Umm, I’m pretty sure all of them are in much better shape than India’s cities. I mean, skid row in LA, arguably one of the worst places in a U.S. city, isn’t even half as bad in terms of decrepitness and lack of infrastructure as Dharavi in Mumbai. The latter of which is the second largest slum in the world, behind only Brazil’s favelas.

But I don’t get this attitude. No one is “telling” India what to do. It’s a news article from a global publication that does similar stuff for cities and countries all over the world.

For example, I bet you will find an order of magnitude more articles on the Economist about the US’s failing infrastructure or homelessness problem etc.

Frankly, it’s just a sign of deep insecurity that whenever anyone posts something about India there will be people popping up with whataboutism and defensiveness.