Indians are sometimes lazy, says the Dalai Lama

New Delhi, Apr 16 (PTI) Indians are "lazy" and must work hard like the Chinese, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said here today.

"As a critic, I feel sometimes people in India are lazy.

You should work hard. Look at the Chinese, they work very hard," he said.

In a lighter vein, he also said, "Wherever the Chinese go, they make China towns. However, nowhere in the world there are any 'India towns'."

However, negating China's economic growth, the Dalai Lama attacked it for "lacking" values like transparency and free information which were important for a successful democracy.

"Money is important. Nobody is denying that. But there are other values like democracy, respect for others' views...

these are the foundations of successful democracy," the Tibetan spiritual leader said.