Monday, December 13, 2010

You Visit My Shop? Observations from India

Apologies for the ungrammatical title.

It is merely derived from the most common 'greeting' offered by the impoverished shopkeepers of Goa, where I am holidaying at the moment, trying to finish a novel.

India is a beautiful country with a population problem. There are nice people everywhere here, but there are just too many damn people.

Imagine the most crowded place in the world...then add more people. That's India.

About 3 to 5 percent of the people here are making money hand over fist; they are buying holiday homes and new cars and decent clothing.

The rest are eeking a dirt-poor existence. I don't see it changing. The die is CASTE. It's a shame, but what can you do?

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