[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

There are two countries I will never travel to again.
They are Algeria and India.
The problem with sending personal data to India is
the people will steal all data and use it as they
see fit.
I have never met an India native that was not a thief.

[KangarooJacqui]

The 21st century belongs to India, hey?

Dunno about that, but all (our) call centres are belong to (them)...

[Travis McGee]

Ping

[zarf]

Solutions to India's horrendous poverty will not be solved by capitalism. The religious caste system is an appalling deformity that will forever keep masses of people shitting on the side of the roads and living in vast urban squalor.

India is a wonder of beauty, a nation of hideous, cruel poverty; a country of 21st century high tech genius living side by side with the medieval.

Words cannot decribe India - they have to be seen, smelled and experienced.

[meadsjn]

For a country in which per capita income averages less than 2 percent of America's, that is a bold objective. India has declared itself on the threshold of greatness on several previous occasions, only to see its hopes dashed on the realities of the country's choking bureaucracy, its crumbling infrastructure and its vast legion of about 300 million impoverished people.

One glaring omission from the reports of India's promising future are their plans to build a modern free society, complete with human rights, indoor plumbing, and a thriving internal capitalist market economy available to all its citizens.

Perhaps that is because their bureacracy has no such plans. The money raped from the American economy will most likely be concentrated in the hands of the lucky few, while their masses will continue to live in mud huts with dirt streets.

[jonatron]

The 21st century does not belong to India, but they are a "rapidly groaning nation," I suppose.

[cynicom]

The Indians see that 800 lb gorilla in China that is growing every day.

[RightWhale]

India has come a long way since WW II.
Can India compete for oil with China?
Guess not.

[newguy357]

If the 20th century belonged to the West, the 21st century will belong to India

HAHAHAHAHAHA

"EXCOOOOSE ME SER. HOVE YOU SEEEN MY COMUL?" They have a ways to go....

[Clemenza]

All Your Bollywood Babes Belong To Us...

[Brilliant]

Rapidly "growning"?? Don't you mean rapidly "groaning"?

[Cronos]

The article neglects to mention the dates set by the Indian govt -- 2020 to 2030 for becoming developed in terms of say Malaysia and 2050 in terms of becoming a real international power. Quite believable objectives. By 2050, India would have been independent for a century. In 1876, the US was poised on the edge of greatness. For a democracy, that's pretty good.

[Old Professer]

Maybe we could benefit from having the spellchecker toggle on when a post is first made.