A few weeks ago, I holidayed in a country that world considers developed. Though, the country may soon lose its fourth position in the hierarchy of developed nations. With a GDP of USD 4.19 trillion, we are close behind its 4.74 trillion-economy. Germany contributes 4.29 % to world GDP and shelters 1.02 % of world population. Indian share of world GDP is a little less but 17.78 % of humanity lives here. As a tourist, that too moving around on a cycle, I had a restricted view of the country and the lives of its people. I saw a country that was silent. Except for the city of Wurzburg where I saw something akin to buzz of a crowd, every place I visited was shrouded in a tranquil noiselessness. Vehicles and people, sparse as they were, moved with minimum sounds, as if in a silent movie. In superstores, customers walked slowly and deliberately, along long aisles lined by tall racks overflowing with goods, without obstructing the passage of other shoppers. They queued patiently at the ch...