I even agree with your point that a 1 billion person society needs communism rather than democracy...when did i say that? i said " its not correct to say that a billion ppl society neeeds communism to bring its masses out of poverty and to make progress." At the same time i am amazed by the progress China and its ppl have achieved in such a short time much to envy of the world, all i am saying is that "communism" is NOT the only way of achieving progress.
its true that india was under the political rule of British from arnd 1857 to 1948.
India has a very long history itself (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India) and in the past 100 years it has had an equally dramatic revolution where it overthew the British yoke (arguably the most powerful in the world) with a non-violent peoples movement thats unprecedented in the history of mankind. To attribute the democratic achievements to British would be gross understatement.
In which other country in the world do you have a Muslim president (muslims are 15% of the population), sikh prime minister (5% of population) democratically elected in a nation of billion ppl of which 80% are Hindus. India's 50 years of democracy are a symbolism of the fact that a country can prosper in a democratic environment where different religions can thrive in a free world. Athough its true that the country is riddled with poverty and corruption, they are taking definate steps in a progressive direction as is seen by their economy.
As for the point you make that China was not colonized, its true that it was not ruled directly by a European power but most of the major commercial areas were in control of the same colonists (for example Hong Kong ) that rejoined with mainland in 1990's? and chinese ppl were thrust into opium wars by the same colonists as those in India? So its not true that China was in any manner free from colonial influence.
The point i am trying to make is that its not correct to say that a billion ppl society neeeds communism to bring its masses out of poverty and to make progress. Democracy and Progress can co-exist as in United States and many other countries of the world.Is price for progress more than price of human dignity? The path of democracy might be slow but then remember the slow tortoise overtook the fast hare.
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I even agree with your point that a 1 billion person society needs communism rather than democracy ...when did i say that? i said " its not correct to say that a billion ppl society neeeds communism to bring its masses out of poverty and to make progress." At the same time i am amazed by the progress China and its ppl have achieved in such a short time much to envy of the world, all i am saying is that "communism" is NOT the only way of achieving progress.
its true that india was under the political rule of British from arnd 1857 to 1948. India has a very long history itself (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_India) and in the past 100 years it has had an equally dramatic revolution where it overthew the British yoke (arguably the most powerful in the world) with a non-violent peoples movement thats unprecedented in the history of mankind. To attribute the democratic achievements to British would be gross understatement. In which other country in the world do you have a Muslim president (muslims are 15% of the population), sikh prime minister (5% of population) democratically elected in a nation of billion ppl of which 80% are Hindus. India's 50 years of democracy are a symbolism of the fact that a country can prosper in a democratic environment where different religions can thrive in a free world. Athough its true that the country is riddled with poverty and corruption, they are taking definate steps in a progressive direction as is seen by their economy. As for the point you make that China was not colonized, its true that it was not ruled directly by a European power but most of the major commercial areas were in control of the same colonists (for example Hong Kong ) that rejoined with mainland in 1990's? and chinese ppl were thrust into opium wars by the same colonists as those in India? So its not true that China was in any manner free from colonial influence. The point i am trying to make is that its not correct to say that a billion ppl society neeeds communism to bring its masses out of poverty and to make progress. Democracy and Progress can co-exist as in United States and many other countries of the world.Is price for progress more than price of human dignity? The path of democracy might be slow but then remember the slow tortoise overtook the fast hare.