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Re: India: A Country of Beggars
Mukti wrote:
> In Article<ghenDuGMCx.BAo@netcom.com>, <kartik@Eng.Auburn.EDU> write:
>
> (deleted)
> > It is too sad that Indians still believe that the "Indians" who've migrated
> to
> > the USA can be of any help at all to India. About 90% (this is a
> conservative
> > estimate: it might actually be higher) of the Indians who make America their
>
> > home don't lift a finger to help India. Most are interested only in their
> own
> > cosy lives. Of those who do help, only help financially. "Don't wanna soil
> my
> > hands!".
> (deleted)
>
>
> My two cents:
> One should not under-estimate the value of monetary help. That helps brothers
> and sisters get educated, helps get sisters married, helps put food on the
> table and helps keep parents off the streets.
All the "monetary help" that you have talked about is for *one* family.
The average amount of money that India loses because of a *single* engineer
leaving the country totals about half a million dollars in a span of 35 years
(which is how long an engineer works). The money which comes in to help one
family pales in comparison.
> If every Indian in US helps
> their family (extended family I mean) that IMO is a significant contribution.
If every Indian in US returns to India and works for the nation, that IMHO
is a significant contribution.
> Knowing the conditions in India, there is no social safety net to speak of for
> the middle class and lower middle class.
"We want to be safe, who cares about 700 million others?"
There are more blue-blooded Indians now than ever in India's history!
> The monetary help is also largely
> responsbile IMO for the booming real estate market in many cities in India.
About 200 million Indians are homeless.
And I came across another shocking statistic: only 5% of Indian homes have a
drainage system. FYI, the Indus valley civilization had a good drainage system.
India seems to have been much better off in the 20th century BC than she is in
the 20th century AD!
>
> Everybody does not have to go back and start a factory or compete for the few
> lucrative jobs. Others help thru the charitable organizations etc.
Please: our aim should be to help India as a nation and thus reduce the burden
on the "charitable organizations", if you can understand what I mean. It's far
better to improve the living condition of the average Indian by actually
working in India than to provide paltry sums by way of charity. Do you think the
man who lives by charity can have any self-respect to speak of?
More than any other country, India appears to be blessed with charitable
organizations. So good for India!
>
> An analogy might help - a well-man helping a sick-man by staying healthy and
> performing whatever healing and nourishing he is able to do instead of getting
> into the same bed which would result in having two sick men!
Beautiful! Living in India is equivalent to living with a disease!
If you as an Indian have such a cool opinion of India, I can't blame
Americans for equating India with a "Mother Teresa day-care center".
> Cheers
> Mukti
>
-Kartik
