Extremely well-said. I've experienced every component of this article myself. I've gone through many of the comments, & I've something to say to everyone. The behavior is NOT explained by & CANNOT be excused by 'most Indians are poor and have to fend for themselves, thus do not have the time/energy to consider others around them'. It is an issue of the inherent Indian mentality. For example, Even here in the US, most of the Indian restaurants & Indian shops are extremely shabby, disorganized, & have some of the smelliest toilets in the country. The owners are very well off, drive to work in an S-class benz, and employ 10 other Indians. Yet, the store is shabby, the help unapproachable & ill-mannered, & the toilets remind you of ones in India. Unclean, wet, stinky, with bare amenities without which the US would take away their permits. I've been to American eateries on the road which were smaller & poorer, yet the people friendly & humble, & the toilets spanking clean. May I remind you these two places were within miles of each other. Again, I must emphasize the issue is about the ingrained mentality. Why do Indians rush to an airplane where each one is allotted seats -- even for international flights, where there is more than enough storage space! I have seen Indians who don't dare litter here, but as soon as they reach Mumbai, will carelessly throw garbage on the road, or out the window, using the excuse 'this is India, everything is "allowed" here.' And that's the root problem -- unless things are "dis-allowed", and people penalized, Indian's just don't give a damn themselves.