Should I now complain to BT because my Broadband connection is giving me two names against the same Avatar. Or is this a matter for reference to AB's Ed.
“Birdie. Have you been there?”...
“I'm going to hazard a guess ...................... No she hasn't.”
Sorry girls; I have been there – more than once as a matter of fact.
Answerprancer, you paint a very vivid picture of poverty and I agree that extreme poverty does exist in India as it exists in may countries throughout the world. However, as Kromovaracun rightly pointed out, the phrase 'developing country' is an economic distinction.
Unfortunately, the Indian Government doesn't seem to do a particularly good job of adequately distributing its wealth nor does it do enough to help its own impoverished people. But there's no getting away from the fact that India is a very wealthy nation.
I used to work in a call centre until it was outsourced to India. Average salary at my centre: £15000. Average salary in India: £1500. No real need to do the maths here.