India is country of 15 different languages, 2000 dialects, 7 world religions and so on....If we don't have democracy we will have civil war.
In India people have lot more freedom than China. People have the freedom to speak against the government unlike in China where thousands of students were killed in 1989 in Tienamen square.
China adopted free market in 1978 and India adopted in 1991. After that time India has also progressed a lot. Indian middle class has become richer and absolute poverty is 25% compared to 45% in 1991.
We Indian should cherish our gifts, our democracy, our free media instead of comparing blindly with China. In next 15-20 years if India holds on to her growth rate we will become richer and more powerful and we will also have something which China doesn't have.......FREEDOM!
RE:Please give India some time
by Raman Krishnan on Jan 12, 2008 03:14 AM Permalink
Great point, intellectual freedom is far better than being a communist drone.
RE:Please give India some time
by Kumar Bhargava on Jan 12, 2008 03:45 AM Permalink
Dear Raman How much of intellectual freedom you have against the views of dravidian parties in Chennai.
