03-06-2006, 01:41 PM
thats all nice and correct, and you are righht on the ball when u highlight the germanic virtues of the poms, and equally right when you point out the lack of those very virtues amongst indians (did you know that the impregnable Devagiri fort off Aurangabad, was also felled cos the watchman acceped a bribe from muslims and opened the gates??)...
... but however that dont answer the question.
why hasnt india invented anything, including socio-economic systems (like democracy and law - for which we still use western systems) in the last 1000 years. can we really pass the entire buck to the muslims and blame our falling to islam for this intellectual decline?? notice how even you in your post, went back to the rishi days.
on the flip side, how come the west has invented everything almost, from tangibles (cars, planes, medicine) to intangibles (democracy, courts, capitalism etc) singlehandedly??
finally how can we prove that we could have done all of those things ourselves too, had we not be captured by islamics?? could we really have done everything on our own, without the help of western civilization (WC for short
). if we are inded that smart and innovative, then how come we still use everything western in fields of technology and have produced almost no invention in the last 50 years??
just how much does india owe to the west?? just how obliged should we be towards them??
... but however that dont answer the question.
why hasnt india invented anything, including socio-economic systems (like democracy and law - for which we still use western systems) in the last 1000 years. can we really pass the entire buck to the muslims and blame our falling to islam for this intellectual decline?? notice how even you in your post, went back to the rishi days.
on the flip side, how come the west has invented everything almost, from tangibles (cars, planes, medicine) to intangibles (democracy, courts, capitalism etc) singlehandedly??
finally how can we prove that we could have done all of those things ourselves too, had we not be captured by islamics?? could we really have done everything on our own, without the help of western civilization (WC for short
). if we are inded that smart and innovative, then how come we still use everything western in fields of technology and have produced almost no invention in the last 50 years??just how much does india owe to the west?? just how obliged should we be towards them??