My brother forwarded this piece to me... Although the facts and figures may not be entirely accurate, it still makes for an interesting read! I am glad am living in Mumbai!!!
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 48 hours of katrina...100
deaths in mumbai within 48hours of rain.. 37.
number of people to be evacuated in new orleans... entire city..wohh
number of people evacuated in mumbai...10,000
Cases of shooting and violence in new orleans...Countless
Cases of shooting and 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 and electricty
status 48hours later..mumbai is back on its feet and is business is as usual
USA...world's most developed nation
India...third world country..
oopss...did i get the last fact wrong???
6 comments:
well.. pretty interesting i say... excepting for the navy time to reach new orleans.. the U.S. is a larger country.... therefore.....
hmmm... the US always likes doing things in its own grand scale... including screwing up, so gr8... btw u forgot 2 mention hurricane Katrina was predicted and forecasted while mumbai deluge was unprecedented... makes u wonder...
mumbai.... we love u!! shara samay we love u!!!
When people become so developed, they become apathetic of each other. When people are not so fortunate, they tend to help one another. The US is a well-developed society, and the people think that they can make do with their own money, and survive without the help of others. Well natural disasters strike and we are all back to reality.
Back in my undergrad sociology class, my textbook observed how there are many poor people in countries like India but they still keep a happy and positive attitude. I come from the Philippines where poverty is not stranger, and I see that poor people are actually moe hospitable even if they don't have the means, while rich people are aloof and have the attitude that they can fend for their own. But obviously that is not always the case.
LIW
hey LIW,
thanks for ur post...while i agree with ur comment as a whole...i also go with ur last line... "it aint always the case." In Mumbai, the rich and the poor alike, helped each other in the time of need...
I dunno much about New Orleans though... I really do feel bad and helpless about the homeless kids!
heu ashenden... y u getng mad.. all i meant was dat although both mumbai and new orleans screwed up, they did it on a much grander scale and no these werent the comments i was talking abt ... read the other posts....
btw, hurricane katrina as i mentioned earlier was predicted bt a big reason 4 the large number of deaths is that people refused to evacuate as they would then lose all their belongings... remember the people we r speaking of are largely the black community and at that point they were more fearful of losing all they had..
my earlier comment stands and all i wanty 2 say is not 2 mistake my nonchalance 4 indifference...
btw, mumbai we love u.. sahara samay we love u!!!
hey guys, chill!!!
jhagda karna hain to do it outside my blog..yaha nahi... hehe... no actually u r most welcome....atleast that will make this crappy blog of mine more interesting!!!
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