Qutab Minar Was Built In A Day
An American born desi returned to India and hired a tourist cab for sight seeing. When taken to the Taj Mahal in Agra, he asked how many years it took to build it.
The guide replied, "20 years."
The American desi remarked, "You guys are lazy. In America we can build some thing like this in 5 years."
At the Red Fort in Delhi, he asked the same question. The guide reduced the period to impress him and said, "Ten years, only ten years."
The American desi retorted, "Didn't I say you guys are slow workers! In America we could have built it in 2 1/2 years."
It was the same story everywhere. He admired the places but reduced the period of completion to 1/4th. The guide was irritated by this young American desi.
Next day when they were near the Qutab Minar, the American desi asked, "What is that tower?" The guide replied,
"I will have to go and find out. When I was passing by last evening there was nothing here."