Is it safe to say that China is at least 30 years ahead of India?
Last Updated: 20.06.2025 05:02

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You were āWaiting for your āDoughā
Never understood what it meant, but now in the winter of my years, I now realize what that means. š
What is so magical about 30?
What is it that you folks wants to āCatch upā here??? Just asking not telling.
Also, what does āAheadā and āBehindā really mean?
How do I develop the patience to read books?
China is a polity; India is a polity. So far so good.
Some Examples
Malls and Cinema Metroplexes
Donāt constantly engage in below the navel gazing, if you know what I mean and most of all Donāt Complain; or at least not so much.
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Afterall, Whatsapp, FB, mobile smart phones, have all helped us interact as well as avoid pesky and nosy neighbors and relatives.
Not the distant unheard of thunder from climes and places, thousands of miles away.
Nemawashi: Small incremental improvements, that make your daily experiences better in whatever āEcosystemā, you have to interact with.
Brevity is the soul of wit, but what can I say⦠Verbosity is the soul of a Twit. And I admit to being Verbose.
Let us assume that the Polity called āDung Poo Pew ā is ahead of the Polity called āVishwa Parihasaā in some mythical race.
And the plummeting birth rate in China and the aversion to marriage in China and even sex, among the young is increasing exponentially, seems to point to that.
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How come Taiwan is LGBT friendly, yet Japan and South Korea are not?
Another Example from Greek Mythology: Hippomenes and Atalanta race. [This is a warning to my country, the USA, really]
It is the same situation, when I learn Newtonās Laws or Calculus. I can freely learn it without breaking much of a sweat. Use some elseās Gyanodayam for literally free.
Beyond that how logical would it be for one to pick a number based on the number of trips, the Planet Earth makes around the Sun?
Why are men today so pussiefied?
Would that be logical? Yes!
So, if China were at all worried, like Hippomenes, that India would overtake them in this āraceā that they are not worried about, then they will like Hippomenes toss some thorny crab apples* to distract the nattering classes in India.
Donāt compare, Donāt Complain.
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Maybe I should Poka Yoke and Nemawashi my writings as well. šš
India has a space program that seeks to reap military as well as civilian benefits in this so-called race which there is none.
They, in turn, have eyes only for the Good Ole USA.
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Malls and Cineplexes in the US are dying⦠and descrepit (Thank you Amazon and Netfix) ⦠So experience wise, you folks have it good. ššš
Poka Yoke: Make the design of the systems, so that even āvillage idiotsā (there are many) wonāt be able to make things worse in the Eco-system and ruin your experiences.
I generally donāt place a time scale on who is ahead or who is behind and by how many years in this āGame of Nationsā.
In my experience, British people are fat, ugly and arrogant. Why is it and can it be changed?
To Indians, Crab Apples are wild apples that are extremely bitter, but are used to make Apple Cider- an alcoholic beverage, much safer to drink, than polluted water, back in the day.
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And it does not matter, if the technology was invented in Timbuktoo, Africa. Copy Paste, Repeat.
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But is this what we want to emulate? I donāt know the answer to that?
China did that and still does that too. And I canāt understand complaints by the US and Russians here.
Peace and good luck to all.
I donāt know. I know that if I were young, my sex drive would plummet, Viagra or not.
How long would it take for āVishwa Parihasa ā to catch up with āDung Po Pewā.
Now, it is an experience that is just as good or not as good as any Bank Office in the US or China or any where else.
Look instead at Pockets of Comfort created within your immediate environs.
Now for some areas of discomfort.
Well for starters, āVishwa Parihasa ā must run at a āfasterā pace than āDung Po Pew ā.
So no harm for Indians to ācopyā the technology obtained by sweat and tears and expense of billions of dollars or rubles over decades by the big Two.
Petty Corruption. My mainland Chinese American friends, who travel back and forth to China assure me that petty Corruption is well and alive in China and the ranking by Transparency International, which monitors āperception of corruptionā in nations, ranks both India and China about equal. So that seems about right. š
These Airports are an Ecosystem, where Iām far more ācomfortableā and have a more āpleasurable experienceā than at La Guardia Airport or JFK Airport in New York $hitty. (misspelled intentionally).
Viswa Parihasa and Dung Poo Pew Parodox per Zeno
There is no shame, if one wants to repeat the technology, that was developed by the pioneers such as Russia and the US. The guide book and protocols are all there to emulate (Copy).
Look at each individual Eco-system within your immediate environs, that works in your land, in your local Area and if you are not discomfited, then all is fine. āExperienceā is the key here.
Apollo⦠Yashoda
Give yourselves a round of applause. ššš
So what Iām suggesting is that rather than constantly comparing and tearing oneās clothes in agony, employ what the Japanese call āNemawashiā and Poka Yoke
Here it is an Eco-system where both Dung and Vishwa seem to be competing for the race to the bottom of the well. š
Not many will agree with Zeno, because he is a Mlechha Yavana Barbarian.ššafter all.
Hippomenes distracting the speedy Atalanta to win the race and also her hand in marriage
Many lost their heads, as they looked behind to see if Atalanta was gaining on them . Hippomenes was given a head start by Atalanta.
Before Desi eyes go somber and tearful, let me explain.
Anyone, who looks behind to see whoās on their heel. will befall the same fate as all the suitors of the lovely Atalanta in Greek Mythology, who was the fastest runner in the world.
So, here is my proposition.
Your Corner D-Marts gave me the same āexperienceā as any that I had in Japan, China or Korea.
Coming back to Greek Philosophy this time.
Zeno of Elea, born c. 495 BCādied c. 430 BC
This so-called race is in my opinion, a Phantasm, that only exists in peopleās mind and I would wager that this Phantasm chiefly exists, it seems in India- which is looking at China with a mixture of envy and jealousy.
Space race- Technology in general.
The model that prompts such a question is based on a āCircus Maximusā model in which Chariot races were run in ancient Rome, where Individual Nations in this example, are run like Chariots. Some are ahead, while some are behind and we are all spectators here.
This paradox argues that Viswa Parihasa, a swifter than Dung runner, can never overtake the slower Dung Poo Pew, who has a head start by the way, because by the time Viswa Parihasa reaches the Dung's starting point, Dung will have moved forward, and Viswa must then catch up to that new position, repeating this process⦠ad infinitum.
Iāve heard this proverb before: Fools build Houses and Wise Men live in them.
Zenoās answer: NEVER.š«
Banks
Hippomenes won the hand in marriage of Atalanta following a running race by distracting her by tossing āgolden applesā whenever, he thought, she was gaining on him.
Any Bank in an urban setting, used to be the equivalent of the famous play by Samuel Becket āWaiting for Godotā, except back then in India, decades ago.
Housing: When I land in Hyderabad and travel through Cyber City, I feel like Iām in China.
The other factor is TIME. This is where the paradox comes in.
Any suitor, who wanted to win speedy Atalantaās hand would have to beat her in a race and if they lose, they would lose their heads.
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I land at Hyderabad or Bangalore Airports. The airports are spotless, well maintained, orderly and the people follow all the rules, the security is run smoothly like clockwork. The Uber and Taxi System is excellent and smoothly run. So is the Baggage Carousel, Immigration, Customs, etc. etc. WOW!
There is the Greek Philosopher Zenoās paradox.
I will even wager one of my shares in JD. Com ( a Chinese MNC) that most Chinese are not even bothered to see, if India is ālaggingā behind them.
Again, in any urban setting in India, the Malls are an eco-system as good as any experience in China.
This begs the question.
Not true in many other areas of the country. š
High rise in China below:
ECOSYSTEMS where the citizens experiences need to improve.
Airports: ECO-SYSTEM.
That is all that matters really.
What is the experience of an ordinary salaried family to living in this bee-hive?
D-Marts etc.
AQI (Air Quality Index) Delhi and Beijing⦠stinks to high heavens. Equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes/day even for the non-smoker.
Instead of giving GDP numbers, GDP/Capita and all those Statistics to make you feel good or bad, I decided to answer Nagarajan Sirās question in the form of a long meandering discourse.