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The topsy-turvy India for a first-time traveler

May 4, 2009 posted by indiatime |

12 Comments so far

1. challa on May 4, 2009 8:57 pm

   So whats new. We all know this stuff.

   It is time for the middle class of this country to stand up.

   Fight the arrogance. Fight the ignorance.

   Here are three radical ideas:
   1. stop voting for goonda’s and political dynasty’s;
   2. demand an end to corruption (why? it is inefficient for starters - let alone the ethical aspects); and
   2. demand excellence in everything. Too many things here are second rate (unnecessarily!). Take for example my new 12 lak kitchen. The damn cupboard handles are not even straight!!!!!!!

2. vijay on May 4, 2009 9:05 pm

   >>The damn cupboard handles are not even straight..

   haah that’s hilarious Challa.

3. Light on May 4, 2009 10:16 pm

   How can you seek excellence challa, look the numbers you have given to paragraphs.
   Really hilarious

4. challa on May 4, 2009 10:39 pm

   Light that was my test!

5. challa on May 4, 2009 11:00 pm

   And you passed!

   This is what I mean. You called me on some sloppy writing and now I will be more careful.

   This is the way a country gets better.
   Let us not accept being second rate.
   To my mind that is the key to success for us.

6. Light on May 4, 2009 11:31 pm

   My dear freind challa , real progress lies somewhere in ancient wisdom , once Mark Twain said “India is cradle of civilisation , mother of ethics and morals”. It is wrong to think that all has lost. I feel fortunate for taking birth in this country. It still holds the key to peace in the world. I have already passed the test because I am practicing this wisdom.

7. MVP on May 5, 2009 2:12 am

   Bigest drawback on impression is no. 10. large cities should be cleaned out and move people living on side walk and tarps, see what China is doing in big cities.This would be a tremendous boost if we ever achieve it .

8. Vinoy on May 5, 2009 4:52 am

   Politics is the mirror of society.Unless and until it is cleaned,there is no hope for this country.Look at the biggest Indian Tamasha that has been going on for the last nearly one month.Soon another bunch of crooks would be combining together to take the reigns of the country.
   And the prospect is making me shiver!
   What this country needs is total revolution.But then revolution is a western concept.All may not have been lost.But I can’t see any ray of hope!

9. Katy Buchanan on May 12, 2009 5:33 am

   Hi India Time:

   Sorry if I was not too original in my observations, but thanks for your comments.

   What can I say? First time and yes from West to East is a real interesting ride.

   Re my story “Impressions of India” and sidebar “Prepare for Culture Shock”:
   I received e-mails and phone messages, mostly positive, including a voice mail from a woman calling from India to compliment me and an email from an India native living in Pittsburgh who was less complimentary.

   However. I can only offer my impressions of a foreign place. Much like a person from India, China, Japan, Vietnam, you name it might offer when first visiting the United States.

   Bottom line: My eyes were opened, and that is what I wrote about. That said, I can’t wait to go back to India. It is an amazing and humbling experience to leave America, with all the conveniences, freedoms, amenities that we take for granted, and visit a country where little of that is taken for granted.

   I’m aiming for Kerala for my next trip, but ideally, Rajasthan. Really ideally? A year in India, but not possible. And I hope all here read this article, that appeared in The New York Times, also on May 3.

   http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/travel/03calcutta.html

   Best to all.

   Katy Buchanan

10. Abusing Gods to win their affection : It’s Indiatime on May 22, 2009 5:19 pm

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11. Krishna.S.Santosh on July 7, 2009 7:31 pm

    @Katy Buchanan:

    Thats fine… You just wrote what we felt… Dont worry, most of the negatives will vanish within the next decade

    For the rest:

    GO BACK TO VEDAS!!!! THAT is the ONLY way to cleanse the country and make it beautiful…
    Vedic Town Planning, Vedic housing, Vedic living and Vedic intelligence - these are the things that would make India a wonder which is far advanced than rest of the nations!!!

    Remember - when the rest of the world were learning to walk and hunt for animals, we had scholars who excelled in music and poetry!!! It is all because of Vedic influence… Lets go back to vedas…

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