My India - as perceived by out-siders

INDIA-AS PERCEIVED BY MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THE WESTERN WORLD- MOSTLY THE RICH AND THE FAMOUS WITH POOR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT INDIA .

1.VAST COUNTRY

2. POVERTY EVERY WHERE

3. CORRUPTION VERY COMMON.

4.POOR COMMUNICATION FACILITIES.

5. BUS, TRAINS AND EVERY TRANPORT SYSTEM IS CROWDED.

6.NOTHING MOVES IN TIME.

7. DIRTY PEOPLE

8. STRIKES ARE VERY COMMON.

9. POOR QUALITY THINGS.

10. PEOPLE ARE NOISY.

11.JAUNDICE, MALARIA, TYPHOID,GASTRO ENTERITIS,

ARE VERY COMMON.

12. EVERY THING IS SPURIOUS UNLESS YOU ARE CAREFUL. ie COLD DRINKS, ALCOHOL, MEDICINES,ELECTRONIC GOODS ETC.

13. A MYSTERIOUS COUNTRY

14.LAND OF SNAKES ,ELEPHANTS, THUGS AND MAGICIANS

15.RAPE IS A COMMON ACTIVITY.

16. POLICE DONOT HELP.

17.DUSTY CITIES, WITH HIGH POLLUTION LEVELS.

18.NO TRAFFIC RULES.

19.CRICKETEERS ARE TREATED AS DEMI GODS.

20. A COUNTRY OF TEMPLES.



THIS IS A BRIEF SURVEY BY SANJOY KUMAR SATPATHY DURING HIS VISITS TO OTHER COUNTRIES & FEEDBACK FROM FOREIGN DELEGATES DURING MEDICAL CONFERANCES .HE LOVES HIS COUNTRY DEEPLY BUT FEELS SORRY GETS DISTRESSED FOR THESE IMPRESSIONS BY FOREIGNERS 59 YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE.

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