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70 sats \ 10 replies \ @Coinsreporter 23 Mar \ on: We're number 10, We're number 10! meta
Here in India, I can only hope for such facilities. We have a publicly funded healthcare system but we don't usually go there because of the fact that the conditions are even not suitable for treatment. However, there's a lot of improvement near the big cities but for smaller ones I can't say the same. Although I also live my homeland and don't want to paint a bad picture. It's what it is.
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I didn't know you were in India. Whereabouts?
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I was born and brought up in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
But at present I'm living in a small town on the banks of holy river Ganga. I settled here because my ancestral village just a few miles away from here. I own a school here, do some agriculture (because I got 2 hectares from my ancestors), have a non-profit organisation for environment.
The place where I exactly live is the birthplace of the poet 'Khusro'. It's even called the land of Gods. It's green everywhere, no problem of fresh water and air, there are lot of temples and masques. Hindu and Muslims are living together so lovingly, so peacefully. This for has become a land of spiritual awakening.
Sorry, I know you just asked for whereabouts but I couldn't just help my emotions.
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Wow that sounds amazing.
Is Jaipur known for gems?
One of my closest friends is of Indian descent but he has been in Canada for almost 40 years now. I have never been to India but I spent a lot of time with people from the Indian community in Toronto area.
Do you speak Hindi?
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Yeah, Jaipur is known for gems.
Yes, I speak Hindi.
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Yes I thought so. My friend mentioned that to me and I recall when he went back to India he was going to Jaipur. He also indicated that different gems in jewelry is meant for different meanings. One may be for prosperity, another for health etc.
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Yes, here people wear stones according to their astrology.
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Very nice. I always enjoyed learning about Indian culture from my friend.
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Thanks mate. India is definitely a country to learn about deep subjects.
India has Vedas, Upanishads, many epics, The Gita and so much of knowledge that a lifetime is really not enough.
I wonder if your friend has already told you that Indian Rishis could calculate the astronomical distances much before the inception of modern science.
The goal should be accurate picture, good or bad
India should not have public funded healthcare. Neither should anyone. India has over a billion people, many in poverty. A public system is impossible to finance. Rich countries can experiment with socialized medicine but even they cannot manage cost control
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