I totally agree here. Never in India's history has India ever seeked or waged a war against another nation in the hopes of enslaving/gainign territory.
Indians have lived for over 1000 years under foreign rule and yet have managed to maintain their languages, religions, culture and lots more.
India always was a golden bird, to many people from the persians to the British.
Hence to label India poor is incorrect, especially since most of it wealth was literally stolen by the British during their 200 years rule over India, a large portion of which was done during the second world war. Many of us feel sad for the holocaust during the WW II. The british have openly condemned this act. However, what they very comfortably manage to ignore is the fact that due to the "stealing" of money from India, over 3.5 million indians died due to starvation between 1942-1943. Some Indian historians have called this the hidden holocaust. Hence, before praising the allied efforts in the war, we might want to check all the history related to war, invloving countries which werent directly related to it.
We do this because a large part of India is still where the west was centuries ago. Shortage of clean water, primitive communication, small scale inefficient agriculture, etc.
I dont think comparing India to the west today is a fair comparison. You have to consider the fact that the west has been independent for a long time(US for the last 250 years and europe forever) compared to India and China which have only attained freedom recently(in the last 50 years). To come from a nation which was left by the british with 80% illiteracy and over 40% people living under the povery line to a country where now under 20% are below the poverty line and many states have high rates of literacy is in my opinion a monumental achievement. Indian cities are on par if not better than many western cities.
Shortage of water, communication etc. are being solved as more money flows into the country. The main problem for India has been over 40 years of Socialist rule which has not managed to do much more than bringing in changes that were absolutely required, at the last moment.
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I totally agree here. Never in India's history has India ever seeked or waged a war against another nation in the hopes of enslaving/gainign territory.
Indians have lived for over 1000 years under foreign rule and yet have managed to maintain their languages, religions, culture and lots more.
India always was a golden bird, to many people from the persians to the British.
Hence to label India poor is incorrect, especially since most of it wealth was literally stolen by the British during their 200 years rule over India, a large portion of which was done during the second world war. Many of us feel sad for the holocaust during the WW II. The british have openly condemned this act. However, what they very comfortably manage to ignore is the fact that due to the "stealing" of money from India, over 3.5 million indians died due to starvation between 1942-1943. Some Indian historians have called this the hidden holocaust. Hence, before praising the allied efforts in the war, we might want to check all the history related to war, invloving countries which werent directly related to it.
We do this because a large part of India is still where the west was centuries ago. Shortage of clean water, primitive communication, small scale inefficient agriculture, etc.
I dont think comparing India to the west today is a fair comparison. You have to consider the fact that the west has been independent for a long time(US for the last 250 years and europe forever) compared to India and China which have only attained freedom recently(in the last 50 years). To come from a nation which was left by the british with 80% illiteracy and over 40% people living under the povery line to a country where now under 20% are below the poverty line and many states have high rates of literacy is in my opinion a monumental achievement. Indian cities are on par if not better than many western cities. Shortage of water, communication etc. are being solved as more money flows into the country. The main problem for India has been over 40 years of Socialist rule which has not managed to do much more than bringing in changes that were absolutely required, at the last moment.