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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (64387)	5/28/2005 4:44:44 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

>The Indians kicked the British out and then suffered half a century of poverty. During the British era, there was a lot of development in India. Looking at it now, it's as though time stopped when the British Empire left.> Maurice: The British had 200 years of Rule in India. India as a nation as it exists now has been around for less than 60 years. What you call signs of development, are the tools British used to get stuff out of India, not to invest in the future of India. Let me throw some stats about India after 1947(approximate): 1. Enrollment in secondary school - 1950 - 1.5 million 2. 1980 - 11 million 3. 2005 - 35 million In comparison, the US secondary school enrollment has been between 11-15 million since 1964. Other documented facts - Millions died in famines in India when the British were in power. This was as late as the 1940s. What ever little achievement of India/Indians you notice to date is only coming from less than 50 million people. The rest have not even entered the game. -Arun