yes the west does learn from others. I will give them that. But they are adept at covering up the sources and putting their own brand name on it and fopping off as one more feather in their caps. They are dishonest in that respect. Many a thing that they have got inspiration from the wisdom of the east, they have conviniently masked and covered it to suit their appeasement of their own people. People like the inane author here can't see all the great things that India gave freely to the world for the past several thousands of years. In those days, greeks and other westerners from europe got all science and technology from India but transmitted through arabs. How else would they have gotten anything in those days ? And US is just a byproduct of that europe.
Inept and slavish self haters ( Mr. Guha you are justified in hating yourself but please don't try and arrogate your own slavish and despicable nature on the rest of us Indians who , unlike you, are proud of who we are. If you have constructive criticizm blended hand in hand alongside giving credit where it is due < which you have failed to do > then perhaps that's the way to bring about change. And do some soul searching and ask yourself. Are you writing this peice for the purpose of bringing about a positive change in Indians or is it aimed and geared for the sake of providing a feel good effect for the western audience who lap any such carping of others up owing to their own dismal record in treatment of humans.
