Comments on: Proud of being an Indian

By: kapil

kapil — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:58:29 +0000

I guess I will make my own list
1. Despite the jokes about the lack of toilets in India, mohenjo daro had more civic infrastructure than to be seen for another 3000 year anywhere else in the world.
2. Zero, India’s contribution to the world of mathematics. It may not hit you, but it is the number you have to be creative to understand.
3. Efficiency of ISRO.
4. Functioning chaos that our political systems is, but it is still better than most others in the world.
5. What a treat it was to have Dr Manmohan Singh as PM and Dr. A. P. J. Kalam as the president. You will be hardpressed to find so well educated top politicians elsewhere.
6. Despite the history and attitude, still 130 million muslims live in rather peace in this country.
7. Despite very strong regional identities we all have a very strong belonging to the country. Witness a cricket match if your don’t believe. For even more real stuff go back 10 years to Kargil war.
8. Education is valued so very much and it can change your life. Cracking a decent entrance exam is your best and easiest ticket to good life. Unlike being a footballer or an Idol or something.
9. Although we are not in the league of developed nations, but we are not afraid of them. For examples watch WTO summit or the way India negotiated on the nuclear deal etc.
10. Google is not censored. There is no rotting corner of our system that we want to hide.

By: kapil

kapil — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:47:09 +0000

27. There are 3.22 million Indians in the US.

I do not think that there is anything to be proud of in this statement. On second thoughts, I wonder who compiled this list. A chauvinistic teenager waiting for his US visa. A country should be proud of its achievements. Going abroad and prostituting your education is okay, but nothing to be proud of.

By: kapil

kapil — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:41:18 +0000

6. Indians account for 45% of H1-B visas issued by the US every year.

I do not think that there is anything to be proud of in this statement.

By: kapil

kapil — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:37:57 +0000

Just some of the reasons are,
Almost thousand years of foreign rule hasn’t been able to change the culture despite the fact that they tried.
It is not prohibited to think and question.
Considering we got independence just half a century ago, I think we have come a long way and the hunger to go further seem insatiable.
We don’t mind taking what is good from other culturs.
And for the last, because my heart says so.

By: uday

uday — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:24:30 +0000

want 2see an india as developed country

By: shyna

shyna — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:08:59 +0000

i m prouud to be indian not becoz of i live in india but becoz i considered india as my motherland not merly a land

By: nalin

nalin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:29:07 +0000

Great, tell those racist bloody east europeans. What we have achieved. This is without much external help. Those illiterate , hungry and poor white bastards speak shit all the time, Poor, hungry, black indians.

By: HARINI

HARINI — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:30:00 +0000

im very proud, to be an indian!

By: N.Yeshwanth Reddy

N.Yeshwanth Reddy — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:22:55 +0000

India is a great country.I am proud to be an Indian.I will thank god becoz he made me to born in India

By: Sojan Chandy

Sojan Chandy — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:56:59 +0000

i’ll be always proud in being an INDIAN