Hindu fanaticism is not going to save India. Of course, that could take maybe 50 to 75 years, optimistically, for India to correct its path forward because the problems it faces are immense. Start with the basic things like erasing endemic corruption from top to bottom, provide conducive environment for attracting foreign investments instead of digging out archaic laws to punish them to make a quick buck, building more manufacturing to create jobs needed to absorb the expanding population, discard the antique British system still embedded in its ruling administrative structure, legislate the ending of the caste system, making it punishable, which is keeping talented lower caste Indians from rising and contributing to the progress of the country and of course keeping the population lower. Do not fall into the trap set by Western analyst harping on its population dividend. India is too poor and backward to benefit from a large population. This is basic understanding not forensic science.
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Please send our 88million dollar man to India and run for election. With his wealth that even Modi cannot match, maybe he can even rule India. Then India will become part of Sinkieland, where we can have abandon of cheap labour to choose from. Those porean that keep voting for opposition will be send over to India and be replaced by those are willing to vote for papies.
There are two dysfunctional systems still keeping India in the doldrums and preventing its rise. The first is the caste system which is still deeply embedded in Indian society. The second is the Hindu fanaticism, that is even more difficult to erase.
What is the use of a democracy, when everything cannot be improved to make lives better for the people. All that democracy did was to benefit the ruling elites and its cronies at the top of the food chain. In the process, it even killed off the middle class everywhere.
When China opted for progress, it got rid of dynasties. When China faced unsustainable pollution, it erased its negative image totally within 5 years, moving out factories from city centers, implementing electrification of its transport system and manufacturing entities. Those are just the tip of the iceberg. We have not even talked about lifting of more than half of its population out of poverty, its decision to dominate in many sectors of global manufacturing.
Any five-year plan in India's timeline can at best only result in filling up the paperwork to apply for such plans to be implemented, not even approved yet to be carried out.
You can add Indian arrogance and pride, Indian lies and belief that it is a superpower when it cannot even provide toilets for its people.
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