During my every visit to India I see many changes like new executive hotels, services on airports, amazingly faster growing mobile networks etc. Speaking of mobile networks, India has got innumerable network providers and thats good for consumers. More competitors always good for consumers as it makes service cheap. Cheap? how cheap it can get? I saw a billboard on road saying 'Uninor to Uninor - 2 paise per minute.' Impressive!!
Flip the coin to see its other side you will notice that the things which are crying out loud for extreme make over are still on far back burner like roads, electricity, drinking water and other basic necessities falling under this category. These things are part and parcel of every politician’s speech since our independence and I don’t doubt a little that it will maintain this status quo for next 5-6 decades. Right from class 1 in school I am reading that India is developing economy and seeing these things should we redefine the word ‘Developing’?
Indira Gandhi international terminal 3 at Delhi is the new talk of the town. India went gaga over it and why not it’s completing 1 year now and has world class facilities and infrastructure. During my two visits there I noticed its glam and was feeling proud about it. It’s really great feeling when you don’t see many things around to feel that way. The airport was under tight security to avert any possible mishaps around Independence Day. Then next day there was news on TV that the airport terminal T3 was in total blackout for more than 4 hours in night and backup generator also failed to work when it is supposed to. Moreover the maintenance staff was totally clueless about the reason for drama. The automatic gates were closed and the passengers inside the gate remained inside and same with people on outside. Many flights were delayed and passengers were kept stranding without any information. So this is how we call our self a developing nation.
Be it a village or metropolitan area people will throw garbage on streets. Eat mungfalli, popcorns, chiwdaa, bananas and just throw garbage around. It’s so common practice that people don’t feel anything about it at all. Forget about feeling anything they don’t even notice it as its embedded in daily life. Most prominent thing you will witness without fail is the modern art in every building staircase made from spitting Paan. It’s like a signature of being Indian – "Agar yeh nahi kia to kyaa kia?"
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