Theos-Talk Archives (August 2005 Message tt00071)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, MKR<ramadoss@g...> wrote:
> At 10:37 PM 08/10/05 +0000, netemara888 wrote:
> >Are you saying the railroad was the key for Britain to take raw
> >materials out of India for their use? It is not clear.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> >I think that would have happened regardless to Independence 
because
> >other islands and nations that have been colonialized and freed or
> >not freed did not fare nearly as well as India. In fact most went
> >down the tubes precipitiously, take Cuba and Haiti for example
> >(although Cuba was not colonized per se). I think India would have
> >prospered regardless. And when they began to prosper they would
> >have sought Independence later if not sooner.
> 
> The infra structure of India is quite different than that of Cuba 
or Haiti.
> 
> >I agree India is and will become an Asian power of the future. 
I've
> >been there twice and I have studied their education, and value of
> >same. It did not hurt that many Indians have an upper-class 
British
> >education.
> 
> My observations are based on several decades of first hand 
experience of 
> living in India. Anyone will vouch for the fact that the rapidity 
of 
> progress is phenomenal only after Independence.
> 
> mkr

Let's not get carried away my friend. I saw lots of people living 
right ON the railroad tracks when I was there.

Netemara


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