Swine Flu aka H1N1

So the media created hype and panic around Swine flu (I will say the word Swine and if am politically incorrect then so be it) is finally subsiding and people are getting back to reasonable levels of behavior.

Isnt that wierd in a coountry where one does not thinktwice before behaving and driving dangerously.

Or crossing the expressway on foot between high speed and heavy traffic, even though a zebra crossing / subway / over-bridge may be just 10 metres away.

Or riding a bike on a very busy and dangerous highway without helmet.

Or ramming one's bike between two trucks on a highway trying to overtake

And there is such a great deal of panic over a 'flu' !!!!!

Isnt it wierd that in a country where the total number of deaths due to TB would be much more than those because of 'Swine flu'.

Maybe because Swine flu is a disease of the rich or affluent as that class is the most affected (travel abroad, bring it back, afffect the social circle of the class) and that is why media is putting so much 'attention' to it whereas TB is a disease of the poor and so they just dont care.

I have actually stopped watching any news channel for the past month now. It is getting ridiculuos now.

And lets accept it. Indian media is extremely irresponsible and untrustworthy. Next time there is any 'Scoop' or a 'Sting' ... have your doubts.

Re: Why did India fall behind West

So I got a response to this which said "Industrial Revolution". The main question is what made Industrial Revolution happen in the West before it did in India even though India was not far behind in terms of technology (Tipu Sultan's army invented rockets).

Well to me the main point of inflection was invention of the Printing Press which enabled thoughts, ideas and learnings to be duplicated and replicated far and wide whereas in India learning and knowledge passing was oral. This meant that in India one had to be close to a learned person to be able to develop intellect. Moreover because things were not written down or recorded, they kept getting lost throughout. Human mind does have its limitations.

In the West one the printing press got developed and replication of knowledge became easy, that would have spawned creating people far and wide to build on the available knowledge. There are intelligent, creative and hard-working people everywhere.

The internet is doing the same now and that is enabling India to start catching up.

Thats my thought. Ideas / comments?

Why did India fall behind West

Getting to the blog after a long while.

So lets hear the thoughts... Till 1700s India was ahead of the west in terms of economy, GDP etc. What according to you was the primary reason why India started falling behind the West?

Lets hear.