Happy Anniversary

India's 60th Anniversary demands to be celebrated. It's an amazing country with an amazing people whose influence stretches far beyond its borders. I have never visited, but it's on my list. Anyway, congratulations to India and also Pakistan, although that country's success is arguably a little more distant at present.

I can't recall any recent western pop songs that have offered a tribute to this country, so I'll have to rely on two from around the time of the 20th Anniversary in 1967...

• Beatles (John Lennon) - India (rare demo) mp3


• Brian Auger & Julie Driscoll - Indian Rope Man mp3

It's incredible to think that this music is now older than many modern countries!

India women statistics: http://www.indiawomenstat.com/

Social watch India - key indicators: http://www.socialwatch.org/en/fichasPais/97.html

India's population timebomb: http://www.wakeupcall.org/employment/population_bomb.php