I am Indian and like most Indians who live in the US, I have been following the sea change in Indian attitudes, culture, education and life styles avidly although from afar. The past decade has created deep generational chasms that continue to grow wider and the country is trying to come to grips with meritocracy, entrepreneurship, "the world is flat", international visibility, growth, etc. India is currently on the fore front of countries straddling the new economy while trying to preserve cultural heritage and traditional way of living.
The main reason for the paragraph above was to give a context (extremely vague and unspecific as it may be) to the link below.
India was recently ranked 6th in a poll result published by Reuters. The listing is of the most dangerous countries in the world for children. The countries that share this prestigious top 10 list along with us are Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Myanmar, Sudan, Congo, Uganda and Somalia.
So, what can I do to help us get out of this list. I want to help......
Monday, August 07, 2006
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Humph..blog spammers! Anyways, to the real comment...COME TO INDIA!!
BTW, read the post about my recent traffic incident in India. Insane drivers may just be one of those factors guaranteeing India's ranking.
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