Quote Originally Posted by Peter View Post
70 years of independence and they seem to have made the place worse.

Also, it is just too bloody hot. I can cope in the South where it is a bit wetter but the heat in Delhi in unbearable.
At one point, she appeared to be trying to blame us for the fact that, as a society, it is one of the most profoundly corrupt on earth. I pointed out that that was pretty much entirely down to them. She claimed that our colonialism had infantilised the Indian character to a point where no-one could possibly expect them not to rob each other blind.