What a remarkable achievement! In a generation India has gone from rural poverty to landing on the moon. This is something for the whole world to admire.
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There is no "from". Rural poverty - abject poverty including slums right next to high rises - is still the norm. I'll bet there are slums not 1 Km from the launch pad.
There are slums, to be sure. They are more than "slums", however, as they are woven into the fatalistic, karma-believing fabric of the nation. I've been to those "slums", and seen color TVs, stolen electricity, and of course, the open sewers... The challenge is - I don't know... maybe - related to the 1 Billion people, and a severe shortage of land and housing, while suffering some of the most inflated home prices in the world (check the price of Mumbai real estate lately?)...
Still a remarkable accomplishment in such a short time for a very ambitious nation.
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There is no "from". Rural poverty - abject poverty including slums right next to high rises - is still the norm. I'll bet there are slums not 1 Km from the launch pad.
Too true. India can't govern itslef worth spit
There are slums, to be sure. They are more than "slums", however, as they are woven into the fatalistic, karma-believing fabric of the nation. I've been to those "slums", and seen color TVs, stolen electricity, and of course, the open sewers... The challenge is - I don't know... maybe - related to the 1 Billion people, and a severe shortage of land and housing, while suffering some of the most inflated home prices in the world (check the price of Mumbai real estate lately?)...
Still a remarkable accomplishment in such a short time for a very ambitious nation.
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