In India, Dynamism Wrestles With Dysfunction

In the parts of India I've been to, most neighborhoods are inside gated communities. Within these gated communities the houses have high walls around each home. This is the system. The same goes for offices, universities, etc... nothing is open to plain sight either to the folks looking out of the offices or the folks looking at them.

So unless they absolutely need exposure - mostly the form of street-side businesses and vendors, the MO is to be behind walls.

This system of construction / mindset / infrastructure.. call it what you'd like makes it hard for ordinary Indians to do what is literally beyond what they can see. It isn't the lack of empathy but the system that works against change.

By contrast, most homes have stone floors and get mopped shiny clean everyday.

This was a really interesting article to read. The interesting part is that the attitude of everyone is generally - leave the Government out of it.