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Thats an excellent description! >> "... it’s a scanty collection of rare and rarified bubbles where wealth can temporarily repel the squalor, poverty and filth
by mailshanx 13y ago
Thats an excellent description!
>> "... it’s a scanty collection of rare and rarified bubbles where wealth can temporarily repel the squalor, poverty and filth. Step outside these bubbles, as you must, and you find India."
I grew up in India in privileged conditions, well shielded by all the filth and dirt that exists everywhere. It's only once i started attending university that i realized the extent of filth in the streets and the dysfunction in public infrastructure. Most car owning/laptop wielding Indians i know never realize just how privileged and shielded their lives are...
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoSounds like Iowa 50 years ago. I grew up in a landscape of rusty machinery, wind-powered wells and mud roads. Our house was uninsulated, water froze inside the house in winter. "Yeah, grandpa everything was terrible when you were young". Well it was. What saved us was the REC, crop insurance and better roads. There's hope for India if the new wealth translates in some way to better infrastructure.