Talking about education, India, my country, is no different from the UK. India inherited its present education system from the UK (when England ruled India, pre-1947). We have similar lorries here too! Why?
The whole issue settles at one fact. The US is where the Internet (and most free ideas) was born. It's in the attitude of the people. And the govt. reflects the very same attitude (largely). In the other ``Net-backward'' nations of the world, we have people struggling to keep pace with the technological innovations (make that `free ideas') of these times. We blame the govts., but who chose the govt. (UK = India = democracy)? It all lies in the overall attitude of the society.
In very less time, the globe will be our nation, and the Internet will be the govt. The open-source community is showing the way!
Some `pathetic' Indian Web sites (consider lack_of_education, money_motive_primary as the bad points for these sites, I have explained why) -
BWSX.com (http://www.bwsx.com/) - They promise great prizes, but give nothing (my personal experience)! The Stock system can be easily `fooled'.
Contests2Win.com (http://www.contests2win.com/) - Right-click and get greeted by an annoying JavaScript message "Copyright Contests2Win.com!".
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Talking about education, India, my country, is no different from the UK. India inherited its present education system from the UK (when England ruled India, pre-1947). We have similar lorries here too! Why?
The whole issue settles at one fact. The US is where the Internet (and most free ideas) was born. It's in the attitude of the people. And the govt. reflects the very same attitude (largely). In the other ``Net-backward'' nations of the world, we have people struggling to keep pace with the technological innovations (make that `free ideas') of these times. We blame the govts., but who chose the govt. (UK = India = democracy)? It all lies in the overall attitude of the society.
In very less time, the globe will be our nation, and the Internet will be the govt. The open-source community is showing the way!
Some `pathetic' Indian Web sites (consider lack_of_education, money_motive_primary as the bad points for these sites, I have explained why) -
- BWSX.com (http://www.bwsx.com/) - They promise great prizes, but give nothing (my personal experience)! The Stock system can be easily `fooled'.
- Contests2Win.com (http://www.contests2win.com/) - Right-click and get greeted by an annoying JavaScript message "Copyright Contests2Win.com!".
- Indiahomeseek.com (http://www.indiahomeseek.com/) - Register as user, and can't login next moment!
Things at these sites might have changed by now, but the attitude continues.The blind and crazy followers of the dotcom culture are forgetting about the main fuel that runs the Internet engine - FREEDOM!
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``Programmaholic'', Manish Jethani