I agree with most of those points, with an addition to #1: people are generally happy. On my most recent visit to Bangalore I went out of my way to go into the

I agree with most of those points, with an addition to #1: people are generally happy. On my most recent visit to Bangalore I went out of my way to go into the more run-down, impoverished areas of the city to see what life was like for people there, and I was really surprised at just how excited and happy people there were when I asked to take their picture. It really changed my view of the people that live in what I'd consider to be pretty depressing conditions. The pictures can be seen here (flickr): http://goo.gl/CsgD http://goo.gl/CsgD