The Complexity of India

So how can it be that over 600 million people in India do not have a toilet, or that women mow lawns by picking the grass by hand, or that very young children weave in and out of rush-hour traffic selling flowers? I do not have a judgment or a single answer to these complex questions. But I do know that everyday I am greeted by, "Hello M'am" by very hard working men who are sweeping the sidewalks with grass brooms, and that yesterday, while trying to call my taxi driver amongst 1,000's of Indian shoppers, a young man took my phone and explained in Hindhi to my driver where I was (and I thought he was going to steal my phone), that the best I can do is look these people in the eyes and say, "Thank-you".