Pakistan has hardly done badly out of all this. In what other period of history has a country that has been the fountainhead of terrorism been rewarded with billions in aid and lucrative market opportunties? Rome destroyed Carthage for much less.
I am afraid our Hinduism of our priestly class going around with their begging bowls has made it quite natural for our leaders to be beggers. This is all too apparent in the negotiations for the nuclear deal and Arunchal Pradesh.
The fact remains that except for Sikhism, the Hindu polity is fragmented by virtue of the fragmentation of the Hindu religion. What exactly do we get from Hinduism religious tenets in comparison? Caste divides and the better of lording themselves over the unfortunates without any care in the world.
In other ancient religions, the temple was the sacred treasury of the nation which provided for it in its hour of need. Their kings were usually at the heads of the religions. As such concepts is absent in Hinduism, is it any wonder that are politicians are corrupt?
The oracles of the priests at Delphi contributed decisively to Greek success. Our politicians have relied on solely on astrology which has been a poor substitute.
The Greeks recognised the dangers of religion divorced from politics by giving primacy to politics. Indeed the Greek king was shorn of all political power but only allowed to retain his position as chief of the priests.
