11-26-2005, 02:58 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Kaushal+Nov 26 2005, 01:56 PM-->QUOTE(Kaushal @ Nov 26 2005, 01:56 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->tell me... who do only bengalis, punjabis and marathis in india know how to stand up and fight<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lets not get parochial about this Most of Punjab got converted to Islam in the frst wave of conversions.well that is their prerogative but that does not indicate a fighting spirit to me. In fact long after most of the North was conquered in 1200 CE by the slave turks like Qutb ud din Aibak the Vijayanagar Kingdom lasted till 1565, even though they were constantly attacked by the Bahmani sultans so one cannot generalize that the rest of India was not fighting.As for bengal, i have great respect for the bengali renaissance but lately they have been a sorry bunch with communists ruling the roost for the last 25 years.
For the rest i am not in major disagreement with you in case you havent noticed.As for gandhi, let us move on.
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agree that they have produced precious little in the last 25 years.
the refugees of bangladesh screwed them. remember every indian state is a potential communist state. if all the bpl (below poverty line) types of X state entered Y state as refugees, then one only need play a "commie-card" and he will get elected. thats what happened in bengal. the history of poverty goes back a bit further though - cos bengal was the foothold of the poms. of every 3 rupees they looted, one came from bengal. they bore the brunt of the colonial exploitation, economic and otherwise.
http://www.atributetohinduism.com/European...20the%20British
i am not being parochial - just stating a fact. marathis and punjabis have a history of fighting the camel jockeys whilest bengalis were the first to get a dose of western education (which pulled them out of camel jockey darkness). besides bengalis think with their hearts.
i am not trying to be parochial. but i remain convinced. only these 3 people in india have the zeal, guts, balls, spine to "cross the rubicon" if you knwo what i mean, and not just go on march pasts like gandhi or come up with "humey dekhna hai.." type useless lectures (a.la. rajiv gandhi)
Lets not get parochial about this Most of Punjab got converted to Islam in the frst wave of conversions.well that is their prerogative but that does not indicate a fighting spirit to me. In fact long after most of the North was conquered in 1200 CE by the slave turks like Qutb ud din Aibak the Vijayanagar Kingdom lasted till 1565, even though they were constantly attacked by the Bahmani sultans so one cannot generalize that the rest of India was not fighting.As for bengal, i have great respect for the bengali renaissance but lately they have been a sorry bunch with communists ruling the roost for the last 25 years.
For the rest i am not in major disagreement with you in case you havent noticed.As for gandhi, let us move on.
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agree that they have produced precious little in the last 25 years.
the refugees of bangladesh screwed them. remember every indian state is a potential communist state. if all the bpl (below poverty line) types of X state entered Y state as refugees, then one only need play a "commie-card" and he will get elected. thats what happened in bengal. the history of poverty goes back a bit further though - cos bengal was the foothold of the poms. of every 3 rupees they looted, one came from bengal. they bore the brunt of the colonial exploitation, economic and otherwise.
http://www.atributetohinduism.com/European...20the%20British
i am not being parochial - just stating a fact. marathis and punjabis have a history of fighting the camel jockeys whilest bengalis were the first to get a dose of western education (which pulled them out of camel jockey darkness). besides bengalis think with their hearts.
i am not trying to be parochial. but i remain convinced. only these 3 people in india have the zeal, guts, balls, spine to "cross the rubicon" if you knwo what i mean, and not just go on march pasts like gandhi or come up with "humey dekhna hai.." type useless lectures (a.la. rajiv gandhi)