We are very risk-averse people satisfied with philosophy and daily upkeep. That is why it took so long to get independence - people were quite satisfied with their condition bad it may have been. We Indians are not easily swayed except by minor/trivial issues which irritate the ego- everything else has to wait until it becomes a conflagration and we HAVE to do something about it. The petty, abusive, substance-lacking quarrels here on Rediff are one example of our personalities and character. Between Gandhi-ism, and communism and now recently faced also with a type of capitalism, we Indians are paralyzed in the absence of ideals, vision and depth of thought.
