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India's Road To The Future

Posted by Zonk on from the concrete-as-metaphor dept.

Paul 03244 writes "Historians, economists and technologists agree that movement of ideas, goods and services are fundamental to trade & advancement of the human condition. Today's online version of the NYT has a rather lengthy but fascinating article on the construction of a modern highway system in India that details some of the social & cultural changes being brought about by this highway project." Interesting to look at the parallels between the spread of tech and services in India and the same process in the U.S.

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  1. Re:Remember what Hihgways are by Scoth · · Score: 5, Informative

    Close, but no cigar:
    http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/airstrip.asp

    The highways/interstates were never intended as landing strips. Besides, when's the last time you heard of traffic being shut down/diverted for the practice landings?

  2. You are a fake. by JPriest · · Score: 5, Informative

    You are not even from India, and you are sifting the anti slash DB for high karma posts to copy and pasting them. Your comment can also be found here.

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