Are we ready to pay the price? It is a trade off, it is not suited to our psyche!
1. Many speak of our ills but want to hold on to dear demo-crazy! Super power means you are under the radar of all including our biting own critics. 2. Our press make merry with their freedom, that is not suited for discipline. One has to be accountable to our words & action. That, oh no, too much! 3. There will be excessess in govt that mean business, look at emergency under Indira Gandhi! But we cannot stomach it!
What is galling to us is China takes it all! Obama & others play according to their tune! Then they are 1. Top down - you elect a professional outfit who commands you! 2. They censor what are not in their nation's interests. 3. Boy, don't they put down the trouble-makers? 4. But they also listen to the pulse of the people in their won way & adjust little
Frankly, we just do not have it in us - to be super-power! But let us save our back-sides! We are dependent on imports for energy! That we can break-free through some sacrifice now through subsidising renewables big-time. Are we not doing that for oil, thus compromising our freedom? Also, we should become fully free from food imports. That requires rain-wateer harvesing, big time! Our Brahmaputra & Indus originate in Tibetan plataeu, serious! Our necks on the line! If these are taken care of, why bother being Super-power? Our aam aadmi will not, that is for sure - he has no ego! True happiness!!
Re: Should we?
by poovannan ganapathy on Nov 22, 2009 10:49 AM
good reply for a stupid article. i really cannot understand why people are after super power,supreme power,asian power when most in the country r powerless economically,socially and electrically.its only monarchies or pseudomonarchies like china and usa which can be happy with super power. i feel embarassed as how come someone be happy in his country deciding who the rulers will be in other countries/scheming their assasinations and trying to crush them economically.
Re: Re: Should we?
by poovannan ganapathy on Nov 22, 2009 10:58 AM
in usa the states are very powerful(some have death penalty,some doesnt)and the president in mainly responsible for foreign policy/defence and to maintain their relevance(they may become less powerless than our president if not for india,china,pak,cuba etc)they create a mirage of super power ,supreme power etc
Re: Realistic article for once.
by shiva on Nov 22, 2009 08:05 AM
Excellent!
How come when I post messages on the above lines it is under review? Sigh!! However, I am happy that you managed to drive home the point that I could not succeed!
India can not reach China in any standards because India can not punish criminals like in China. MLAs & MPs dont even know the name of their constituency, let alone working there. Congress high command is more bothered about safeguarding their power than work for the poor. Whatever growth, we are seeing is only by some stroke of luck and not due to any sensible planning by ruling Congress in the last 60 yrs.
India is not superpower but also no more a poor Nation Now. India is a rich country which has lot of poor people is correct. India has 300 billion of Foreign exchange reserves. India is lending USD 10 billion to IMF can't be poor.Indian economy to join G-20.India received $55 billion in remittance inflows in 2008, the highest among developing countries.
India is not superpower but also no more a poor Nation Now. India is a rich country which has lot of poor people is correct. India has 300 billion of Foreign exchange reserves. India is lending USD 10 billion to IMF can't be poor.Indian economy to join G-20.India received $55 billion in remittance inflows in 2008, the highest among developing countries.
Re: India is not superpower but also no more a poor Nation Now.
by Steven Komakula on Nov 22, 2009 06:17 AM
Yes, India received $55 billion in remittance inflows in 2008, the highest among developing countries. I bet even US did not receive so much remittance at the same time. India should be more powerful than Yankeeees.
India is not superpower but also no more a poor Nation Now. India is a rich country which has lot of poor people is correct. India has 300 billion of Foreign exchange reserves. India is lending USD 10 billion to IMF can't be poor.Indian economy to join G-20.India received $55 billion in remittance inflows in 2008, the highest among developing countries.
India is not superpower but also no more a poor Nation Now. India is a rich country which has lot of poor people is correct. India has 300 billion of Foreign exchange reserves. India is lending USD 10 billion to IMF can't be poor.Indian economy to join G-20.India received $55 billion in remittance inflows in 2008, the highest among developing countries.
India is not superpower but also no more a poor Nation Now. India is a rich country which has lot of poor people is correct. India has 300 billion of Foreign exchange reserves. India is lending USD 10 billion to IMF can't be poor.Indian economy to join G-20.India received $55 billion in remittance inflows in 2008, the highest among developing countries.
Well every knowledgble and educated person in India knows in the current scenario India does not match up to China Economically,militarirly etc. However not many many people know that indians themselves do not have such aspirations. The main problem comes when china or USa try to restrict India to the south asian box. The truth of the matter is India is a genuine global power in making. It can not be equated with China. Both are true. This tendency to equate India with pakistan and restrict it to south asia is the root cause of the problem. India will carve out a space for itself well beyond south asia;the chines must realise this. China is a genuine super power;indians must realise this. Once this understanding comes you will see a much more harmonius realtion developing between India and china.
Congress Party creates more poor people so they will continue to vote for them. India is run by old mens who should be in retirement home or dead. India has diverse range of religions and languages which is not conducive to nation building. A nation is constructed with a common denominator - language,race or religion ,which acts binds the nation. India does not have not any of the above. India will go the same away as USSR - will split into separate states. I would argue various Southern States - Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh to seek independence by any means necessary since it will be economically and culturally beneficial for them in the long run before they get swamped/imposition by Hindi wallas then it will be too late. I can see Sri Lanka being like Singapore in the within next 20 years.
Re: Why India will never be superpower
by pra sh on Nov 22, 2009 04:29 AM
Hello Mr.V.Shan people like you still think that India is not United but in reality it is United..Go and ask any young person in the country he will say that india is United, that's shows the spirit of India though we have 33 states and 19 languages we are one. Why dont you look in to your own country(Lanka) political system which is worst and more corrupt than Indian. According to International Corruption Perceptions Index SriLanka ranked 94th and how can it becomes Singapore in 20 years?..After 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord, many became increasingly militant in rejecting proposals for federalism or devolution. The Janatha Vimukti Peramuna (People's Liberation Front — JVP)at this time they recruited bhikkus in support of its armed anti-accord insurrection and still it is giving problems politically. Even media can not even write or speak loudly against the government, if they speak they will be killed, Who kills..? Everyone knows..Srilanka is not exception to India (in poverty,corruption,dirty-politics)infact most worst. Whether India is rich or poor but SriLanka always needs India to go forward (in terms of business and politics).. India helped to SriLankan government to solve LTTE problem though it had problematic situation in Tamilnadu. Geographically Lanka is attached to India so it should feel India as it's partner. Everything in Lanka is influenced by India(from politics to business, noone can deny it.SO STOP DREAMING BECOMING SINGAPORE AND COME TO REALITY.
Re: Re: Why India will never be superpower
by SivaSankaran Sarma on Nov 22, 2009 07:11 PM
Aha so you do admit that Hindi wallahs aided and abetted the Sinhalese to commit genocide ethnic cleansing and displacement of the indigenous Tamils under gusie of taking revenge and emiminating the LTTE. So you did not care about the sentiments or feelings of the 70 million Tamils living in India but wanted revenge for Rajiv's assasination, so had no qualms in helping the Sinhalese with their gneocidal agenda. Would you done the same thing if this was an Indo Aryan speaking North eIndian people. The answer is no. This is why Shan states that it is better for non Hindi people to break away fro, the Indian union as their cultural and economic interestes can be served better, as India is becoming mor and more like Hindia.
Re: Why India will never be superpower
by third id on Nov 21, 2009 08:19 PM
srilanka is on the way to become even England. the government of india will find the way to stop the trend. another example will end the credibility of the government of india. srilaka is ready to defend itself.
