#002, India is the dirtiest and unhealthiest hole in the world!
Bankim Chandra called this country: Sujalaam (full of good water), suphalaam (full of good fruits), malayaja siitalaam (full of cool breeze), sasya s`yaamalaam (fertile with crops). Vivekananda wrote to Ms. Ole Bull, from India, on August 19, 1897. "...I had a letter from Joe saying that you are both coming to India. I, of course, will be very glad to see you in India, only you ought to know from the first that India is the dirtiest and unhealthiest hole in the world, with scarcely any European comforts except in the big capitals..." BLOGGER'S VIEWs *Even if it is necessary to give some caution about unhygienic places, would it not have been sufficient to say "Some places in our country may not be upto the standards of cleanliness and hygiene as viewed by European/American standards. This may be due to hundreds of years of foreign rule. Kindly be prepared to put up with them." or in similar other diction? *Have you ever called your country 'the dirtiest a