Fat Indians sit and talk?

INDIA: 47% of Indian population reportedly fights the battle with gluttony while the state holds talks with Pakistan foreign ministry officials.

According to a study conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO), 27% of India’s workforce suffers from hypertension, 10.1% suffer from diabetes and 47% are overweight. The study said that this was particularly evident in industries located in “highly urbanized areas”.

“So you’re telling me that half the country is dying in poverty while the other half is fat?” commented a Singapore student who wished to remain anonymous.

The top foreign ministry officials from both Pakistan and India intend to have a composite dialogue Tuesday that won’t have any major breakthroughs, and the Kashmir problem will definitely not be resolved. But 100 straying Indian fishermen in Pakistan’s custody will be released as a goodwill gesture when the Indian foreign minister visits Pakistan, while India will not blame Pakistan for the 63 dead in Jaipur in bomb blasts. This is characterized as a maturing relationship.

Whatever the case, if the talks have any result, it will be in the form of a lavish vacation trip for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Pakistan.

Author’s note: Since half of the Indian population is ‘overweight’, odds are that the half of the Indian foreign ministry officials sitting down to ‘talk’ are fat. Hence the title.