He didn't change much when he was the President what will he do now when the situation is even more worse? If anything he'll make it even more worse by selling the country to Amreeka, he is the one who brought America and WoT to this region. If not it would have been only confined to Middle East.
Kannadas, Marathis, Parsis, Punjabis, Sindhis, Telugus have 1 similar festival which fall on the same day (sometimes 1 day here and there). Few other similarities too.
I don't think there is any major difference between the countries you mentioned.