Theos-Talk Archives (August 2005 Message tt00074)

--- 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


I live in the United States in one of the largest cities. In
spite of being the richest country in the world, I have seen
many homeless living under the highway underpass. So the
homeless by themselves does not say anything about the
standard of living of the rest of the population.

Years ago, in Chennai, the local government built apartments
to house homeless and homeless were very happy to get the
apartment. After getting the apartments, most did not move
into them and live comfortably. They rented the apartments
and continued to live on road side or slums and used the
money earned for drugs and liquor. The slum dwellers were
quite happy with the situation. They did not complain about
the slums!

mkr