india has long been a center of trade for millenia
also india has a ton of spiritual and cultural heritage and excellence
look how far buddhism has influenced the rest of asia like japan and china and most of southeast asia
India will have to make massive internal changes to alter the perception that has been generated over the past 20-30 years as to what India is viewed as. I do not think that India was ever considered an economic might. "Spiritual and cultural might" may be in the eyes of the beholder.
Bingo! Actually, that Modi is worse - he actively aided and abetted religion-based riots when he was head of his state (Chief minister, same as Governor here), leading to horrifying tales of Muslim families slaughtered while police stood back, or even helped the perpetrators.
Unfortunately, that is the very platform he's fought his campaign on: fear, suspicion, and divisive politics.
Truth is, while there's a fringe in the population that's communal and bigoted, most of the voting population wants a new government just to get some change in their lives, and Modi is simply in the right place to take advantage of this wave.
He's a one-trick pony, as is his party - religion is their mantra; but the claim to be the 'saviour' of a huge swathe of people based on their religion is not easy to deliver. Give him a couple of years, and he's gonna prove himself to be a bigger pain than the current government, and will hopefully be kicked out.
india's biggest problem is people pooping outdoors
once they stop doing that, i want to visit
A lion never starts a fight with a hyena
Bingo! Actually, that Modi is worse - he actively aided and abetted religion-based riots when he was head of his state (Chief minister, same as Governor here), leading to horrifying tales of Muslim families slaughtered while police stood back, or even helped the perpetrators.
Unfortunately, that is the very platform he's fought his campaign on: fear, suspicion, and divisive politics.
Truth is, while there's a fringe in the population that's communal and bigoted, most of the voting population wants a new government just to get some change in their lives, and Modi is simply in the right place to take advantage of this wave.
He's a one-trick pony, as is his party - religion is their mantra; but the claim to be the 'saviour' of a huge swathe of people based on their religion is not easy to deliver. Give him a couple of years, and he's gonna prove himself to be a bigger pain than the current government, and will hopefully be kicked out.
india's biggest problem is people pooping outdoors
once they stop doing that, i want to visit
Nobody asked you to visit India, you sir are welcome to stay away for the rest of you miserable excuse of a life. However, if you play to visit, just stay in the parts that is meant for the tourists and you want have to see any of that, hell, I visit India every 2 3 years and even I never see that anymore. Just like when my family visit US I don't take them anywhere near south or the west side of the town
Judging by the original poster's attitude of 'eat shit if you aren't Hindi', I think we can all be assured that intolerance is alive and well in his country and he supports it whole-heartedly.
india's biggest problem is people pooping outdoors
once they stop doing that, i want to visit
Whats wrong with south or West Texas? I thought everywhere in America looked like this (Atleast thats what most Indians believe)
India's problems are largely cultural.
That is a very difficult thing to fix when their people are so vehemently proud of even the most broken parts. This thread is a perfect example.
India's problems are to be fixed by Indians, not a new leader.
What is the Indian equivalent of a cross burning?It is hilariously ironical that an untouchable, descended from diseased, illiterate vermin from Europe, talks about "culture" and "problems." LOL..
America, which is a fabricated entity with an even more fabricated sense of self-definition, typifies the notion you mentioned. Most Americans are too dense, myopic, and simply dumb to realize the problems with their country and society. They then have the nerve to lecture other countries - (dis)United States of Hypocrisy - is a more apt name for this land of miscegenated peasants from barbarian lands.
Further, Indians elected Modi - a pure-bred Indian to change the future of India. In all societies, it is a handful of really good people that create and cause true change. The momentum of that change is then carried on by the people. India has been ruled by dullards, criminals, and untouchables (starting with that Christian wise and beautiful woman).
Modi, a desh-bhakt (patriot) is a true son of India and will cause the sea change that it deserves.
Some of you morons should read Clash of Civilizations by Huntington. The "last bastion" of true freedom is really India. The rest of the world has been infested by Abrahamic scum (jews, christians, and muslims) and their retarded cousins (communists).
The mlecchas are terrified of Modi.
So there is no caste system anymore?
As for Modhi it's good that idiot leftists are out of power but his religious extremism is a problem along with his anti-Muslim stance. I do like how there wont be anymore pandering and hopefully he respects the free market.
India cannot and does not need to become a global superpower, in my opinion. What we do need, is to eliminate poverty, bring about industrialisation, build a strong economy and end the culture of socialism and free handouts from the government. BJP is a right-wing party and in my opinion they are quite capable of that.
He is not excluding non-Hindus. India's problem is that Muslims often use the cry of "We're minorities!" to claim special benefits and affirmative action from the government. The govt. doesn't dare to refuse since Muslims vote in chunks and winning elections becomes difficult for anyone who does not pander to them. There have been cases where liberals(known as seculars in India) have glorified and supported terrorists and Islamic extremists to get support from the Muslim community. Right wing parties such as BJP etc do not do so and therefore they are labelled communal(India's version of the race card).
This has caused a great damage to India's internal security. There was a case in which the minister for home affairs(who controls the police) instructed the police to be lenient and not arrest criminals if they are muslims. This kind of crap is wrong and needs to stop. This is what he is talking about.
India is a Hindu country. Always has been, is, and always will be.
That doesn't mean non-Hindus cannot live there or worship freely. As long as they don't proselytize (which exploits the underprivileged), India can be home to anyone. Those who dislike India, its Hindu character, or Hindu history, can GTFO. That's why Pakistan/Bangladesh was created.
India is secular ONLY because of its Hindu majority. Muslims/Christians (and Jews - but only a handful of them are in India) by nature are tribal and fundamentalist. They cannot coexist with others. Why others? They can't coexist with themselves! With vermin like these, there is no negotiation. India (Hindus) already lost a lot of land (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal etc.) and will continue to do so unless they assert themselves strongly in the face of Abrahamic (and Communist) aggression.
As I said before, get off your ass and read Breaking India by Rajiv Malhotra. If you're too goddamn cheap to buy the book, I'll give you a copy - got a Kindle?
On a brighter note, India will now take its relationship with Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, and other ASEAN countries forward.
Bingo! Actually, that Modi is worse - he actively aided and abetted religion-based riots when he was head of his state (Chief minister, same as Governor here), leading to horrifying tales of Muslim families slaughtered while police stood back, or even helped the perpetrators.
He's a one-trick pony, as is his party - religion is their mantra; but the claim to be the 'saviour' of a huge swathe of people based on their religion is not easy to deliver. Give him a couple of years, and he's gonna prove himself to be a bigger pain than the current government, and will hopefully be kicked out.
Lol, people think a politician can fix all of India's problems. So damn gullible.
As someone who has been actively following what has been happening in India for he past few years, the above statement is what is usually bandied about by the liberal press. There has not been a single instance that has been proven through various investigations, a Supreme Court of India monitored investigation, which found no evidence to Modi being complicit in any of the terror that was unleashed in Gujarat. Matter of fact, there were Hindus and Muslims who were slaughtered during the riots. The Congress Party, which is set to leave office, threw everything they had at Modi, but could not find anything that they could charge him with.
The man is said to have been elected thrice to the Governership of his state with a huge mandate. The third time around, his huge margin of victory is due to the support of the very muslim population that he is accused of marginalizing! For most of the time he was the Chief of the state, the federal government was the Congress Party, which simply hated him and withheld federal funds from his state. Even then, he is supposed to have brought about increased prosperity, foreign direct investment and grew businesses at an unprecedented pace. Also, he is different from most of the other politicians in that he specifically does not believe in religious appeasement. Case in point where he ordered a temple being built by one of his ardent supporters which was being done on public land. Similarly he refused to wear the traditional islamic skull cap, mandatory for politicians canvassing for muslim votes. I truly hope that this man does well in his job. The last two administrations are charged with corruptions and scams at a level not seen anytime since independence. And I do hope that all the stuff about his being anti minority are not true.