I do not believe that foreigners perform acts of charity with ulterior motives but the RSS does it without any personal agenda. I know that people in the West give millions of dollars for Haiti, Tsunami or floods in Pakistan without knowing anything about those countries or the religious affiliations. They give because they hear stories about people suffering.

United States is a very rich and a very literate nation. It has very tough laws and an equally through enforcement of these laws. India is largely poor and we are a long way away. So we cannot compare the two countries using measures like corruption, literacy, divide between cities and villages.

What I find odd is the amount of animosity (putting it mildly) that exists in the American society towards minorities (race, ethnicity, religion, language etc.) This situation gets worse as you move away from the major cities.

FYI: A decision to build a very small temple near my house was opposed tooth and nail by local residents. There are at least 10 churches within a 2 mile radius of the site for this temple. Such opposition from local communities is very common in the US.

look at the govt offices.. i mean, corruption even in flood relief?? human?? sorry..

we lack the basic deceny to deal with others when in conflict. how many a fights we have seen when there is none needed?

im not saying that we are animals :), nut just to say we are more human than the US ppl. nope.

How many of us go to disaster relief. With indians too its always Me first.

There is a lot of individualism in the West. You have to think about yourself first before anything else. But it is not as simple as that. Countries like the United States lead the world in charitable contributions and they really step up to the plate when there are tragedies in the world.

I agree with you entirely.

Maybe we should have a law that prohibits parents from teaching their kids about religion or about country. It will be a lot better world!!

If there are no repercussions for their actions then some people behave the way they want. This is not an issue in India alone. In America in the suburbs, police are well funded and there is a lot of support for them. This means less crime and a very well behaved population. Go to any city and you will immediately notice a lot of difference. There will be a lot of trash on the streets, drug dealing and other criminal activities.

after having some snack in the vehicle, my colleague just disposed of the plastic cover right out of the vehicle, without any hesitation.. wht do we have to say for tht? law problem or attitude problem?

So we need laws to behave then?

So a guy riding his bike on the footpath has to be stopped by law, a guy spitting pan cannot be blamed then. There should be something called self-consciousness.

Throwing garbage on road, taking your pets out for nature calls on the road sides in one’s society, is not a law and order problem, its an attitude problem. My neighbour who owns multiple high-end cars does not even have the basic sense of all this? So how is law to blame? certainly, you can’t have a policeman at his doorstep all the time. again, all you need is a bit of self-consciousness.

Agree to certain extent that law enforcement too is necessary, but can’t we use our brains a bit? esp ppl who are supposedly globe totters?

disclosure: I work for the IT sector, so pls dont think im against the IT folks. I’m concentrating more on IT folks, only because they have seen the better side of it.

I disagree with this, when these global IT Indians goes to west, they will behave properly, only because, there are strict rules. Here we dont have any strict laws, so people are taking advantage of that..

I think you need to cheer up a little bit :)

I write articles and publish it online so that people can read it and react to it if they want to (remember we are on the Internet !!). This is exactly same as any other form of media. Of course I know that I can always go back when I want to. I am not waiting for anybody’s permission. But unlike what you think America is my country and I am attached to it just like I am attached to India. So it is not easy for me to just leave.

I am a little more optimistic about India than you are. I have lived in India for about 20 years and I know what you are talking about. But I have seen a lot of improvement in the past couple of decades.

But, being in india all my life, i can tell u this. india can never be a Good Advanced country, simply because even educated people lack absolute civic sense, just see the so called global-IT-citizen behaving on road. The common excuse, India mein sab chalta hai! bloody non-sense..

One more thing, about being nice. have one accident and you will see that people are fighting like dogs, trying to prove that one is superior over the other..

Im no pessimist, but only stating wht i have seen, not wht wht i think..

Laws are only for stupid here in India!

2. You can always go back if you really want.

3. Offcourse USA is not your contry and not your people, they will never will be. By not leaving you are making your kids to go through the same.