Comments on: Worse Than Sania http://indianeconomy.org/2005/09/10/worse-than-sania/ Issues & insights Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:05:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mani Pulimood http://indianeconomy.org/2005/09/10/worse-than-sania/#comment-315 Mani Pulimood Fri, 23 Sep 2005 15:32:39 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/?p=71#comment-315 Older but Wiser?? We are one of the oldest civilisations which has successfully managed to be if not the most populous the second most populous in the world. Its interesting to note we have become the 10th largest economy in the world with 390 million people living on less than $1 a day!! Older but Wiser??

We are one of the oldest civilisations which has successfully managed to be if not the most populous the second most populous in the world.

Its interesting to note we have become the 10th largest economy in the world with 390 million people living on less than $1 a day!!

]]> By: PacRim Jim http://indianeconomy.org/2005/09/10/worse-than-sania/#comment-228 PacRim Jim Sat, 10 Sep 2005 20:40:10 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/?p=71#comment-228 Realistic self-appraisal is tough (maybe impossible), but the alternative is delusion. I know of no successful economy built thereupon. Realistic self-appraisal is tough (maybe impossible), but the alternative is delusion. I know of no successful economy built thereupon.

]]> By: Nanda Kishore http://indianeconomy.org/2005/09/10/worse-than-sania/#comment-226 Nanda Kishore Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:01:10 +0000 http://indianeconomy.org/?p=71#comment-226 Our inability to create basic sanitary conditions rankles as the most glaring failure no civilised country can ignore. The condition of people living along 'sewage canals' in Kolkata used to shock me and I could never get used to it even though I lived there for a number of years. There is a similar sight along train lines when you travel from Mumbai to Pune or, for that matter in any of the bigger cities. Inner cities are only marginally better. Many towns have grown arbitarily and plans are approved in exchange for the smallest bribes and there is usually no drainage in place at all. Well, I guess everyone knows these things... Our inability to create basic sanitary conditions rankles as the most glaring failure no civilised country can ignore. The condition of people living along ’sewage canals’ in Kolkata used to shock me and I could never get used to it even though I lived there for a number of years. There is a similar sight along train lines when you travel from Mumbai to Pune or, for that matter in any of the bigger cities. Inner cities are only marginally better. Many towns have grown arbitarily and plans are approved in exchange for the smallest bribes and there is usually no drainage in place at all. Well, I guess everyone knows these things…

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