[A knight without armor]

Amen. I live near a couple places of higher learning and I noticed last fall on dorm move-in day it was like New India, U.S.A. I mean fine but I keep thinking of that when I practically see nightly news reports on how parents can't pay to send their off springs to college or at least the college of their choice. I imagine the foreigners have lots of money for school. They not only have to pay for the school and all that entails but what they need to generally live here not to mention their air travel. They must be all very rich indeed. I might be just plain jealous ;-)

[johnnycap]

“I might be just plain jealous ;-)”

-Or...subconsciously, you recognize the fruits of exploiting near slave labor 8000 miles away. Money doesn’t grow on trees. It’s interesting that the author mentions slapping around servants as just another one of those things that at first appalled him but he tacitly implies as with the rest of India that he not only learned to get used to it but to love it as part of that crazy Bollywood culture he now calls home...bet ya ten to one that he exploits workers soon enough to earn the money to send his little Maharesh of a spoiled brat to Princeton.

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

Most Indians come for post-grad education, and usually win scholarships and teaching assistantships to aid their stay... 1200 dollars a month is not uncommon.