You are confusing me . Slew of blogs reporting Indian economy growoing at a super speed and the per capita growing more than expected makes me think I am living in a land of roses and pain is a forgotten word.

Pls see
http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/may/02guest1.htm

fellow blogger writing on the WONDERs he saw on this trips to various cities in India

“Even the poorest labourers at a construction site wore rubber Hawaii chappals. This is not true just in Bombay. I’ve observed it during my trips to Pune, Bangalore, Delhi, Kolkatta, and across Madhya Pradesh. Even the poorest have some sort of footwear. Being barefoot was common twenty years back. It’s not any longer. People can afford slippers, fancy sandals and shoes. Shoes! Look around. You’d see more people decently shod today than at any other time in the past that I remember.”

What are you complaining about ?

Don’t you see people having their slippers on ?

Don’t you see poor people using public
transport ?

Don’t you see slums having their own small TV sets ?

Don’t you see beggars using cell phones ?

Now, what are you complaining about. ?

Haven’t you read Manmohans interivew to McKinsey ? Lots of good things are going to happen man. (althought no one saw any new development in the infrastructre… I continue to drive down the potty roads)

Read the “India is rosy, so is the world” primer at

http://indianeconomy.org/2005/07/16/much-ado-about-nothing/

and have a contended sleep.

Population ? oh well, cmon, see the stock markets man. Its amazingly going well. Its all fine man. Be assured of that.