07-14-2006, 06:29 AM
Husky, Hauma Hamiddha,
If we want to militarize, we need to change the culture from the ground up.
Look at what the "Rednecks" in the American south do.
From a very young age all the boys go out hiking or hunting in the forests with their fathers, uncles & neighbors.
When a boy turns 16 he gets a gun for a present.
They have a strong outdoor culture.
Compare that with modern Indian culture.
Eat ladoo, samosa & drink beer.
Watch some bollywood movies, buy a stash of porn magazines and attend a stupid ghazal or Indi-pop concert in the evening.
Compare that with the vedic culture mentioned in the Mahabharata & Ramayana.
Rama, Arjuna, Duryodhana, Ravana all spending a good part of the day exercising in an Akhara or going hunting in forests.
Even non-militaristic people like Agastya were sturdy foresters. They knew how to survive in the wild.
You take modern urban Indian and put him in the forest, he will die within 3 days either due to fear or lack of food.
If we want to militarize, we need to change the culture from the ground up.
Look at what the "Rednecks" in the American south do.
From a very young age all the boys go out hiking or hunting in the forests with their fathers, uncles & neighbors.
When a boy turns 16 he gets a gun for a present.
They have a strong outdoor culture.
Compare that with modern Indian culture.
Eat ladoo, samosa & drink beer.
Watch some bollywood movies, buy a stash of porn magazines and attend a stupid ghazal or Indi-pop concert in the evening.
Compare that with the vedic culture mentioned in the Mahabharata & Ramayana.
Rama, Arjuna, Duryodhana, Ravana all spending a good part of the day exercising in an Akhara or going hunting in forests.
Even non-militaristic people like Agastya were sturdy foresters. They knew how to survive in the wild.
You take modern urban Indian and put him in the forest, he will die within 3 days either due to fear or lack of food.