Wasting our children

India is a wannabe, that is, a nation with a highly developed sense of wanting to be a superpower with little idea of how to become one

The “Health of the Nation’s States” report released this week by the Indian Council of Medical Research has many compelling statistics that reflect the uneven progress India’s states have made improving public health, but the most striking is a comparison with China. Having reported on China’s bustling southern provinces for three years immediately followed by about as long working in New Delhi, I believe comparing the two countries a waste of time. China is largely a developed world country while India is a wannabe, that is, a nation with a highly developed sense of wanting to be a superpower with