Serious thoughts08 Sep 2005 10:54 am

USA v/s India – is there a case?

I am sure you have come across this comparison in your email forwards. Some brilliant person compared the hurricane that hit New Orleans and the rains that lashed Mumbai. Here’s how it looks:

Inches of rain in New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina … 18
Inches of rain in Mumbai (July 27th)… 37.1

Population of New Orleans … 484,674
Population of Mumbai …12,622,500

Deaths in New Orleans within 48Hours of Katrina… 100
Deaths in Mumbai within 48Hours of Katrina… 37

Number of People to be evacuated in New orleans… Entire City… Wohhh
Number of People to be evacuated in Mumbai… 10,000

Cases of Shooting & Violence in New Orleans… Countless
Cases of Shooting & Violence in Mumbai… NONE

Time taken for US army to reach New Orleans… 48hours
Time taken for Indian army and navy to reach Mumbai… 12hours

Status 48Hours later… New Orleans is still waiting for relief, army & electricity
Status 48Hours later… Mumbai is back on its feet and is business as usual

USA… World’s most developed nation
India… Third world country

Oopsss…Did I get the last fact wrong???

Someone wanted to make a comparison. Good thought. Go ahead. But getting the “India” perspective into the situation is out-of-context.

There’s so much of destruction in USA. If there’s nothing that we can do, we can atleast refrain from using the situation to mock at USA. I love India. I don’t particularly have any positive feelings about the USA, but still, it was insensitive.

As a person, I make the option of being sensitive or insensitive. I wouldn’t like to run down a country when there’s no case for doing so. It was in bad taste. We should pray for the well-being of those affected by the hurricane at this point of time. And not resort to forwarding such dumb emails.

6 Responses to “USA v/s India – is there a case?”

  1. on 08 Sep 2005 at 2:09 pm   TJ

    thats right! We shudnt be mocking at the US now!
    But it is very right to compare two identical cases, one handled apparently successfully and the other pathetically and then to take the learnings and spread the knowledge.

  2. on 08 Sep 2005 at 8:26 pm   Whoiscb

    Good attitude!!

  3. on 09 Sep 2005 at 10:25 am   adi

    TJ,

    Right! At this point USA needs support! We need to give the country that.

  4. on 09 Sep 2005 at 10:25 am   adi

    Thanks cb! :)

  5. on 09 Sep 2005 at 3:23 pm   Poorna Shashank

    Adi, well written. Completely agree with you :) And thanks for dropping by on my blog.

  6. on 09 Sep 2005 at 4:30 pm   adi

    Thanks Poorna!

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