<br><br>Just recently I got a forwarded email from someone which spoke about how incredible India is. Take it with a pinch of salt as patriotics might get rebellious reading it.<br><br>I'm an Indian and a proud one just like you, though there is some truth in the mails being forwarded and I'm just putting it out in the open.<br><br>Before we get to the mail, some interesting facts have been put up by Anniruddha and similarly by this portal http://festivalsofindia.in/independenceday/proud_to_be_indian.asp<br><br><br>Now lets take a look at the contrast.<br><br><br># We live in a nation where Rice is Rs.40/- per kg and Sim Card is free.<br> <br># Pizza reaches home faster than Ambulance and Police.<br> <br># Car loan @ 5% but education loan @ 12%.<br> <br># Students with 45% get in elite institutions thru quota system and those with 90% get out because of merit.<br><br># 2 IPL teams are auctioned at 3300 crores and we are still a poor country where people starve for 2 sqaure meal per day.<br> <br># Assembly complex buildings are getting ready within one year while public transport bridges alone takes several years to be completed.<br><br><br>One questions if we are incredible for the progress we make inspite of all that's going around us !?<br><br>