Time

I've been reading (finally) Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie and came across a quote that sheds some light on Indians' concept of time (or lack thereof).

..."no people whose word for 'yesterday' is the same as their word for 'tomorrow' can be said to have a firm grip on time."

The word is kal and it goes even further, the word for the day before yesterday and the day after tomorrow is the same too (parson) as is the word for two days before / after (narsom)

Is that why they're never on time?