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...would like to see a comparison of how many people in this country die each year as a result of taking herbal supplements and how many die each year as a result of faulty prescription-medicine usage. Print that; then let's talk some more. Perry Robinson, Seymour, Tennessee...
...India Unmasked Simon Robinson's "India Without the Slogans" painted a spot-on picture of India [June 4]. The bureaucracy, the indiscipline, the sycophancy and the religious conflicts at a drop of cow dung were all there when I studied and worked in India in the 1960s and '70s-and they persist. It may be the largest democracy, but the lack of political will and the corruption and conservatism curb the country's immense potential. I was recently in Australia, where I met an enthusiastic band of young Indians whose nationalism was intense. Yet with all their enthusiasm, you could...
...disagree with Simon Robinson who found Bangalore a pocket of prosperity in a country steeped in poverty, malnourishment and corruption. Western visitors are led to believe that this once charming small town is India's Silicon Valley. But there is the same gap between the advertised image of a prosperous city and the stark reality; it is the same hype surrounding the "Incredible India" campaign. Come monsoon rains, many homes in this hi-tech city will be flooded with rainwater and sewage sludge. Good roads, metro rail, airports and other facilities have been on the drawing board for years...
...would like to see a comparison of how many people in this country die each year as a result of taking herbal supplements and how many die each year as a result of faulty prescription-medicine usage. Print that; then let's talk some more. Perry Robinson, SEYMOUR, TENNESSEE...
...India Unmasked Simon Robinson's "India without the slogans" painted a spot-on picture of India [June 4]. The bureaucracy, the indiscipline, the sycophancy and the religious conflicts at a drop of cow dung were all there when I studied and worked in India in the 1960s and '70s - and they persist. It may be the largest democracy, but the lack of political will and the corruption and conservatism curb the country's immense potential. I was recently in Australia, where I met an enthusiastic band of young Indians whose nationalism was intense. Yet with all their enthusiasm, you could...