主题：【原创】印度崛起：神话与现实 -- 晨枫

写文是不可能了。不过可以简单说两句。

偶是两三年前出差的印度一个据说是前几名的一个大城市。偶还没到印度，在飞机上调整手表时才第一次知道原来有些地方时差居然不是整点数的，而是有半个小时时差。非常惊奇－－偶还是第一去这种地方。飞机到了以后，觉得走到了三十年多前国内某大中城市的火车站。回去的时候才知道，该机场好象只有一个侯机厅。第一眼看到的有印象的文字就是：Incredible India。的确是非常的Incredible。

该城市的开发区是新建的办公楼，有些IT公司的园地建设的非常漂亮，那些热带的植被让人觉得特别有异国情调。但是这只是这个城市极小的一部分。大部分的城市几乎和国内县城一个水平（国内县城的建筑也很新的，单从这点，这个印度城市连现在的国内县城也比不了）：尘土飞扬，摩托以及拉客的小蓬蓬车到处都是，空气一点都不清新，让人觉得焦躁。对了，印度好象没有交通规则，小蓬蓬车到处拐，到处超车。我们还看到路上有牛拉车，还有闲散的牛。

偶和几个同事出去玩，他们的景点那叫一个脏，一个旧（我真不知道中国城市几十年前是否也是这样）。兜售各种东西的小贩在景点附近满大街。一些小孩子追着我们到处跑，还有要钱的。当然，偶们可不敢给钱怕被围住。我们在一家印度餐馆吃饭的时候，那真是很奇特的场面：所有印度人都用手抓饭吃。那家餐馆的厕所里没手纸，但是有盛满水的水桶，这可能符合某些网上的说法。其实这些都是民族习惯问题，到也没什么可多说的。

有一点我必须写，在印度我第一次见到贫民窟。一张一张肮脏发黑的小帐篷排成一大片，一个小帐篷就是一户人家。这样的贫民窟我们见到了好几个。我当时心里只有一个想法，希望这种贫民窟永远别在中国出现。希望中国别让无良精英们掌权，别让他们剥夺农民土地，别让农民流离失所。

其他想不起来了。不过每个国家的普通人都一样骈手胝足，印度的普通人也是得通过劳动过日子的。我觉得印度很悲哀因为他们有那样一个低效的政府，这可能是由历史和民族习性共同决定的。去过印度的人可能对中国政府取得的成就看法更正面，对４９年建立起来的中国政府看法更正面。

【 在 tsingyuan (空空道人) 的大作中提到: 】

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A snake was found in a room in the residential tower, earmarked for the South African athletes, who have not arrived yet, High Commissioner Harris Mbulelo Mejeke told reporters.

"We can't go and stay till things are fixed up. We have very grave concerns. If snakes are found we can't ask our teams to stay there. Yesterday we found a snake but I don't know whether it was an Indian snake. But it was there in one of our rooms," Mejeke said before entering the village.

"That was a threat to the lives of our athletes. Very disappointing. Basically, the basement was full of water and the staircase was also damp," he said.

On being asked if he brought the matter to the notice of the organisers, he said, "We had someone with us. They have promised us, everything will be all right. I will go and check whether the promise has been kept," he said.

However, the South African envoy said there team will not withdraw from the controversy-marred event.

"The teams are coming and we are still part of the Commonwealth Games. When everything will be done we will call our teams," Mjeke said.

The village has already been sharply criticised for the unhygienic conditions and now the sensational claim would bring more bad publicity to the event.