IN SPITE OF THE GODS - THE RISE OF MODERN INDIA -

Written by Edward Luce, noted journalist of The Financial Times.

Here are my favorite descriptions of India.

The typical Indian has a "right-side brain", and the typical European has a "left-side brain". Cultures that have a strong right-side brain are good at dealing with complex thoughts and tend toward a democratic and decentralized society. Their minds are original but disorganized. People who have a strong left-side brain are more disciplined but tend toward autocratic and centralized societies. They are better at organizing but luck imagination. The software of human development comes from India. The hardware comes from the West.

My favorite survey appeared in a leading current affairs magazine in 2005. According to the magazine, only 27 percent of women knew what an orgasm was. In the next box 47 percent of women admitted to having had many orgasms.