Wonder why Indians think India is some unrecognized superpower..With so much poverty, corruption and mediocrity around, we are one of the countries at the bottom rung of the world..We get ecstatic when our actors get bit roles in Hollywood or when we get one bronze medal in Olympics, thinking we have arrived..Our politicians talk of making Mumbai Shanghai of India, when actually it resembles a huge garbage dump..No one thinks highly of India...China and Brazil get more respect among emerging economies..When it comes to policy, we have no stand in world politics..USA treats us like a pawn and we r happy to play along..God, we have made this country hell
Re: Real India
by reddy sreenivas on Jun 23, 2010 02:42 PM
The backwardness is in indian minds for centuries!!! Once Sanskrit considered the language of wise now English replaced it and the mother tongue is always being undermined. Whenever the people of India recognisd the importance of their mother tongue whenever they start to feel proud of speaking in pure mother tongue then they will become aware of their real position in the world and begin to work for their motherland.
Re: Real India
by Vishwanathan Anand on Jun 23, 2010 02:07 PM
sreejit, you are right there is section of media (and people) which belives that india is Unrecognised sperpower.... but I feel majority of us believe that we are a POTENTIAL SUPERPOWER.... which essentially means WE have THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A SUPER P., IF...... the list is big but to sum it up I'll steal obama's campaign word... ie. change if we CHANGE we can become a Superpower... this is supported by many facts like the young work force, growing economy and a huge educated class.
if calling a potential S. brings positive energy... its good isnt it
Re: Land of (Im)pure is the lowest in happiness!!!
by Typhoid Mary on Jun 23, 2010 01:42 PM
if you want to banjax your idyllic/tranquil/serene environmet, import few Mullahs who will first breed like rabbits and in process ensure that in next year's assessment, Finland is relegated to the bottom position when it comes to happiness.
Re: Land of (Im)pure is the lowest in happiness!!!
by The Patriot on Jun 23, 2010 01:44 PM
The earliest written evidence for an Indo-Aryan language is found not in India, but in northern Syria in Hittite records regarding one of their neighbors, the Hurrian-speaking Mitanni. In a treaty with the Hittites, the king of Mitanni, after swearing by a series of Hurrian gods, swears by the gods Mitrašil, Uruvanaššil, Indara, and Našatianna, who correspond to the Vedic gods Mitra, Varuṇa, Indra, and Nāsatya
Re: Re: Land of (Im)pure is the lowest in happiness!!!
by Vishwanathan Anand on Jun 23, 2010 02:18 PM
does that mean Indo-Aryan civilisation was spread till Syria or aryans were on their way to reach the subcontinent (from Europe)
The country / culture provides more freedom to women in the various field of life, becomes more prosperous. Women liberty and freedom is the key to prosperity. That is the only reason why western countries have performed well.
Re: Women Freedom.
by JagJao on Jun 23, 2010 01:46 PM
You will not see much prospoerity in the places where Women have no liberty or if they face any kind of voilence.
Re: Women Freedom.
by Rajesh Shetty on Jun 23, 2010 01:39 PM
While women liberty is essential, I disagree that this alone makes a nation properous. In fact its the other way round. West is prosperous, so they have broadened their thinking and hence women too are reaping the fruits of that prosperity in the form of freedom and liberation. But why they are prosperous is bcos of a much smaller populatin in a much larger counrty like U.S. Hence they had plenty of resources to spend. Also their wealth creation model was dependent on technology and selling the byproducts of the same to the rest of the world. When all of this world is using Windows, Pentium, Ipod, no wonder why Gates is the richest, Apple is the biggest, and Intel a leader in M.processors. However compared to U.S, Europeans lead a much contented life bcos they care much more for environment rather than just business. So is the case with all these polar countries. Even in some African countries and some tribal sects in India, there is lot of women freedom, but still they are poor, bcos of economic reasons.
Re: Re: Women Freedom.
by JagJao on Jun 23, 2010 01:42 PM
There is a shlok in Sanskrit " Yatra Naryastu Pujyante, Tatra Devta Ramente" - "God stays where women is worshiped."
Re: Re: Re: Women Freedom.
by Rajesh Shetty on Jun 23, 2010 01:49 PM
Dear happiness and prosperity are 2 different things. One is emotional, the other is economics. While for being happy(that is what God is about ), u may need women to be worshipped, for being properous u need to worship Lakshmi, wealth..!! And thats what the west does very well..
Re: Women Freedom.
by JagJao on Jun 23, 2010 01:31 PM
You can see many example. One is Afghanistan (No Freedom to women) and see the situation of this country. India, some freedom, some restriction, so we are at 45th position. European countries and America, absolute freedom and see how prosperous these countries are.
Re: Re: Women Freedom.
by Gaurav Kaul on Jun 23, 2010 01:34 PM
take these surveys with a pinch of salt...they are usually done with a bias to scandanavian countries who like arab nations,are very fundamentistic in their behavior...
They have the policy"we aare the best..BALLS to the rest'!!! Isnt that bad??
do you know what is the corruption index in these countries? it is the lowest. do you know how people get the support and security of the government. it is 92% support offered in safety and security clause. Now say how the money is funded by the Government to all the people. it is the same tax payers money. Indian companies swindle money so as to underpay the taxes. there among the companies the biggest tax payer is the Nokia which is the highest foreign exchange earner. there industrialist and politicians dont engage in hawala tactics and transferring dollars to swiss accounts in their relatives and pets names. u are right u cannot compare scandinavian countries with yourself. absolutely u cannot compare shit with honey until the day u are able to shit honey.
India has the best culture in the world India is most beutifull nation in the world Indians are more happier people than any nation from Europe or us Indians are world famous
Re: Re: happiness
by True Voice on Jun 23, 2010 01:42 PM
For half cooked indian like you can see India only thru eyes of prosperity. Indians are really happy. Recession didnt affect India at all. If at all affected, it was of those MNCs practicing cut throat competition. Indians will survive anywhere. Can anyone in the world can do it? The strenght of India is its pluralism, casts, diversity and cultural difference. Show me one country in this world surviving with such diversity
Re: Re: Re: happiness
by sreejit steve on Jun 23, 2010 01:45 PM
What is the meaning of recession? Here Indians dont get food to eat, while the West considers it recession if their unemployment rate rises to 15%..Mind you, unemployment in West means u can live off Government wages for the unemployed..and that is substantial enough to not just at, but also to go shopping!..I ve been there in the US so I know better..No one there dies hungry like here in India
I think you are one of those millions of Indians in denial..
Re: Re: happiness
by n preetham prasad on Jun 23, 2010 01:53 PM
One thing is for sure... all Happy Indians and those not recession and all matter just for the middle class to upper class.. one must remember that 75 % of our country is still in rural class and below poverty line. V hav so much population that many happy ones hav never seen sadness and many poor ones hav never seen happiness.. hope our politicians see such rewiews and improve on their work and hope every indian realise his duty towards his country
Switzerland is the second one in happiness. and they are the source of un-happiness of many a nations as they are allowing all the black money to be stored in their banks. On this they earn interest and enjoy high standards of living. what a shame. okay if not they someone else may step in their boot but is this ethically right to enjoy happiness at expense of others, is it rue happiness ?
Re: Switzerland
by Gaurav Kaul on Jun 23, 2010 01:22 PM
take these surveys with a pinch of salt...they are usually done with a bias to scandanavian countries who like arab nations,are very fundamentistic in their behavior...
They have the policy"we aare the best..BALLS to the rest'!!! Isnt that bad??
The countries like India and China are elephants when compared with such a small nations like Finland which has a population of only 53 lakhs and area of 1.3 lakh sq kms. The Total population of Finland is equal to the population of a district in India and the total area is equal to an average state like Chattisgadh. The number of people in India who are spending happiest life with all amenities is much higher than in Finland. So such comparision is simply a foolish work.
Re: Re: Re: HOW CAN WE COMPARE AN ANT WITH AN ELEPHANT
by Typhoid Mary on Jun 23, 2010 01:25 PM
better forasmuch s it will depopulate india to some extent.
Re: Re: Re: Re: HOW CAN WE COMPARE AN ANT WITH AN ELEPHANT
by Gaurav Kaul on Jun 23, 2010 01:27 PM
more the merrier...its better than snow filled barren lands with a shrinking unproductive population....
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: HOW CAN WE COMPARE AN ANT WITH AN ELEPHANT
by Typhoid Mary on Jun 23, 2010 01:40 PM
Oh! it's better if Finland is progressing riding on its shrinking "inproductive population" rather than a country -India making "Rake's Progress" banking on dead woods
Re: HOW CAN WE COMPARE AN ANT WITH AN ELEPHANT
by vasu jose on Jun 23, 2010 01:23 PM
do you know what is the corruption index in these countries? it is the lowest. do you know how people get the support and security of the government. it is 92% support offered in safety and security clause. Now say how the money is funded by the Government to all the people. it is the same tax payers money. Indian companies swindle money so as to underpay the taxes. there among the companies the biggest tax payer is the Nokia which is the highest foreign exchange earner. there industrialist and politicians dont engage in hawala tactics and transferring dollars to swiss accounts in their relatives and pets names. u are right u cannot compare scandinavian countries with yourself. absolutely u cannot compare shit with honey until the day u are able to shit honey.
"if you want to banjax your idyllic/tranquil/serene environmet, import few Mullahs who will first breed like rabbits and in process ensure that in next year's assessment, Finland is relegated to the bottom position when it comes to happiness.
Re: Re: My rede to Finland
by Typhoid Mary on Jun 23, 2010 01:36 PM
Oh!then crawling rail stations/bus stands, flaming months may be your concept of an eviternal electricity!
Re: Re: Re: My rede to Finland
by Gaurav Kaul on Jun 23, 2010 03:36 PM
WE HAVE 4 SEASONS to choose from...wat about finland...which is a dry dull parched land.!!!
if u dont like rail/bus...u can always take the car or the plane...their rates are one of the most competitive in the world!
