India is a walking contradiction. The poverty that exists simply cannot be hidden from view. It's side by side with luxurious 5 star hotels and high rise tech buildings.
But I think they are poised to make some serious strides in the coming decades. They are placing a very high value on education and generating a workforce that will be able to tackle their massive infrastructure problems going forward. They definitely have to do something about the out of control population growth too.
Overall though India is a wonderful place to visit. Don't believe the racist and ridiculous comments coming from morons who've never even visited the country. I can go around the slums of America and produce an equally disturbing collection of images.
They banned the killing of dogs? Fuck that. They should go through those cities and fucking shoot every one of those piece of shit mutts.Hey look, another example of what a dump India is:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/world/asia/india-stray-dogs-are-a-menace.html?pagewanted=all
What irritates me is the disconnect relating behavior and problems. Dog problem? Ban killing dogs. Get sick from the water? Keep shitting in the river... This stuff isn't sophisticated science or anything. People should intuitively pick up the association. If it smells bad, it's likely bad; fix it... :^/
ickened, I climb back into the rowboat. As we near the tanneries, a dozen boys frolic in the water, splashing in the river's foulest stretch. Jaiswal calls them over.
"Why do you swim in the river?" I ask one of the boys. "Aren't you worried?"
He shrugs. "We know it's poisonous," he says, "but after we swim we go wash off at home."
"Do you ever get ill?"
"We all get rashes," he replies, "but what can we do?"
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/ganges-200711.html#ixzz22yxF90FV
A HEREDITARY Hindu priest, Veer Bhadra Mishra is wont, shortly after sunrise, to totter down the stone steps of his temple to the Ganges river, and there perform a three-part ritual. He touches the sacred water. He dips himself in it. He cups it in his hands and drinks it.
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Mr Mishra has contracted typhoid, polio, jaundice and other water-borne ailments. A hydrologist turned environmental activist, he reasonably assumes that his morning devotions are to blame.
http://www.economist.com/node/11751397?story_id=11751397
On the other hand, they also don't seem to have much else for options anyway.
Why would you necro this thread with really nothing to add?
This thread deserves to be a sticky. Are you Indian?
Where do you live that's so much better?
I'd say pretty much anywhere in the U.S. or western Europe.....for a start.
Don't remember the last time I saw dead carcasses, bodies, people bathing and defecating routinely in the Mississippi River or the Hudson or anywhere else.
This thread deserves to be a sticky. Are you Indian?
So bottom line. Where is all the tax dollars going if it is not going to infrastructure?
DAMN!!
So bottom line. Where is all the tax dollars going if it is not going to infrastructure?
DAMN!!
This thread deserves to be a sticky. Are you Indian?
http://www.chinasmack.com/2010/pictures/filthy-india-photos-chinese-netizen-reactions.html
i have quite a few indian co-workers and I'm quite of aware of their personal hygienic habits but this is just disgusting.
corpses floating down the river and people bathing in those same waters?