Comments on: Switzerland meets India

By: Rajesh

Rajesh — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:02:06 +0000

Hi Avishek

I read it late, but nicely written…i liked it. The more I grow and learn, one thing I know is India is Great…We have to keep progressing and reach material growth in terms of western standards, without abandoning our spirtual growth and value system. There is no country like our beloved India.

By: TJ

TJ — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:31:54 +0000

I have lived in several countries – Kenya, UK, US and India. Now that I am retired, we live much of the year in the US where our children and grandchildren are located and come to our flat in Cochin during the winter.

As a young man I used to dislike coming to India and only did so because my father and a sister lived here and I wanted to see them. The reason I did not like coming to India was because I expected India to be like the UK or the US in terms of its functioning, order and other facets of life. This is a cardinal mistake. They are different countries and one needs to imbibe what is best of each – and accept that there are deficiencies in some respects with regard to any country.

Yes, there are things that bother me about India – the pollution, the lack of cleanliness, the bureaucracy, etc but let us not look at other countries with rose-tinted glasses.

By: avishekn

avishekn — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:14:10 +0000

Thanks Prasun… am really honoured to have been able to enlighten the likes of u…….. seriously .

By: avishekn

avishekn — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:12:08 +0000

Ehsaan… this is not a place where I bore people with my saintly dialogues….. rest the people understands

By: prasun

prasun — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:45:10 +0000

Well written. Enjoyed reading it.
Yes and alas, population often comes as a serious barrier towards making any bold change, and it hurts most the good changes. The ‘true’ democratic, people oriented process of making the law and law makers was also something nice to know.

By: Sutithi Bose

Sutithi Bose — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:37:25 +0000

Nice article.I enjoyed reading this article.I have had similar experiences thats why I can honestly say that I could relate to it.I think no country has perfect system,but there are lessons to learn

By: Ehsaan

Ehsaan — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:17:16 +0000

Dude,
well written…and the thought has certainly stemmed in the Indians living abroad. If you know what I mean…there are a lot of other things that could be added in here..
What are you up to these days?
Visiting Zurich anytime soon?

Come join the Spring party!!!

cheers, Ehsaan

By: Indranil Mallick

Indranil Mallick — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:18:22 +0000

very good piece of writing

By: avishekn

avishekn — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:50:49 +0000

@priti, Amen..
And this thought has not stemmed within those few days of staying outside India. I have seen a model country in on the face and just want us to be like them . Any other country may not be such a model example…..

By: priti

priti — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:31:20 +0000

Often when traveling abroad we tend to want to want the best things from that place back in India in our native lands. Well written piece and hope one day we can bridge the gap with the so called “developed countries”

By: Anusuya

Anusuya — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:13:12 +0000

well written

By: avishekn

avishekn — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:52:53 +0000

Thanks Israel…. u r sure welcome to know more abt my land…
but which land do u belong to??

And… how do I get in touch with u? New to this site.. will take some time

By: avishekn

avishekn — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:44:36 +0000

By: Israel Jayakaran

Israel Jayakaran — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:56:36 +0000

A good piece, Avishekn. I got a reasonably good idea of how life is in Zurich. Would like to know more about your land. Do get in touch with me. Thank you.