translation.en: And the Then-Communications Minister replied in a lordly manner that in a developing country communications are a luxury, not a right, that the government had no obligation to provide better service, and if the honorable Member wasn't satisfied with his telephone, could he please return it, since there was an eight-year-long waiting list for telephones in India.
translation.zh: 而当时的通信部长以很高傲的态度回答 在一个发展中国家 通讯是一种奢侈品不是一项权利， 政府没有义务提供更好的服务， 而如果荣誉会员不满意他的电话， 请他完全可以将电话退回，因为当时的印度，为了打电话， 有8年之久的等待名单。