India needed 1 billion people to be so corrupt. We needed communism and 23 million people to do it. I'm not sure how much size has to do with corruption. The US, the world's third largest country by population (and area too, for that matter) ranks 18th on that list. Haiti sits at position 131. You will, however, doubtless have noticed from that list that less corrupt countries are more prosperous. Although there is probably more than a little bit of the chicken and the egg involved in this.
but in the past few years, [India]'ve only won one medal overall. False. Karnam Malleswari got a bronze in weightlifting in Sydney AND Leander Paes got a bronze in tennis in Atlanta. Indeed, he came close to beating Andre Agassi in the semis there. Not that two bronzes is a real improvement over one, but I just had to be a pedant and mention it.
Re: First world, second world, third world
The most well-known rankings for corruption are those released by Transparency International. And according to their 2003 International Corruption Perception Index, India and Romania are two of the three countries that rank joint-83rd out of 133. Not much to be proud of, in either case.
India needed 1 billion people to be so corrupt. We needed communism and 23 million people to do it.
I'm not sure how much size has to do with corruption. The US, the world's third largest country by population (and area too, for that matter) ranks 18th on that list. Haiti sits at position 131. You will, however, doubtless have noticed from that list that less corrupt countries are more prosperous. Although there is probably more than a little bit of the chicken and the egg involved in this.
but in the past few years, [India]'ve only won one medal overall.
False. Karnam Malleswari got a bronze in weightlifting in Sydney AND Leander Paes got a bronze in tennis in Atlanta. Indeed, he came close to beating Andre Agassi in the semis there. Not that two bronzes is a real improvement over one, but I just had to be a pedant and mention it.