Culture History Other India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay. Author Shashi Tharoor Tags shashi tharoor development india Indian connection Strong Connotations Positive Wikiquote (Shashi Tharoor) World Policy Journal, "Reflections", Volume XXI, No 2, Summer 2004 (Dead link)