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To: Shivram Hala who wrote (6036)	8/30/1999 1:33:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 12475

Until now we had.... who the hell would invest... india is disintegrating.... As I said earlier, this can be no "proof" that India is not disintegrating. For that you have to look at whether or not there is rule of law, whether or not there is due process, whether the administrative and democratic institutions still have any integrity and on and on. And for that matter, these companies would rather like it if India disintegrates. It wouldn't prevent them from investing, at least in those parts of the country that would be better off if they were to go their own way. Like the southern states, and a few states in the west and possibly one or two in the north-west. India needs infrastructure to accelerate growth. But, whether they get the money or not, it will continue to plod along. "muddle through" is probably more appropriate. Things aren't gonna be stagnant. We are already seeing signs of change. No longer is there anybody that can hold the country by their sheer charisma. Local leaders and parties are asserting themselves in every state and even within states, powerful regional movements are cropping up -- a clear sign of the vast discontent all over the land. You have seen their reports from a few years ago. !!!???? A few years ago !!!??? Ha ha ha. This is silly. Next you will try telling that India has made enormous progress since 1997... "Btw, just got an email from a friend in Bangalore saying that a large part of the city's water supply" Ha Ha hA.... Isn't that soo convenient. I just received a call from... I just received a letter from ... a friend who died a few years ago.... <rest of the rambling deleted> Well, no wonder you went off on a crazy tangent there, like a raving lunatic. Let me repeat what I said : A large part of Bangalore's water supply is contaminated with shit!!!! Get it????

To: Shivram Hala who wrote (6036)	8/31/1999 1:49:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

"The reality is -- you can make India "shine" only when you place it alongside Pakistan" You do agree india shines. Well, that's what you believe. But that's because you are an ignoramus (not an animal). Those who know better also know that the two countries are in pretty much the same shape, socially and economically. Take a look at the following data. On most of the parameters, India is worse than Pakistan : Human Development Index rank : Pakistan: 138 India: 139 (out of 174) Real GDP per capita : Pakistan: $ 2209 India: $ 1422 All Developing countries(DCs): $ 3068 Adult literacy rates : Pakistan: 37.8% India: 52% All DCs: 70.44% Underweight children under age 5 : Pakistan 40, India 53, all DCs 30. Primary school pupil-teacher ratio : Pakistan 41, India 46, all DCs 33. The fact is that comparisons between india and pakistan came about because of kargil, nuclear capability, nuclear insanity on the part of the paksis. Let's take them one by one. There has been a Kargil and there will be more down the road. If you doubt that, just wait and see! Why will there be more Kargils? Because Pakistan is now on a level playing field vis-a-vis India. Which leads us to the second point -- nuclear capability. Both countries are nuclear-capable now. And the first and fundamental rule of the nuclear revolution is that nuclear superiority does not matter. Even if Pakistan has a few crude nuclear weapons, it can stave off India, no matter how sophisticated a nuclear arsenal India builds. And coming to the third point, "nuclear insanity", one doesn't have to go farther than the saffron-langots' publications like "Panchajanya", which were urging the government of India to "solve" the Kargil crisis by using nuclear weapons.