like you have allowed barbaric islamic hordes and later the british to run down our country. Guys like you will happily let corrupt Indian politicians even take away your pants in the name of "flawed democracy". Tomorrow China will try to usurp more territory of our country, and your comment will be "hota hai, chalta hai, democracy hai"... May God save this nation from laid back people like you. Our flawed democracy has allowed terrorist mullahs to piss all over your face. Wake up before it's too late.
RE:Long way to go, India
by Parshuram on Jan 12, 2008 03:45 AM Permalink
For your information, 2 Yuan (Rs. 12) is the price of beer in China. Anyway, you're free to pay Rs. 70 for the same, the laid back idiot that you have chosen to be. It is your kind of "sick" mentality that's keeping our Indian nation backward and lethargic more than anything else. With such attitude as you have displayed, it is no wonder that people like you have allowed barbaric islamic hordes and later the british to run down our country. Guys like you will happily let corrupt Indian politicians even take away your pants in the name of "flawed democracy". Tomorrow China will try to usurp more territory of our country, and your comment will be "hota hai, chalta hai, democracy hai"... May God save this nation from laid back people like you. Our flawed democracy has allowed terrorist mullahs to piss all over your face. Wake up before it's too late.
