I'm no stranger to India, though. I've been to Delhi a couple of times last year. Mumbai is used to be Bombay. (Just like Chennai, with an old name as Madras.) I am managing the risk of typhoon in Hong Kong, so I fly directly from Dubai to Mumbai on Sunday. (Even I went back to Hong Kong, I could only stay for one night.)
The front page of the complimentary newspaper (The Times of India) this morning was full of sad stories.
Three teenagers got drown at Juhu beach (in Mumbai) on Sunday. And this is the second case withing a month. Three other swimmers were saved on the spot, by fishermen. Where were the life guards?
A woman was found unconscious, bleeding, lying naked, on board a train's first class ladies compartment near Mumbai on Saturday night. Even worse, nobody bothered to help nor alert police. The train passed a couple of stations before someone finally offered clothes to cover her body and called the police. Will the same thing happen in Hong Kong?
At least 15 persons were crushed to death as an under-construction-flyover collapsed in Hyderabad. Due to poor management and bad traffic, rescue work was delayed. Flyovers in India have risen dramatically. Taking Mumbai as a reference, 47 out of 52 flyovers in the city were built only in the last 20 years. Who should pay the price of prosperity? The rich or the poor?
More tragic news. Nearly half of all female deaths in rural areas in India are below the age of 20. Why? The girl child is barely looked after. The first case of influenza or whooping cough sooner or later will come. There is a good chance that the girl will not be able to survive it.
Economically or politically, India is getting stronger and stronger. In terms of population, India will soon take over China. But how could they allow this to happen?
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