India doesnt even have 1 percent share of the world trade and we are talking about Rupee becoming the world currency? There is a limit to chest beating but I think we Indians have crossed it a long while ago. How about addressing some real issues like infrastructure, good roads, 24 hr electricity, potable drinking water to people first, rather than dreaming of becoming a superpower?
RE:Are you kidding me?
by Sam on Jun 20, 2007 04:42 AM Permalink
India a superpower?? Basics guys, How can a country that hasn't attacked anyone in 2000 years become a superpower??
You must atleast attack someone, in order to 'qualify' for 'superpower'.
RE:RE:Are you kidding me?
by Truth BeTold on Jun 20, 2007 04:46 AM Permalink
Sam, I know the tone of your reply but unfortunately its true.. We are a soft nation, we get screwed by a bunch of terrorists and release all of them (Kandhahar example), imagine this happening in Israel for that matter.
Look at the big picture, and we are nowhere near the top. Numbers dont mean everything.
RE:Are you kidding me?
by indiman on Jun 20, 2007 05:31 AM Permalink
And Israel ending up with egg on its face as with Hizbollah last year. 7000 Hizbollah figters stopped the 700000 strong Israeli army that had all the latest technogy, warplanes and tanks. There is another word for this stupidity, I am glad India is not as stupid. Our time will come and we will assert ourselves. We are still the tiger waiting to pounce, because the day we rise no Arab invaders or the british empire or any other power can enslave us. If you think India didnt invade others then you just dont know your history. Check out this Indian navy site.
RE:Are you kidding me?
by Truth BeTold on Jun 20, 2007 05:37 AM Permalink
Indiman, Kandahar was just one of the many "stupid" things that different Indian governments have done in the past to show that we are the soft state (like 1971 war with Pakistan, we won it but lost the land).
Remember, a decade ago, Malysia and Indonesia were called the asian tigers, soon their economy was in toilet and currency had the value of toilet paper. If we dont get the basics of economy right, everything will come down sooner or later.
