The Hindu has a thought provoking article on Isarel's militarism. The
most striking line in that article is in the first paragraph.
AS a Jew, I've been asked if I'm ashamed at what Israel has been doing in Lebanon. And the answer I give is that I am disgusted, I am angry, I am appalled, but, no, I am not ashamed. Why should I be? I bear no personal responsibility for this criminal activity — except, of course, in so far as I fail to take whatever action I can to stop it.
If you are on any of the mailing list or if you have had an email id for at least one year, you might have received an email titled "jai hind" or "proud to be an indian" around 15th August. The email has a bunch of questions and answers like
and so on.Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's computers run on it)?
A. Vinod Dahm
Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program)?
A. Sabeer Bhatia
The email ends thus
Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN. Please forward this email to all known INDIANS...............
I have always been baffled by this chest beating. As an Indian, why should I take credit for the success of Sabeer Bhatia, Azim Premji and Vinod Dahm - what contribution did I make to their success ?
I am totally unpatriotic.
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Be proud of something that has been done for India.
The worst case are kalpana chawla(she got in because she mairried a foreingner thats all not even on her capabilities) and amrtya sen.
I think i will be proud if we win against the cola companies.
All of them shone out when they went out of India
s it racism to be proud of something that our fellow indians did ?
if u can do then do something , we will be proud of you too. everyone wants to do something, but there r certain circumstances that they cant do wat they want to make themselves feel proud n their nation to feel proud. if we have a name in world it is all due to the contributions of these people not because of u n me.
This is Pop-Patriotism nothing more! Just like after 9/11 even the not-caring for the world kind of people were adamant on proving they are patriotic by any means they saw most fitting to them, from T-Shirts with slogans to extreme actions like killing innocent Sikh men thinking they were Al-Qaida. Similarly people in our country forward emails or forward messages they received via SMS. Such behaviour is not only ridiculous in a unique way, it's rather sad and pathetic.
What happens to their "proud feeling" when it's not the Independence day weekend or some other national holiday? Perhaps you should reply to these people (not every damn individual, those you care about) and perhaps teach them the true meaning of patriotism, or just ask them if such forwards or phone mesages ever accomplished anything?
It doesnt make sense just to say that "I Am Patriotic"... Happy Independence Day
so on and so forth.
The question is why should I be happy? Have I done anything towards it? 90% of the population would say - No, I havent.
Well, here's an idea. If people were so 'proud,' why would they move out of the shithole they call a country? 'Omg he said it!' 'The worlds gana burn!'
No, you know what, Im an immigrant too. And I can say that we all moved to American and Canada becouse it was heaven compared to where we came from. There is no way you can call India a world power (hell 75% of the population's in poverty), and we're still just beggining to build up cities.
If you moved out of India, it was becouse you knew it wasn't as good as anothe country so why be proud of it when you could be proud of the country that took you under their wing and basically brought you up. Im sorry but I dont really thing India has done anything for me but provide empty hopes and crushed dreams.
AND IF YOU DO NOT REALIZE, I WILL SURELY BE THERE TO HELP YOU BECAUSE I GAIN THIS FROMMY COUNTRY.
ANY WAYS I DONT WANT TO GIVE YOU LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS AND ALL THING TO PROVE THE POINT THAT WHY SHOULD I PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN I JUST WANT YOU O INFORM YOU THAT IF YOU CAN'T GUIDE ANYONE DON'T MISLEAD THEM.
INDIA NEVER HAVE 75% OF ITS POPULATION IN POVERTY.
AT PRESENT IT IS AROUND 26% ACCORDING TO INDIAN DEMOGRAPHY.
AND IF YOU REALLY SPENT SOME TIME IN INDIA AND EXPERIENCE THIS COUNTRY YOU WILL RELIZE WHAT IT GIVE TO YOU.
THANKS FOR ALL
Lets see some famous quotes from some famous persons about India.
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
- Albert Einstein
India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.
- Mark Twain
If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
- French Scholar Romain Rolland
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
- Hu Shih (Former Chinese ambassador to USA)
So, why can't we proud on being Indian. And about NRI's and Indian working in other countries, we rank first sending money in Home.
I feel proud whenever I see Indians doing good, I feel proud seeing their name among working peoples.
I am proud Indian. Jai Hind
Tagging nationalism as racism is the job of the anti-national elements who don't want India to progress, prosper, and flourish.
Here are some more facts to make Indians proud:
http://www.nagpurdarpan.com/main/indian.htm
Also, listen to the first few lines of this (hindi) song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVJ1O3TEOjs
I personally believe dat india is not a poor country but its citizens r poor due to d vicious democracy-poverty-bureaucracy triangle.
n wat i was saying as d HEART-MIND DILEMMA,can b observed by u,too!
we should take our history by our mind,but we look at d matter with a lot of emotions,needless to mention all those religious and class-caste oriented rhetorics.
we should deal our relations(whether family,friendly or whatever sort of),we quickly use our minds.
the same problem,when accompanied with a large mass of like thinking,causes a system to dominantly exist in a society already busy in bothering about a number of other IMPORTANT ISSUES(FAMILY BUSINESS,U KNOW).
Those who call india names FOR GRANTED,must remember dat these r we who r setting d priority list for our nation,
FINALLY I ASK A QUESTION-FOR HOW MANY OF US,D NAXALITE problem IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE IN FORTH COMING ELECTIONS?(must b honest)