To the guy above I think westerners really need to change their view of India. India is no longer the land of the suffering poor masses. Truth is that a huge number of people can easily afford the PS2 and even the PS3 but the problem is with their mentality. Families here have a pretty different system of values not every one considers a gaming console worth buying (i am not included in those ;) ) Its just that i get frustrated by the same old poor image of India.
Well, it is just that the vast majority are below the poverty line.
Numbers dont lie, and reports from 2007 indicate that india has more miniaturist kids than any country. i believe it was more than 50%. that is in comparison with africa (which is considered to be the biggest region stereotypically)!
now saying that some of them can afford ps2's is true. In any country someone can afford a ps2. however, it is vastly different from America where probably near everybody can afford a ps2.
india is still considered a developing nation for very good reasons. There is something the matter when half of your children go unfed or have a poor diet.
It is good to have national pride, however you should keep in scale with other countries.
Hmmm... when I visited there a couple of years ago I was left with the impression that the people were poor and the country was dirty/unsanitary. I mean, there were effin MONKEYS climbing around in the New Delhi airport.
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To the guy above
I think westerners really need to change their view of India. India is no longer the land of the suffering poor masses. Truth is that a huge number of people can easily afford the PS2 and even the PS3 but the problem is with their mentality. Families here have a pretty different system of values not every one considers a gaming console worth buying (i am not included in those ;) )
Its just that i get frustrated by the same old poor image of India.
Well, it is just that the vast majority are below the poverty line.
Numbers dont lie, and reports from 2007 indicate that india has more miniaturist kids than any country. i believe it was more than 50%. that is in comparison with africa (which is considered to be the biggest region stereotypically)!
now saying that some of them can afford ps2's is true. In any country someone can afford a ps2. however, it is vastly different from America where probably near everybody can afford a ps2.
india is still considered a developing nation for very good reasons. There is something the matter when half of your children go unfed or have a poor diet.
It is good to have national pride, however you should keep in scale with other countries.
Hmmm... when I visited there a couple of years ago I was left with the impression that the people were poor and the country was dirty/unsanitary. I mean, there were effin MONKEYS climbing around in the New Delhi airport.
But maybe I was in the "bad" part of India?