Comments on: Some things unfortunately never change… http://www.thinkchangeindia.org/2008/03/16/some-things-unfortunately-never-change/ Tracking Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation in India Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:32:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: anoopman http://www.thinkchangeindia.org/2008/03/16/some-things-unfortunately-never-change/comment-page-1/#comment-3144 anoopman Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:47:32 +0000 http://thinkchangeindia.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-3144 Wait, I know this sounds absurd... but if the number of illiterate was 300,000,000 in 1918, and is 400,000,000 in 2008... considering how much India's population has grown in the past 90 years, isn't this massive progress in terms of percentages? still a lot of work to be done... but just curious if these stats point to india moving in the right direction in the past century? Wait, I know this sounds absurd… but if the number of illiterate was 300,000,000 in 1918, and is 400,000,000 in 2008… considering how much India’s population has grown in the past 90 years, isn’t this massive progress in terms of percentages?

still a lot of work to be done… but just curious if these stats point to india moving in the right direction in the past century?

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