Quote from toc:
India of 1950s and 1960s was some sort of British colony in the stagnation of socialism and abject poverty. India of today is free enterprise leaning regional power with sensible ambitions.
In true sense, the standards of living in India are still way below to those of the west and thus there is a lot of ground to be gained in the economic growth terms.
This is what a Buddhist monk says about India,"must have different concepts and expectations."
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Rumor Has It... A Note From Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Within each member of the first world's heart there is a George Bush, Hu Jintao, or a Tony Blair. What I'm saying is that they come from their first world countries to a developing nation and expecting that everything should be exactly how it is at home.
Here in India, worlds like "delay", "cancellation", "confirmation", "cleanliness", "no problem," "yes" and "no" all have different meanings. And in fact, if you learn how to appreciate those different definitions, you will find that this is what makes this part of the world magical.
So, people who are wishing to come from the first world expecting their toilet will flush, and a hot shower, who are married to the whole principal of no trespassing, who value individual rights and personal space, might as well just look at pictures, preferably black and white and especially taken by Cartier Bresson and Raghu Rai.