here's an interesting article on our Economy :)
http://us.rediff.com/money/2005/jul/13gdp.htm
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here's an interesting article on our Economy :)
http://us.rediff.com/money/2005/jul/13gdp.htm
To all our Tidel Park-Cofee Pub sophisticated techies:
An excerpt from World Bank WDI for South Asia-
Quote:
Despite high tech hotspots, low access to PCs and Internet
Modern information and communications technologies are increasingly recognized for their contribution to the development
process and links to growth. Despite the new technology centers that have sprung up in places such as Bangalore, the
South Asia region, home to more than 20 percent of the world’s population, has the lowest Internet use and access to personal
computers among developing regions. With 10 Internet users per 1,000 people, South Asia ranks well below Europe and
Central Asia (160 users per 1,000), Latin America (106 per 1,000), and Sub-Saharan Africa (20 users per 1,000). Access to
PCs is also low in South Asia compared to other developing regions. With 7 PCs per 1,000 people, South Asia is behind East
Asia and the Pacifi c (26 PCs per 1,000), the Middle East and North Africa (38 PCs per 1,000), and Sub-Saharan Africa (12
PCs per 1,000).
will u stop it unlimited meals?????obviously west doesent like India and they have trillions of articles on web degrading India, that doesent mean they r all true and u need to post them here......there's a limit for everything..........u know foreigners also access this forum, still u make so many criticisms against India???/very bad.....and it is so disgusting to see so many ppl. criticising India..........criticising India is like criticising urself.....y dont u realise that???it is also very sad to see younger generation with so much of pessimism abt. India.......
jai Hind.....
That article is in no way pessimistic. It is an appraisal of World Development Indicators drawn by World bank and was taken directly out of World Bank's website. It is a fact and goes to prove what some of us have been trying to say here. Tech advances have infiltrated only the cities.
Maddy, I believe you are reacting unneccesarily. Foreigners don't look down on India's lack of certain facilities. You need not be ashamed of such statistics. Give the nation some time and not only will it catch up but will grow at a rate unassailable by the others.
World over, the belief is that India and China will the super powers of the future.
Number of TVs per person, cars, GDP, etc are beyond the control of the ordinary person and is dependant on several issues.
What I would be worried about is one thing (ironically raised in Anniyan) - people's attitude. Change has to begin there.
Denial won't help.
NOVji, i accept change shuld be from minds of common man and not just politicians.....accepted but did u see some of the posts here which were only abt. weaknesses/bad points abt. India.....y dont they look at the brighter side also????we shuld be optimistic also not just sit and sulk.......
Guess, people already are aware of India's greatness and just want to highlight the weaknesses.
Maddy, latest news is that Anniyan is now going to be dubbed into French for foreign audience (yet another first!) - what are your thoughts about this now? ;)
that's gr8 isn't it??? but again wat will french ppl. think of India when they watch this movie :D .......
hey is it really true NOV???
Thats correct.
I dont think we all come here to write things we know are already good about India and write stuff in general that makes us feel good. It is not about feeling good but its more about raising awareness and boldly stating bare facts that we in the cities choose to ignore. Being comfy is easy, to change needs some steel
Please name a single country that accepts or accepted or will accept its mistakes and deeds. You are talking as if only Indians are alcoholics, while most part of the world is submerged in alcohol, both literally and metaphorically. Every civilization has its own faults. Why do we want to project ourselves in bad light while the real criminals are projecting themselves as Mahatmas? How long are you going to complain ourselves, our government and our citizens, while in the other developed nations people (falsely) complain "other government", "other citizens" and "others" (what they call aliens) for their problems ?Quote:
Originally Posted by ssanjinika
Both self appraisal and self happiness are required together for success. Just like we have the right to criticize ourselves, we have the right to acclaim ourselves too. Aren't we thought in our respective schools that right projection is the first step to success? What do you first tell about yourselves in a job interview? The mistakes you did/do/will do?
Have you ever looked at how US tried to cover up the scams like Enron, MCI/Worldcomm, US 2000 presidential elections. How many movies have been taken centered around these scams? (except a documentary called Farenheit...). In how many movies you see people criticize about these scams. Why don't you take a cue from these countries? May be this is how they really developed - Cover up all the mistakes. I believe there were many more such scams that didn't even show up. I know even people who disregard Enron as a scam and say it is some "corporate issue". But I have read about some families that came to streets after the Enron scam.
Who says China hasn't grown as expected. May be the west spreads such rumours. And moreover, China doesn't boast/market itself like the west and doesn't use any flowery languages either. And btw, India was meant to be only semi-democratic.