I take the point but India is a complex country, it is simultaneously rich and poor. If we are honest all countries are like this including the Phils and including us here in the UK, it's the quality of infrastructure across the entire country that makes the difference between supposedly rich nations and those that are truly poor.Originally Posted by aromulus
Our leaders are a gullible lot.....
This country is giving hundreds of millions, ever year, to India in aid, out of our taxes....
And what they do...??
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8270200.stm
I am too gobsmacked to think and comment clearly....
The world has become a set of city states in which each city a miniature image of the entire country, rich centre, poverty stricken outskirts, Glasgow is no different to Mumbai or Manila in that respect, nor is Scotland (in general) terribly different from these countries apart from our (UK) social contract and the level of development of our infrastructure.
India has done exceptional work with the Chandrayyan-1 lunar satellite, they have people with real talent that need the opportunity to express that talent, we are not the only people with good ideas and just because they are a poor country does that mean they can't contribute to the worlds knowledge?
To be specific they have found the best evidence so far for reasonably large amounts of water on the moon, people might not understand what that means but it is HUGELY important for the future of the human race and the continued existence of life in this small corner of the Universe.
We have all our eggs in one basket one major mistake or disaster on this planet and life (intelligent life at least) is gone.
We should be doing that research in the UK but our kids are too interested in video games, reality TV shows etc. :(
Some of India's experiments have failed, the lunar probe Chandrayyan-1 failed early because of a mistake in the assessment of it's exposure to heat near the lunar surface, it still came up with results that matter!
Why are we indirectly paying for it? Well maybe because we can't pay to do it properly in our own country.
One day all this investment in technology will dig the rest of India out of poverty I hope, maybe it won't but I really hope it does and if it does we will have been partly responsible for that.
Jim
