In a sign of the continuing maturation of Indian society, affluent urbanites are mobilizing, independently of the government, to help their stricken countrymen and are, unsurprisingly, doing a better job of it. As one man said, “I just don’t trust the government with the supplies. For that matter, I don’t even trust the big NGOs.” This is one more sign that India is likely to have a more successful transition to modernity than China, because its society, economy, and government have developed more organically, without the disruptions and discontinuities caused by Communism.