《印度時報》報道稱：一個不成熟的想法也是聽起來最美好的想法，即“鑽石四邊形”高鐵網，這是“黃金四邊形”公路網的鐵路版本，連接了四個大城市。這一意圖肯定是這樣的：即如果説“黃金四邊形”公路網。該想法的其他吸引之處是顯而易見的：高速火車向來是絕佳的展示品，給人對一個國家現代化和經濟發展造成強大的視覺衝擊。
以下是印度讀者的評論：
If you want to become rich, first build roads, having fewer children, and a variety of trees
要想富，先修路，少生孩子，多 種樹
That's exactly what we don't want since we want to stay poor..... I mean the common people should get poorer & the rich should get richer.
這恰恰是我們不想要的，因為我們想要一直窮下去，我的意思是，窮人更窮，富人更富
Having said so China has done good, ateast vast majority are well off, India will require more time but we are not too far.
中國幹得不錯，至少大多數中國人過着滋潤的日子，印度需要更多時間，但也不會落後太遠。
Nice to see you are here. Chinese say "To get rich, build the road, have few children but grow more
中國人説“要想富，先修路，少生孩子，多種樹”中國人30年前就懂得這個道理了，印度人呢？
You need to mention how dirty the existing trains are...we need to phase out the old junk machinery with the newer ones and with newer swanky stations even if it comes at a cost....
現有火車不知道有多髒，你們也應該提一下。即便要付出代價，我們也得用新車替換老車，建造時髦的新車站
India can ill affort bullet trains. The laying of tracks is very very expensive.
印度負擔不起高鐵，成本非常昂貴，長期回報也是不可行的，純粹就是浪費錢。
No question of affordability. It is necessicity. When we have world class airports, air services, select few nuclear power nation and aims to be superpower, I feel it is absolutely necessary to have such world class services for masses.
不存在是否負擔得起的問題，這是必需品。我們已經擁有世界級的機場、空中服務、少有的幾個核電國家之一，且致力於成為超級大國，我覺得為民眾提供世界級的高鐵服務是必須的。