A Man's Past Keeps Growing,

It's Amazing. The Moment You Show Cash, Everyone Knows Your Language.

In My Family, As In Most Middle-class Indian Families I Knew When I Was Growing Up, Science And Mathematics Were Held In Awe.

Like Most People Who Live In India, I Complain About Corruption, But Know That I Can Live With Corrupt Men. It Is The Honest Ones I Secretly Worry About.

Because In This World, There Is A Line: On One Side Are The Men Who Cannot Get Things Done, And On The Other Side Are The Men Who Can. And Not One In A Hundred Will Cross That Line. Will You?

An Honest Politician Has No Goodies To Toss Around. This Limits His Effectiveness Profoundly, Because Political Power In India Is Dispersed Throughout A Multi-tiered Federal Structure; A Local Official Who Has Not Been Paid Off Can Sometimes Stop A Billion-dollar Project.