We left Chennai this morning at 8. But, not before we had had an unscheduled, heartfelt chat with the manager of our restaurant, who delivered himself of the insight that standing in India’s way of greatness was poverty, pollution and corruption, a sentiment which we have received before from the young. Continuing, he was nevertheless confident that they would be steadfast on their march along the path of progress, because of their advances in Information Technology, their developed capability to feed themselves, their goal of landing on the moon by 2020, the dredging of a channel between Sri Lanka and India, of the same significance as the Suez and Panama Canals, freeing maritime trade from going around the east of the island. Most importantly, he says, because they recognize poverty as a huge challenge that has
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