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‘What do you think of India and how is it different from Japan? ‘. An innocuous question by my Indian colleague to Japanese appeared to have flummoxed him so much that it took him more than six hours to muster the strength to say it “ First – Cleanliness, Second : Car Honking and Third : Punctuality ”; For me, it was all summed up as “ Public Behaviour”. The comments may have been in jest but conveyed the truth. For an Indian and that includes me, there is no way but to concede to his argument. I wish one day, one small part of India will defy his statement making it punctual, disciplined city free from any pollution be it noise, water or air. This was another visit to Japan within a span of one year but this visit was different from previous one and few others before that. As my Kansai airport bus entered Hankyoo terminal in Osaka downtown, I could see few men on a make shift podium next to Yodobashi electronic stores, screaming on microphone with motley of crowd listening to him. N...