Comments on: India is a Country, not a Cause.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:26:17 +0000

One of the more classic commentaries I’ve ever read!

By: Abdusalaam al-Hindi

Abdusalaam al-Hindi — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:51:51 +0000

“India is a country not a cause”, Now that’s a line to remember for my own conversations with the, as you put it, bleeding hearts, touristy types.

By the way, who is June and why do you talk like her? (Just kidding.)

Abdu
(http://abdusalaam.blogspot.com)

By: June

June — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:47:18 +0000

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My sage advice, dont ever listen to a man when it comes to wesbite stuff! stick to wordpress.com

By: Mom Gone Mad

Mom Gone Mad — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:45:29 +0000

Excellent! I can see that you put the fear of June in Mr. Lund and that he hastened to fix-fix:-) It looks great. Whats the difference really between org. and .com?

By: Great Dane

Great Dane — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:22:02 +0000

I crack myself laugh.. hahaha… What I wanted to say was:
You make me laugh, and you make me think!

By: Great Dane

Great Dane — Fri, 01 May 2009 13:20:17 +0000

You crack me laugh… And you make me think! Thank you for both!

By: Era

Era — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:28:51 +0000

I love the line “India is a country not a cause”. While there is poverty in India, I have also seen a lot of beauty. Beauty in the traditions, beauty in the people and their attitudes. Did your dinner guest not realize that the money spent on the dinner also pays the wages of those working in the restaurant?

By: Kimi

Kimi — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:47:16 +0000

The other Indian at the table marks her presence. For the record June… I came, I saw, I liked

By: Mom Gone Mad

Mom Gone Mad — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:19:27 +0000

June, am SO blogrolling your funny ass!

You are totally on the money here. I’ve had this discussion a nauseatingly high number of times in Norway esp. about the maids and the so-called exploitation. We often employ a ridiculous number of people who (often) do awful jobs, but still keep them on because you can’t bear the thought of them having no income and nowhere to go. My mum is def. one of those who could have saved some pretty pennies if she wasn’t so invested in her maid, driver, dhobi et al. and their kids schooling, wedding, Diwali, Onam and all of that.

Yup, lady is a welfare state all on her own:-)

By: Jennie Kaae

Jennie Kaae — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:56:15 +0000

Ahaha! So funny that last bit
Honestly, India is just a microcosmos of the whole world. If people get their panties in a bunch because they think Indians should be sharing their wealth with the poor, maybe they themselves should be giving up their cars, houses, trips abroad et. al and donate the proceeds to third world countries. Wtf makes them so fnuggin’ holy all of a sudden?!