Is it safe to say that China is at least 30 years ahead of India?

China did that and still does that too. And I can’t understand complaints by the US and Russians here.

Anyone, who looks behind to see who’s on their heel. will befall the same fate as all the suitors of the lovely Atalanta in Greek Mythology, who was the fastest runner in the world.

I generally don’t place a time scale on who is ahead or who is behind and by how many years in this “Game of Nations”.

Milky Way arcs over Kitt Peak National Observatory photo of the day for June 16, 2025 - Space

These Airports are an Ecosystem, where I’m far more ‘comfortable” and have a more ‘pleasurable experience’ than at La Guardia Airport or JFK Airport in New York $hitty. (misspelled intentionally).

Space race- Technology in general.

Hospitals

What was your first trans experience like?

I don’t know. I know that if I were young, my sex drive would plummet, Viagra or not.

Viswa Parihasa and Dung Poo Pew Parodox per Zeno

Banks

Ive been pretending to be okay and acting as normal as possible, but Im actually completely heartbroken after a recent breakup. Its painful and really affecting me, to the point where I cant concentrate at work, Ive lost my appetite, I cant sleep, and It feels as if my whole world has been turned upside down. I loved him so much. He said so many cruel things to me and it made me realize he must not have loved me the way I loved him, or he wouldnt have said such horrible things. How do I handle the heartbreak and why cant I accept that he didnt love me and just forget about him?

Brevity is the soul of wit, but what can I say… Verbosity is the soul of a Twit. And I admit to being Verbose.

Excellent staff from all over India. Amazing competence and professionalism shown by all from Doctors to Nurses to technicians, even the lift staff. 👏👏👏

India has a space program that seeks to reap military as well as civilian benefits in this so-called race which there is none.

Do people have to be a pastor to baptize?

Give yourselves a round of applause. 👏👏👏

Malls and Cinema Metroplexes

Petty Corruption. My mainland Chinese American friends, who travel back and forth to China assure me that petty Corruption is well and alive in China and the ranking by Transparency International, which monitors ‘perception of corruption’ in nations, ranks both India and China about equal. So that seems about right. 🙄

I like this guy and his personality is AMAZING. He’s everything I want EXCEPT I’m not 100% attracted to him. I’ve dated some really hot guys and I’m wondering if that’s ruined dating for me? What do I do?

Zeno of Elea, born c. 495 BC—died c. 430 BC

Nemawashi: Small incremental improvements, that make your daily experiences better in whatever “Ecosystem”, you have to interact with.

D-Marts etc.

How did Nickelback gain a large fan base despite criticism of their music?

Zeno’s answer: NEVER.😫

Peace and good luck to all.

They, in turn, have eyes only for the Good Ole USA.

What was your most embarrassing wardrobe malfunction in public?

Look at each individual Eco-system within your immediate environs, that works in your land, in your local Area and if you are not discomfited, then all is fine. “Experience” is the key here.

High rise in China below:

Another Example from Greek Mythology: Hippomenes and Atalanta race. [This is a warning to my country, the USA, really]

If women see themselves as free, dignified, human beings just as good as men, can Trump hang it up and just lose in a landslide at last? How can men who like and respect women help improve womens' self-esteem?

Now, it is an experience that is just as good or not as good as any Bank Office in the US or China or any where else.

Don’t constantly engage in below the navel gazing, if you know what I mean and most of all Don’t Complain; or at least not so much.

That is all that matters really.

You hold the door open for a lady and she stops in her tracks and screams at you, ‘Don’t hold the door for me! I’ll get it myself!’ What are your feelings or immediate reaction?

Hippomenes won the hand in marriage of Atalanta following a running race by distracting her by tossing “golden apples” whenever, he thought, she was gaining on him.

Never understood what it meant, but now in the winter of my years, I now realize what that means. 😁

Some Examples

Romania in the past was a poor country, but last year the government announced it had 521 billion leu (113$ billion dollars) revenue. Why is so much? What's the reason?

What is so magical about 30?

Housing: When I land in Hyderabad and travel through Cyber City, I feel like I’m in China.

So, here is my proposition.

Your Corner D-Marts gave me the same “experience” as any that I had in Japan, China or Korea.

China is a polity; India is a polity. So far so good.

Not the distant unheard of thunder from climes and places, thousands of miles away.

Beyond that how logical would it be for one to pick a number based on the number of trips, the Planet Earth makes around the Sun?

Any suitor, who wanted to win speedy Atalanta’s hand would have to beat her in a race and if they lose, they would lose their heads.

But I thought, I would include it just for kicks and clicks. 😏

Afterall, Whatsapp, FB, mobile smart phones, have all helped us interact as well as avoid pesky and nosy neighbors and relatives.

Now for some areas of discomfort.

Again, in any urban setting in India, the Malls are an eco-system as good as any experience in China.

This so-called race is in my opinion, a Phantasm, that only exists in people’s mind and I would wager that this Phantasm chiefly exists, it seems in India- which is looking at China with a mixture of envy and jealousy.

Don’t compare, Don’t Complain.

To Indians, Crab Apples are wild apples that are extremely bitter, but are used to make Apple Cider- an alcoholic beverage, much safer to drink, than polluted water, back in the day.

How long would it take for “Vishwa Parihasa ” to catch up with “Dung Po Pew”.

Coming back to Greek Philosophy this time.

Another Eco System, where you don’t have to apologize. 👏👏👏

This begs the question.

I’ve heard this proverb before: Fools build Houses and Wise Men live in them.

Hippomenes distracting the speedy Atalanta to win the race and also her hand in marriage

Let us assume that the Polity called “Dung Poo Pew ” is ahead of the Polity called “Vishwa Parihasa” in some mythical race.

What is the experience of an ordinary salaried family to living in this bee-hive?

Give yourself an applause here. 👏👏👏

Instead of giving GDP numbers, GDP/Capita and all those Statistics to make you feel good or bad, I decided to answer Nagarajan Sir’s question in the form of a long meandering discourse.

Not many will agree with Zeno, because he is a Mlechha Yavana Barbarian.😂😂after all.

There is the Greek Philosopher Zeno’s paradox.

Not true in many other areas of the country. 🙄

I land at Hyderabad or Bangalore Airports. The airports are spotless, well maintained, orderly and the people follow all the rules, the security is run smoothly like clockwork. The Uber and Taxi System is excellent and smoothly run. So is the Baggage Carousel, Immigration, Customs, etc. etc. WOW!

Before Desi eyes go somber and tearful, let me explain.

I will even wager one of my shares in JD. Com ( a Chinese MNC) that most Chinese are not even bothered to see, if India is “lagging” behind them.

What is it that you folks wants to ‘Catch up” here??? Just asking not telling.

Apollo… Yashoda

Here it is an Eco-system where both Dung and Vishwa seem to be competing for the race to the bottom of the well. 🙄

ECOSYSTEMS where the citizens experiences need to improve.

Many lost their heads, as they looked behind to see if Atalanta was gaining on them . Hippomenes was given a head start by Atalanta.

So no harm for Indians to “copy” the technology obtained by sweat and tears and expense of billions of dollars or rubles over decades by the big Two.

Airports: ECO-SYSTEM.

Malls and Cineplexes in the US are dying… and descrepit (Thank you Amazon and Netfix) … So experience wise, you folks have it good. 👏👏👏

Look instead at Pockets of Comfort created within your immediate environs.

It is the same situation, when I learn Newton’s Laws or Calculus. I can freely learn it without breaking much of a sweat. Use some else’s Gyanodayam for literally free.

So, if China were at all worried, like Hippomenes, that India would overtake them in this “race” that they are not worried about, then they will like Hippomenes toss some thorny crab apples* to distract the nattering classes in India.

Well for starters, “Vishwa Parihasa ” must run at a ‘faster’ pace than “Dung Po Pew ”.

Thanks for the request Nagarajan Sir. Sorry for the delay, it is tax filing time.

And the plummeting birth rate in China and the aversion to marriage in China and even sex, among the young is increasing exponentially, seems to point to that.

There is no shame, if one wants to repeat the technology, that was developed by the pioneers such as Russia and the US. The guide book and protocols are all there to emulate (Copy).

AQI (Air Quality Index) Delhi and Beijing… stinks to high heavens. Equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes/day even for the non-smoker.

Traffic on Roads. Well, experiences in India. 🙄

And it does not matter, if the technology was invented in Timbuktoo, Africa. Copy Paste, Repeat.

The other factor is TIME. This is where the paradox comes in.

Maybe I should Poka Yoke and Nemawashi my writings as well. 😂😂

Poka Yoke: Make the design of the systems, so that even “village idiots” (there are many) won’t be able to make things worse in the Eco-system and ruin your experiences.

Would that be logical? Yes!

But is this what we want to emulate? I don’t know the answer to that?

The model that prompts such a question is based on a “Circus Maximus” model in which Chariot races were run in ancient Rome, where Individual Nations in this example, are run like Chariots. Some are ahead, while some are behind and we are all spectators here.

You were “Waiting for your “Dough”

This paradox argues that Viswa Parihasa, a swifter than Dung runner, can never overtake the slower Dung Poo Pew, who has a head start by the way, because by the time Viswa Parihasa reaches the Dung's starting point, Dung will have moved forward, and Viswa must then catch up to that new position, repeating this process… ad infinitum.

Any Bank in an urban setting, used to be the equivalent of the famous play by Samuel Becket “Waiting for Godot”, except back then in India, decades ago.

So what I’m suggesting is that rather than constantly comparing and tearing one’s clothes in agony, employ what the Japanese call “Nemawashi” and Poka Yoke

Also, what does “Ahead” and “Behind” really mean?