Here is a snapshot of India that is helpful to folks not living here. The 2011 census just came out. What is the literacy rate? 75% only. That means 25% Ind

Here is a snapshot of India that is helpful to folks not living here. The 2011 census just came out. What is the literacy rate? 75% only. That means 25% Indians can't read or write. Thats 300 million Indians that can't read and write. 300 million. Thats a big number. If you focus on that number, you will think that India is in a bad state. Doing pathetic. No hope. But you need to go back a bit. In the last 10 years alone (from 2001 to 2011), the number of literate people in India has risen from 650 million to 900 million. That is a huge jump. A shift of 250 million people to literacy in 10 years. That is India. Statistically - when compared to other countries - seems to be in the dumps. But improving at a rate that is crazy to comprehend. India is like that dorky adolescent kid with warts and pimples popping up all over the face. Give her 20-30 more years.