With due respect to the scholalrly gauge of the interviewee,here are few points,if at all comparison can be done between INDIA & PAKISTAN: 1)Fabric of Country INDIA:Secular PAKISTAN:ISLAMIC 2)Military coup for power siezures INDIA:0 PAKISTAN:5 3)Elected Government INDIA:14 PAKISTAN: 3 4)Internatnl debts:INDIA:$42bn PAKISTAN:$32.5bn 5)GDP'04 INDIA:$650 bn PAKISTAN:$94.80 bn 6)Eco. Growth Rate(1Q '06) INDIA:9.3% PAKISTAN:8.4% 7)Minority Population INDIA:20 mn PAKISTAN: ?? 8)Wars Initiated INDIA: None PAKISTAN: 3(2.5 by Interviewee's own admission) So basically You can't compare a mamoth as diverse as INDIA to a tiny bit of theocracy called PAKISTAN.Only God will decide the course of future but PAKISTAN is no more than a nuisance creating fly on INDIA's radar & one polite request to interviewee, instead of calling us you INDIANS, call us as INDIANS.We don't demean you better be careful in your words towards us.