Comments on: Lee Kuan Yew on India – Part 4

By: Ankan Kd

Ankan Kd — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:23:20 +0000

It is nice and useful..

By: yed unata

yed unata — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:56:47 +0000

I know, it’s a little late for this comment. But Atanu never said that India must adopt Singapore’s model of development. He just referred to LKY’s words with respect to the Indian growth story as making perfect sense and frankly speaking I do not see how he is incorrect in thinking along those lines. Of course India would never develop along any definite model of government because it is a country too vast, too complex, too diverse to be a laboratory for the execution of a pre conceived blueprint of social experimentation.

By: Singaporean2

Singaporean2 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:30:21 +0000

Hi Singaporean,
Sad to be see your post. Do you have all the facts for your accusation on LKY?

By: Rajan Sharma

Rajan Sharma — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:29:27 +0000

Hi all,

It is not true that people respect LKY out of fear. It is because he is an elder statesman with futuristic ideas and views. What ever the policy introduced by him, in the beginning has some opposition but later people realise how important it is to them. His ideas about CPF, Medisave, Adopting to Technologies are few examples. Now people are depending upon them for various purposes. Singapore Government never fail to reverse any policy according to the time and circumstances. LKY made sure that people are self dependant and not a burden on the Public

By: GiveSingaporeansTheirDue

GiveSingaporeansTheirDue — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:31:03 +0000

Singapore has given and is still giving him & his coterie more than their due… not out of love, but out of fear.

Guys we have to give Singaporeans their due for putting up with these people.

By: cheers LKY

cheers LKY — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:35:47 +0000

Guys, no man including LKY is a super human. Atleast give LKY his due for transforming Singapore to a first world country.

By: Singaporean

Singaporean — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:07:49 +0000

Hi all,
Reading the article and all ur comments was quite interesting. There is a lot that has been left out by Dil maybe because he has understood a lot more about the tentacles of Lee Kwan Yiew family and Singapore than T-Sec or Erik. Having been born and brought-up in Singapore, T-Sec and Eric would never understand or be capable of understanding what the real world is like. Singaporeans are like the laboratory specimen. Carefully trained, brain-washed, given just minimal skills that Lee Kwan Yiew’s family thinks is safe and required to go and work in a factory.
Most Singaporeans will never agree that they are living a life that is very carefully stage-managed by that family. Dont blame them. They are so brain-washed. Have you seen the movie stepford wives? Singaporeans are quite like that. The Government decides all that they will get. And they will get only that.
Singaporeans are actually scared. You just talk to them about LKY family and see how they run away like chicken. They just dont want to get into trouble. Poor things. They will never know the real meaning of freedom.
Who says Singapore is corruption-free? And who says LKY did not have to worry about bribes? Singapore has a two-point plan to control corruption.
1. Punish anyone (other than from the LKY Clan) who takes bribe or accuses the LKY family of taking bribes.
2. Regularise all of it as Salary, perks, bonus to the Director (usually a member of LKY family/Clan) of GLC (Government-Linked Company! What a term!) and receive everything in white. If only the Indian Politicians can learn this art of defeating corruption… they can pocket a lot more and give India a corruption-free image – The west loves this image.

Has the writer of the article or anyone ever thought about how much was the LKY family worth when he became the first PM os Singapore and their worth today? (Lot of people in Singapore wonder why they are not on top of world billionnaire list).

You say Indian Elections are a farce? Hear Hear! Do you know what Singaporean elections are?

Do u know that politicians are scared to contest elections (as opposition of course) and most Parliament seats are won un-opposed?
Do u know that voting is compulsory in Singapore, but most Singaporeans have never seen a ballot paper? (because usually elections are won un-opposed).

Do you know the fate of most opposition leaders like J.B. Jeyaratnam?

Well before we glorify anyone, let us learn to know atleast something about them.

As for T-Sec and Erik, I pity you as I pity most Singaporeans. You are like the animals in a zoo. Like ah-meng, your glorified Orangutan. We all come, smile at Ah-meng, take pictures with it, say the zoo was so clean and beautiful. WE have a nice time there and come back. WE feel great. AND YOU feel as if you are on the top of the world. But behold ye master determines when u can take a stroll and when u can pose for pictures. Some visitors try to understand you and pity you. Most do not. They leave with their prized possessions of pictures of Ah-meng and places, goods etc. Those of us who understand the situation pity you just like we pity ah-meng. But Ah-Meng would never understand. He only does as his MASTER (LKY CLAN) commands! BEHOLD YE MASTER!

I hope I am not hunted down for writing this article, just like they hunt down Singaporeans who write against their GOVT (read LKY Clan) in blogs. Or like the oppostion leaders who become popular.

By: anbu jeremiah

anbu jeremiah — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:38:33 +0000

Great article

but stil doubtful to invest in India cos black market growth is more than India economy growth,

as you say everyone is working towards their individual wealth starting from small Church pastor to bigger politicians. Corruption and cheating is in the blood of ordinary Indians.Poor remains the poor.

By: Anirudh

Anirudh — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:01:38 +0000

Brilliant!

By: Prashant

Prashant — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:05:44 +0000

Dil, T-Sek, Eric

Can everybody please calm down?

This blog does not take kindly to chest-thumping, or running down any group/ country — whoever does this.

Any signs of this degenerating into one of those petty debates (my country is so better than your country) and the delete function will kick in.