A study in contrasts. After independence, Mumbai retained it's status as the place to be because of the excellent infrastructure built there by the British, from the port, to roads, trains etc.
Thereafter there has been steady stagnation as world class infrastructure has not been forthcoming to the big city, it still languishes and most of the infrastructure in use is still the old infrastructure.
In contrast Delhi has been spending big, on the metro, on commonwealth games and allied spending, Buddh F1 circuit and NOIDA in itself.
It is understandable that people start flocking to Delhi to live and work, as most of the infrastructure dollar seems to be spent there.
Re: Re: Mumbai n Delhi
by Prashanth DSouza on Nov 10, 2011 09:07 AM
I don't think it will make any difference, it is the same in Delhi.
You are probably referring to a change in the culture, but then Mumbai has always been a place where south and north india mix, along with east, west and central.
Mumbai should've probably gone Hong Kong's way a long time ago and issued passports instead of keeping it open to all. Too late to change it now.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Mumbai n Delhi
by shabbir mirza on Nov 12, 2011 11:38 AM
lets speak about uniting india rather than speak about states or cities, india is far greater than the regional neighbours, even though it is far more populated than others, we are doing much better in all fields
there was a program on population on NDTV a couple of days ago and one of the lady panelists belonging to M c0mmunity took great pride in the fact that her mother was the 11th child of her parents and that govt should not make a rule on population control..!!! Given these kind of ppl, there is no hope for the country..
Re: the fact is India itself is a big slum..!!
by shubasrikrishna on Nov 10, 2011 09:08 AM
The M community will always want to grow...But it is the callous attitude of the Govt whioch is baffling. This problem is much more dangerous than corruption and for a sake of M votes they do not want to apply any population control laws.Surprisingly even BJP has remained quite on this.
Re: Wrong rating
by Mahesh V on Nov 10, 2011 01:04 AM
Or is it that around 30 lacs of Kanpur population is counted in Mumbai and Delhi ??? After all Kanpuriyas migrate to these places in hordes.
the biggest problem of india is its ever-increasing population (bitter but true, its more so among a particular community). according to an article recentlz published in Science, even if india's birth rate comes down to 2.1 (it makes a population stable), the population of india will start declining (which, unfortunately is not the case) only after 2050. the world population is already more than 7 billion, and we need approx 1.2 times of the planet to feed them, according to an estimate. india is no way able to feed a population as big as china with land area that is half of the same. unfortunately, no political party ever says anything about this issue, for short-term political gains. it results in chaos and corruption, a mentality to earn as much money as possible (by whatever means), and send the kids abroad. but no europena/ north american country is ready any more to accept indians with an open mind. then what is in the near future? cannibalism? possibly yes!
Re: if anyone ever reads this message board
by Prashanth DSouza on Nov 10, 2011 09:04 AM
Not entirely accurate. China has arable land of only 15% of total land mass, making it a very small area available for farming. Places like Tibet are huge but cannot be farmed, then there is the Gobi desert, which is non-arable land again.
India in contrast, has a larger area available for farming. However, the techniques used might have to change to increase the yield. It might be almost imperative to resort to GM crops to sustain the demands of a growing and more well off population.
If India tightens it's hold on agriculture, it can even barter straight off for other resources like oil. In the end, you can't eat oil, but you definitely need food to survive.
The leadership just has to develop a better strategic vision for agriculture (and it's political use) and sharper business sense, since that is the way even politics seems to be playing out.
Re: Re: if anyone ever reads this message board
by abhishek pushp on Nov 10, 2011 09:44 AM
what will you do with the arable land, when there will be no land for people to live. ultimately all arable lands will have to be used for building houses for ppl and after one point , even that will not be possible as all the land will have been used up...
Re: if anyone ever reads this message board
by Prashanth DSouza on Nov 10, 2011 09:08 AM
Not entirely accurate. China has arable land of only 15% of total land mass, making it a very small area available for farming. Places like Tibet are huge but cannot be farmed, then there is the Gobi desert, which is non-arable land again.
India in contrast, has a larger area available for farming. A whole 48% is arable. However, the techniques used might have to change to increase the yield. It might be almost imperative to resort to GM crops to sustain the demands of a growing and more well off population.
If India tightens it's hold on agriculture, it can even barter straight off for other resources like oil. In the end, you can't eat oil, but you definitely need food to survive.
The leadership just has to develop a better strategic vision for agriculture (and it's political use) and sharper business sense, since that is the way even politics seems to be playing out.
Please do not listen to all haters who hate on our population. Keep using your tool every night and keep your wife busy by having at least 10kids.
Our trains and buses can hold any number of people. Who cares if a few people fall of the buses and die. But you continue to have more kids.
Even if you are really ugly, you still have more kids. Who needs development? Our forefathers lived happily with 15kids each and they never had any issues.
Speical appeal to people from UP/Bihar/Bengal/MAdhya Pradesh. Indian needs your help in reaching 150 crore population in the next 10yrs. I know you people already have contributed so much to India. You 4 states combine to form almost 60% of India's population. We need your help and you have to contribute 70% at least.
Please, all Indians have to contribute to population. Jai Bharat.
Re: My fellow Indians
by basanta borah on Nov 09, 2011 10:46 PM
i dont know about rural areas of mainland india, but in NE india, the child birth rate is actually less than 2.1 except for a particular community (2.1 is the rate for a stable population)
Re: My fellow Indians
by basanta borah on Nov 09, 2011 10:47 PM
i dont know about rural areas of mainland india, but in NE india, the child birth rate is actually less than 2.1 except for a particular community (2.1 is the rate for a stable population)
Re: My fellow Indians
by anwar mirza on Nov 10, 2011 08:52 AM
@SaneIndian - your message is thought provoking. It also applies to a religi0n whose followers like to be called 2nd largest min0tities in this great country.
People following this religi0n acroos the world are multiplying like c0ckr0aches.
