What is your perception of India as a country ?

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   snigdhalposted 12 years ago

   What is your perception of India as a country ?
   
   Have you ever visited ? Did it change your pre-conceived notions ? If you haven't visited , would you want to and why ?

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   cascolyposted 12 years ago

   i wrote a hub about this to a previous question
   
   http:// cascoly.hubpages.com/hub/Why-Does-India-Fascinate

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   Unleashed Freedomposted 12 years ago

   umm, sigh...well. i am always amazed how such a large and chaotic place functions.
   i am by passport considered an indian, but on average get asked 10 times a month which country i am from...
   
   the corruption , the noise, the pollution, the tremendous disregard for a variety of simple and basic laws fluster and frustrate me. my decision of not paying a bribe no matter what costs me plenty in time and effort. so that is one thing that i have had to face and seen many others face. and this is when one belongs to the upper middle class. i cant even start to imagine how the farmers and other lower middle class and other workers manage.
   the other day, i read a statistic - which said 250,000 -350,000 farmers have committed suicide over the last 17 years ( officially) - what kind of a number is that? think about it?
   and un officially ( which is another word for truthfully) its over 4 times that amount.
   having worked with many NGO's i see how they mis use money given for good causes, how corporates in India are no better than any in the west, but much better at hiding their gains ( thank you Switzerland)
   
   on the positive side. i have met many a beautiful soul here. some so lovely that words fail me.
   the food...oh, don't get me started here. its super super delicious.

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      rahul0324posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      What an answer this is! So right you are in outlining the basic inner negativity of our country, which is a disease more scary than cancer!

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   alian346posted 11 years ago

   No, I have never been, but would love to go. When I think of India my impression is one of overwhelming colour. I would have problems encountering the abject poverty which exists and also the sheer number of people. I imagine the food would be exquisite and I am told the people of India are very open and welcoming.

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      rahul0324posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Truly they are! And you are correct about the food... ecstatic!

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