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Pomp and ceremony as Modi calls for 'new' India on 70th anniversary
It's all good for the guys waving flags and jumping for joy that they gained independence from their cruel British colonial master, but 70 years on and some massive celebration across the country, because I was actually asking a friend earlier whom is of Indian nationality and she couldn’t cite any improvements or major differences between post-war India and today, corruption is rife as ever, basic sanitation is lacking and poverty is widespread, despite years and millions of pounds in donations of aid and investment in projects designated as NGO (Non-Government Organisations) aka charities, etc etc blah blah blah, I’d question what is all the excitement about...
She cited a number of points as we got into the discussion that there have been major improvements in literacy, education, life expectancy, medical care, nuclear weapons capability, the 3rd largest combined Armed Forces in the world, and apparently India holds the best capability in the IT sector...
It's all good for the guys waving flags and jumping for joy that they gained independence from their cruel British colonial master, but 70 years on and some massive celebration across the country, because I was actually asking a friend earlier whom is of Indian nationality and she couldn’t cite any improvements or major differences between post-war India and today, corruption is rife as ever, basic sanitation is lacking and poverty is widespread, despite years and millions of pounds in donations of aid and investment in projects designated as NGO (Non-Government Organisations) aka charities, etc etc blah blah blah, I’d question what is all the excitement about...
She cited a number of points as we got into the discussion that there have been major improvements in literacy, education, life expectancy, medical care, nuclear weapons capability, the 3rd largest combined Armed Forces in the world, and apparently India holds the best capability in the IT sector...