Ahem
So I went for a haircut today and the stylist asked me if I was from India.
So I said yes and was generally chatting. Then she said: Isn't India very poor and dirty? So I clarified the situation of how to imagine India when your world view is that of a typical closed-minded Dutch-e. She went on to ask me bordering-on-racism questions like whether I intend to live in the Netherlands blah blah.
What I would like to say to her:
Netherlands: For a population of 16 million
India: For a population of 1.2 billion
PS: And the hair cut wasn't great either :)
So I said yes and was generally chatting. Then she said: Isn't India very poor and dirty? So I clarified the situation of how to imagine India when your world view is that of a typical closed-minded Dutch-e. She went on to ask me bordering-on-racism questions like whether I intend to live in the Netherlands blah blah.
What I would like to say to her:
Netherlands: For a population of 16 million
| Gross external debt | $373.3 billion (31 December 2009) |
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India: For a population of 1.2 billion
| Gross external debt | $238 billion (31 December 2010 est.) |
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PS: And the hair cut wasn't great either :)
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