[pmarreck]

A first-world nation has a highly reliable electrical, water, sewage, garbage collection, road, fuel, transportation, communication, financial, and (now) Internet infrastructure.

These services are, arguably, literally necessary for the country as a whole to grow at (or exceed) a pace equal to a first-world nation.

Last I heard, India (on the whole) was deeply lacking in those areas.

You guys can start with that. ;)

I'm hardly biased, I'm a pretty big fan of India (in fact, one of my best friends is Indian and he is AWESOME!), I just know what needs to be done to succeed in the long term.

[ninguem2]

You forgot health infrastructure for all. By that measure, the US is not a first world country.

[pmarreck]

I would agree that is necessary, sigh