tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525555749566270532.post5076024787669615441..comments2024-03-08T14:23:55.017+05:30Comments on India Retold: CHAK DE INDIA, SECOND BEST MEANS NOTHINGVinod_Sharmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654167848186778789noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525555749566270532.post-71106077091336696882007-10-29T20:15:00.000+05:302007-10-29T20:15:00.000+05:30Georg,there is no denying that the British left ma...Georg,there is no denying that the British left many worthwhile things. The problem really is that we found nothing worthwhile in what there was before they landed up here.<BR/><BR/>A lot has changed since the sixties. No one now seems to have any conscious memory of the Raj.<BR/><BR/>You are right that, finally, India has begun gathering some pace in its march forward. But, somewhere, the Vinod_Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14654167848186778789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525555749566270532.post-47586852617343899462007-10-29T19:37:00.000+05:302007-10-29T19:37:00.000+05:30Bonjour,Well, I can't help thinking you are exagge...Bonjour,<BR/><BR/>Well, I can't help thinking you are exaggerating a bit. <BR/><BR/>I have been in India hitchhiking around in the sixties and remember the one phrase I heard frequently was "under the British everything was better". So they must left you something worthwhile. <BR/><BR/>They left you a kind of legacy and it is up to you to make the best of it and throw the useless in the dustbin.Georghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379915142029115257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525555749566270532.post-11333816608150474302007-10-29T08:08:00.000+05:302007-10-29T08:08:00.000+05:30The country needs to install mirrors so that the c...The country needs to install mirrors so that the citizens start practicing "We are the best. We can do the best and We will do the best"Anroshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16723150055204555588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-525555749566270532.post-85057123385176743422007-10-25T11:12:00.000+05:302007-10-25T11:12:00.000+05:30I was pleasantly surprised to read a post by a Pak...I was pleasantly surprised to read a post by a Pakistani blogger, who is not happy with his country choosing invaders as heroes, even though they are Muslims. I had all along thought that Pakistan was happy to play 'second best' to foreign invaders and ignore and deny its sub continental identity, affinity and roots, by basing everything on religion. Find this post here http://Vinod_Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14654167848186778789noreply@blogger.com