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Generally, I would have simply agreed with what you said. (and what you said is true) But! Stop complaining at this one moment. And take a look at the achievem

Generally, I would have simply agreed with what you said. (and what you said is true) But! Stop complaining at this one moment. And take a look at the achievements of this country's people. They don't have world's best food, world-class infrastructure and not enough money to hire world class talent either. Probably they have world-class corruption in the country. How many countries achieve this after having these many "core" problems. Salute to the people who achieved this feat.

DanBC 13y ago
> How many countries achieve this after having these many "core" problems. It is a great feat! It's confusing to me how India can plan something like this, but cannot fix the problem of buying train tickets. I've heard that the queues can be quite long. But it is exciting to see India sending things into space.
- pagade 13y ago
  If you meant buying online, the problem was solved long back.. https://www.irctc.co.in/ https://www.irctc.co.in/ Believe me the website works and is used by millions.. Queues still remain long due to lack of computer literacy and reach of internet..
  - aks314 13y ago
    While they are doing a better job on this, it still crashes @ 10am daily - right around the emergency quota for the day starts. They also need daily maintenance for an hour or so.
  - yashg 13y ago
    And not to mention it is India's largest ecommerce site :)
xmonkee 13y ago
>They don't have the world's best food Strongly disagree. We really do. But yeah I generally agree with your post.
- arkj 13y ago
  We might have world class food (thanks to FCI's rathouses) but for sure that ain't reaching 600 million. The logic runs thus, they've got no place to shit, so why they need food. Hat's off to those who stay back in this crazy country and strive hard to lift this sunken ship, and for sure the ISRO folks are among them.
- r0h1n 13y ago
  Thank you! I'd think India has one of the most diverse range of cuisines in the world, much of which is lip-smacking good!
- paraiuspau 13y ago
  Most of it burns twice ;)
- stevoo 13y ago
  Maybe not the best, but pretty close ... in my visit to India, i totally loved the food. One of the vastes cuisines both in taste and quantity !
Shivetya 13y ago
Its not exactly that Western nations don't have problems they ignore or are not called out on. Its just easier for people to take cheap shots at India, stereotypes and such being what they are. I don't think their political corruption is much worse than what the US has, we just have laws that permit too much of it. Fortunately the scientist of most countries want to succeed because of their interest in the unknown, in doing things, rather than worrying about politics.
- wrongc0ntinent 13y ago
  From travelling across India for a few months (also among the "backwards" populations, as they are referred to even in Indian legal texts), I can tell you that yes, corruption is amazingly prevalent. As far as money exchanged, you might be right (I don't know), but the way it affects day to day life is nothing like in western countries. It's a credit to the resilience of people there that they can function on top of that structure and still be enthusiastic about "India" - over a dozen fairly geographically homogenous languages, with most people never travelling outside their cultural comfort zone.

DanBC 13y ago

> How many countries achieve this after having these many "core" problems. It is a great feat! It's confusing to me how India can plan something like this, but cannot fix the problem of buying train tickets. I've heard that the queues can be quite long. But it is exciting to see India sending things into space.

pagade 13y ago
If you meant buying online, the problem was solved long back.. https://www.irctc.co.in/ https://www.irctc.co.in/ Believe me the website works and is used by millions.. Queues still remain long due to lack of computer literacy and reach of internet..
- aks314 13y ago
  While they are doing a better job on this, it still crashes @ 10am daily - right around the emergency quota for the day starts. They also need daily maintenance for an hour or so.
- yashg 13y ago
  And not to mention it is India's largest ecommerce site :)

xmonkee 13y ago

>They don't have the world's best food Strongly disagree. We really do. But yeah I generally agree with your post.

arkj 13y ago
We might have world class food (thanks to FCI's rathouses) but for sure that ain't reaching 600 million. The logic runs thus, they've got no place to shit, so why they need food. Hat's off to those who stay back in this crazy country and strive hard to lift this sunken ship, and for sure the ISRO folks are among them.
r0h1n 13y ago
Thank you! I'd think India has one of the most diverse range of cuisines in the world, much of which is lip-smacking good!
paraiuspau 13y ago
Most of it burns twice ;)
stevoo 13y ago
Maybe not the best, but pretty close ... in my visit to India, i totally loved the food. One of the vastes cuisines both in taste and quantity !

Shivetya 13y ago

Its not exactly that Western nations don't have problems they ignore or are not called out on. Its just easier for people to take cheap shots at India, stereotypes and such being what they are. I don't think their political corruption is much worse than what the US has, we just have laws that permit too much of it. Fortunately the scientist of most countries want to succeed because of their interest in the unknown, in doing things, rather than worrying about politics.

wrongc0ntinent 13y ago
From travelling across India for a few months (also among the "backwards" populations, as they are referred to even in Indian legal texts), I can tell you that yes, corruption is amazingly prevalent. As far as money exchanged, you might be right (I don't know), but the way it affects day to day life is nothing like in western countries. It's a credit to the resilience of people there that they can function on top of that structure and still be enthusiastic about "India" - over a dozen fairly geographically homogenous languages, with most people never travelling outside their cultural comfort zone.