How to Defend India

http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/how-to-defend-india/

by Radix • 17 years ago

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known• 17 years ago

Quite simple. Inculcate the following wisdom in your education.

"A country is not made of land; a country is made of its people." --Unknown

plinkplonk• 17 years ago

Why does he feel the need to "defend" India to some stranger? (fwiw I am Indian)

EDIT: to be fair, it is an old article, and probably written in a moment of despair.

Radix• 17 years ago

His comments read as very general to me, but the intro commenting on the trigger for his thoughts was good and it made a strong closing. His thoughts felt like they had been abstracted from any one specific case.

From you're perspective, maybe that's right. Maybe India is similar to where the US was before the civil rights movement. Ostensibly free for everybody, but not quite. Of course the civil rights movement couldn't come quickly enough and there are still problems today, so it is right that someone should love their culture and wish the flaws to be mended. As things continue maybe they will improve naturally. I don't know enough to feel sure, but it will be interesting. (Though I am not familiar with India and so my comparison is meant only very loosely.)

How to Defend India

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