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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    ^^^ Jawahar lal nehru stadium, delhi
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    we will all have an RFID chip under our skin by 2017 : NBC Prediction

    Relax bro. Firstly, it is hilarious to think that 4 years from now, everyone will have RFID tags. There are millions who are not even in Govt. records and get left out voting rights, or other Govt benefit programs world over. It is unimaginable to think that they'll get tags. Also, most...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    The shape of the pillars in this new terminal is similar to the central pillar at the old Abu Dhabi airport terminal. Being new, the Mumbai terminal ofcourse looks much more open, lighted and attractive. All buildings that we make should depict something about the city or something artistic...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    Wonder why they've called it a Freeway. We in India tend to use non-standard terms like Expressway, Express highway and now Freeway!
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    We Indians (all south+east asians actually) are leaders in piracy. For us (incl. me), things like copyrights n trademarks mean nothing. Even when we live outside and earn in $$, we still carry our desi ethics and don't hesitate in plagiarizing or downloading pirated music and movies. And anyone...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    Dude, if this forum is your only window to India, then you are in for a surprise ;) This forum only sees positive or modern things happenings in India. A large part of India still is like any other third world country... chaotic, noisy, dusty, smelly.... But hey, no one goes to India to...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    Remember some years ago, there was huge hue n cry when US firms patented traditional south asian stuff like Basmati, Neem, Turmeric, etc? To counter that India initiated the TPDL project in 2001. Now with 34 million pages of information that it shares with the patent offices worldwide, it is...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    It is a fact that till the late 1980s, Pakistan was ahead of India on most social and economic parameters. At partition, they got some of the most fertile lands (big punjab), and a lot less of the extreme poverty-stricken areas like we did. Their cities were not too different from ours, but had...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    My friend, for a developing country, it is important that we keep our feet firmly on the ground and not get swayed by a few good indicators alone. According to the 2011 census, the number of slum-dwellers in Mumbai is estimated to be 9 million, up from 6 million in 2001, that is, 62% of all...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    You can have Lalu any day :) But just to clarify: (a) Lalu is no longer the railway minister. Got replaced long ago. (b) There was a lot of news about Lalu turning around indian railways, etc. Not all of it was found to be correct by the future railway ministers. (c) Most of the pics posted...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    I really wish that Mumbai has 'the world's best public transport infra.in 5 years', but realistically speaking, the rate of such infra growth is still very slow. If you look at the actual monorail and metro planning, it is still much less than what is required for a city like mumbai. There is...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    Are these movable tracks which can move a monorail to another track as required?
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    Don't link it with religion unnecessarily. Language and culture are not bound by religions. Just because we have malls like Centrestage mall, inorbit, crown plazas, etc, doesn't mean that this is influence of Christianity. It just means that we have cultural/linguistic (language) affinity to...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    Terrible name for a mall...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    I don't know if it has got discussed on this forum, but I wanted to talk about UIDAI/Aadhaar program. It is already the world's largest biometric database (almost 300 million), and growing at about 10-20 million per month. Aadhaar will be like US' SSN number, but more foolproof and will help...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    she's got guts!
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    But practically, most passengers will be spending time in the general waiting areas only... so effectively the station doesn't appear to be air conditioned for the most part... The station has a modern structure from outside (glass n all), but the same can prove to be claustrophobic n hot inside...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    Amusing to see India's map showing only the Indian side of Kashmir, in this video. Anyway, I guess it is time both countries accept ground realities and start to show realistic maps. Will be difficult to manage hardliners though. ...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    No one is denying that India still has huge social problems... but just because we are talking Infra, doesn't mean that other areas are all being neglected... your statement sounds like things are 'deteriorating' in the last few decades, which is far from truth. Of course, the progress is not as...
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    India Developing, but still a long way to go

    This is not the length of a 'flyover', but that of the outer ring road :) It is quite a high quality well-planned road, though.
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