No wonder CWG scam happened in Delhi. Adarsh Housing scam happened in Mumbai Next on the list Chennai with A.Raja and DML Kolkatta kicked out Nano project but yet surviving with Mamata corruption. Banagalore with illegal mines.
Re: corrupted places
by raj on May 02, 2011 08:37 AM
Vijay you missed out Bengaluru, most corrupt party BJP and Yeddy hold on to power in Karnataka by hook or crook just for Money from the mines running into several crores and Rs500-crore land Scam.
At present Delhi has better Infrastructure then Mumbai. In recent years Delhi added 5000 new AC low floor buses,Delhi Metro Train, Flyovers on every major junction,New Airort Terminal, New Sports Stadiums etc.Mumbai Metro Train is coming in 2012.
What kind of crap article it is? Nehru and gandhi is responsible for the murder of 5 Lakshs Hindus. Still no one accuse them for thier mistake. Congress is responsible for the murder of 1L kashmir pandits. Still they dont utter evena single word against them. But, these sikular idiots will blame modi for the Gujrat riots.
Re: Re: New Delhi & Mumbai in
by piri on Apr 23, 2011 09:31 PM
That may be so. But it still does not answer the question how Mumbai and Delhi can really be at the top of any list of world cities !!
Re: Re: Re: New Delhi & Mumbai in
by chintan jhunjhunwala on Apr 23, 2011 10:10 PM
people like you see only the slums and shit in indian cities.but look at what reknowned economists say about the slums and their self sufficiency in economic activity.nothing is wasted in these slums as everything is recycled and small workshops everywhere making hundreds of componenents.when your car got punctured or broke down or your motorcycle had problems.they are people living in these slums who help you out working for a pittance to get your ass moving again.
Mumbai and Delhi rising in status as they have two advantages over western cities in general :
1. An extremely neo-liberal economic policy followed by the Indian govt. that throws open more and more of the country's natural resources and domestic market to predatory capital in ways that are very far from transparent and
2. Ever increasing populations owing to increased migration from hinterlands. This migration is forced mostly by grinding poverty in the hinterlands which again is entirely due to the neo-liberal policies and giving up of gigantic quantums of revenue by the state in the form of corporate tax cuts !
Ironically, the western cities (with which Mumbai and Delhi are closing gaps) and the nations they represent are among the chief beneficiaries from the neo-liberal policies of the Indian govt. !!
And as far as matters other than 'economic activity' (what a beautifully obfuscative phrase) are concerned, can 'slum and excreta littered' Mumbai and Delhi come anywhere near (let alone close gaps) even Chinese or Russian or SA cities (other BRICS nations) leave alone western ones ????
Re: In terms of economic activity, there is little to crow about
by chintan jhunjhunwala on Apr 23, 2011 10:21 PM
why not.is that all you see in indian cities.or you take a tour of indian cities slums only.
Re: Re: In terms of economic activity, there is little to crow ab
by piri on Apr 24, 2011 08:37 PM
It is not all that I see in Indian cities. But it is certainly the most visible part of any Indian metro to anyone observing with dispassionate eyes !
And this sight becomes all the more stark and conspicuous only because the Indian middle class (and the Indian corporate media that lives on the middle class) strives its best to pretend as though it does not exist !!
