The common Western view of India is that its conservative Muslim rival Paksitan is inferior in every way and that India represents progress by leaps and bounds.
Once one gets there, however, one wonders if it really doesn't come down to the fact that Israeli students and dharma bandits are more free to roam India than Pakistan. Does the presence of falafel at Indian tourist sights really mean India is that much more progressive?
Sudha Ramachandran writes a finely balanced account of the distance that remains to be traveled by "the good guy" in the fight for South Asia here:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/ME25Df01.html
Once one gets there, however, one wonders if it really doesn't come down to the fact that Israeli students and dharma bandits are more free to roam India than Pakistan. Does the presence of falafel at Indian tourist sights really mean India is that much more progressive?
Sudha Ramachandran writes a finely balanced account of the distance that remains to be traveled by "the good guy" in the fight for South Asia here:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/ME25Df01.html
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