How GREAT is India? How much India influenced you?
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Hm, India reminds the rest of the world what NOT to be.\nCorrupted, have overpopulation, to improve the literacy rate (India's literacy rate is 60.3%), banish caste system, eradicate poverty, stop 3rd world thinking, bad manners, foolish pride, and many more.\n\nOf course, then there's Mother Teresa and Gandhi. But every country has it's great people.\n\nIndia provides cheap labour to other countries as well.\nI'd say the world would be inconvenienced without India. Other than that, I suppose the best thing about India is the food and scenery.\nOther than that, there's nothing really much to like.\n\nSo please try to be a bit more humble there. Pride is the downfall of civilisations.\n\nJenova\n(d.yuffie@gmail.com)
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Oh, yes; I've had the opportunity to work and do business with several people of Indian descent.  Indians are generally hard-workinig, decent, and have a sense of humor.  I love listening to that accent.
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I happen to be reading a New York Times bestseller called "The World Is Flat" by Thomas Friedman. One thing he talks about is India's emergence as a major source of educated workers mixed with a solid work ethic (of course, he goes into much more detail, including quotes from Indian businessmen running companies with all sorts of ties to the West). \n\nHowever, he does point out that India's infrastructure (power grid, etc) greatly needs to be improved to make a further leap.
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India is the most powerful country in the world.
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Not being from India I am afraid I'm not quite sure what you mean exactly (I don't know what you regard as 'their rules' for example).\n\nIf you are talking about emigration then we have a saying here in England "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" and other countries do have an appeal, especially if they're richer or present more opportunities.\n\nWhile I have no problem with Indians emigrating here (or anywhere) I too wonder why they don't stay - perhaps they feel there aren't the opportunities to 'make a difference' in India, or they may simply see a chance to improve their own standard of living and aren't concerned with the bigger picture of what is happening to their homeland. Or could it be that over the last century or two, with the Brits running things, there's a feeling it is up to others to improve things in India?\n\nFor what it is worth I believe India has grown up since the days of the Raj and, though some of its people may be behaving like selfish children, there is enough talent and knowledge being gained by Indians across the globe to contribute immensely to its growth and maturity. Once they see India as 'the place to be' I think they'll come back.\n\nI would also like to say that I think India should remain Indian and not feel it has to become American or go back to being British. You have a great and glorious history of your own, with immense successes (and a few mistakes - but we all have those!) and an impressive cultural background. and don't forget even the language known as English has its roots in Indo-European 'soil'. \n\nSo yes, I agree wholeheratedly with you if what you are saying is be true to Indian values and ethics while developing 21st century techniques and knowledge and, above all, make your country great again. The world needs a strong India.
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Great composer.\nDefinitely not the ultimate!\nBut definitely the ultimate Indian composer. I love most of his music (and his ringtones!)
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GREAT TO BE AN INDIAN\nYou may be aware of that after IT now India moving towards Biotechnology.\nAccording to one research India will emerge as a super power in IT & Medical\nresearch by 2025.\nHISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.\nA. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.\nB. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.\nC. The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700BC. More\nthan\n10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The\nUniversity of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest\nachievements of ancient India in the field of education.\nD. Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the\nmost\nsuitable language for computer software reported in Forbes magazine, July\n1987.\nE. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the\nfather\nof medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast\nregaining its rightful place in our civilization.\nF. Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of\ndevelopment,\nIndia was the richest country on earth until the time of British invasion in\nthe\nearly 17th Century.\nG. The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The\nVery word\nNavigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also\nderived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.\nH. Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun\nhundreds\nof years before the astronomer Smart.; Time taken by earth to orbit the sun:\n(5th century) 365.258756484 days.\nI. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the\nconcept of\nwhat is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th\ncentury\nlong before the European mathematicians.\nJ. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India; Quadratic equations\nwere by\nSridharacharya in the 11th Century; The largest numbers the Greeks and the\nRomans used were 106 (10 to the power of 6) whereas Hindus used numbers as\nbig\nas 1053(10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 BCE\nduring\nthe Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number isTera 1012(10 to the\npower of 12).\nK. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India\nwas the\nonly source for diamonds to the world.\nL. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion in the\nworld\nscientific community that the pioneer of Wireless communication was Prof.\nJagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.\nM. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.\nN. According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake called\n'Sudarshana' was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta\nMaurya's time.\nO. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.\nP. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health\nscientists of his\ntime conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial\nlimbs,\nfractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage\nof\nanesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were\nused. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology,\ndigestion,\nmetabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.\nQ. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago,\nIndians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley(Indus Valley\nCivilization)\nR. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100\nBC.\n\nQUOTES ABOUT INDIA\nA. Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to\ncount,\nwithout which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.\nB. Mark Twain said: India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of\nhuman\nspeech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great\ngrand\nmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most constructive materials
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As a former British Army Infantry Captain who has trained alongside the Indian Army I have nothing but respect for them. In a country with such huge disparacies of wealth they are often left with poor equipment and some of their officers from the higher classes I found to be slightly arrogant. But their NCO's and soldiers are some of the most committed and hard working soldiers it has been my honour to command.\nDuring WWII Indian troops proved themselves more than a match in the jungle against the Japanese winning many awards for bravery.\nI would personally rate Indian troops in the top 20 armed forces in the world.
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Indore is a backword Indian city. I guess it will raise some eyebrows. But hey do u care? Let me know how's for you
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You English people wont know the greatness of India. India is better than England in all ways. We didnt go to take someones land and take all its riches and at last separate it into three so that it wont grow that fast. India has powerful men like me who will try hard to make it the best.
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there is no alternative for INDIA to be best country.\nages has proved her superiority, sanctity, glory, culture, traditions, values......\nthe list is countless. No one in this universe can deny the greatness of INDIA. what you can think of without INDIA. \nStart from 0, discovered here...\nmedicine, discovered here...\ntraditions, discovered here...\ngold, discovered here...\niron,discovered here...\neducation, discovered here...\ntruth, discovered here...\nNon-violence, discovered here...\nSanatan Dharma (Religion to love & respect all religions), discovered here...\n\nthe list goes on and on.\nif you are not an INDIAN, i will request you to visit here & i bet sure you will fall in love with her as many foreigners have done.
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Its your homework..and if you love India, you must be having some reasons
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I live in India. The best thing about our country is that we are secular. We have a Muslim as the President, a Sikh as the Prime Minister and a Roman Catholic Woman leader(Sonia Gandhi-she's Italian).
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India Obviously\n\ncoz its the best in all ways\n\nask me personally y????????????
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I don't really get your point, but I love India too. :)\nJust been there and it's as great as ever!
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India - Population is more, good command over English, learn the process fast, true dedicated workers and honest people whom you can trust easily...
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I think is very good, I have a friend from India who studied there..☺