Is it dirty? I don't notice.

I'm suddenly proud of my Indian brothers and sisters suddenly becoming aware of cleanliness!

More than 70% Indians throw rubbish outside their own home. Every tree in the rural countryside is adorned with plastic (polythene) adornments of myriad colours. And suddenly, they have become an eyesore at the venue of the commonwealth games?

I don't know a single person who has never bribed. But everyone that I know wants an honest politician.

Half the men in the country accept bribes (the remaining ones don't get them, not that they won't accept them). It's good that half of those don't even expect their children to be honest.

Half the earning population cheats on payment of taxes (the remaining ones crib that they can't cheat on taxes). OK, so my maths is not good. It might not be half, but 40%.

I read the recent blog of a friend who traveled abroad. He cribbed of the population and untidiness of the Mumbai airport. And he was extremely happy about the neatness and sporadic population of his tourism destination. But he does not mention that in India he gets a cup of tea for Rs 5, while abroad, he was sipping his favourite tea for USD 3. That the train ticket that he gets for Rs 35 in India costs USD 5 for half the distance - don't forget that fuel (there) costs a fourth of what it costs in India.

90% of the Indian people watching the commonwealth games garbage videos have never seen a cleaner place in the first place. For them, it looks just like any other street in India. They do not know that it should be cleaner. How do you explain the "tissue paper culture" to the average person who is keeping the venue clean?

I request the people to look around their own colony / society / neighbourhood. If the commonwealth games venue is even half as clean, rejoice. If the buildings there are leaking half of what your average roof, be happy. And if the washbasins there are working, be proud. After all, we did not import our contractors and sweepers, right?