Lol. No. Nothing of that sort is in the design. We are comfortable with what we have. At least I am.
Your faith compels you...
Okay. My culture states that we are all the Same.
But yeah, I get your point. Though I agree that an overwhelming number of Muslims will side with a Muslim for being a Muslim, the same isn't true for a Hindu. I will side with Kalam any day over, say, any random Hindu for example. I am sure, most Indians, regardless of faith will do likewise. But it is also true that Islam is not truly followed in India - it's more of a mix. Only now are the purists coming to the picture.
Anyway, long time no see. Hope you are doing well. I have gone back to do my Masters, after about 4 years in the industry. It was tough in the beginning. New life.
You may be, but many a hard-liner within the state structure may not be.. and that tends to propagate simply based on the prevailing culture in the state machinery.. much as corporate culture tends to pass down in a firm.. UNLESS.. there is change agent who knows how to manage change and creates it.
The culture isnt that different either, the issue as I said is dependant on where faith or religion or whether you like driods or apple lies within your core belief. I'll skin you alive over Apple vs Droid whilst sparing you over your religious beliefs
Im doing very well by gods grace.. American has been very very kind to me.. and success has been quick and satisfying..
Pretty disheartened with Desis though since they are a menace here too.. everywhere they go.. So I hate all of them without any bias.
@Oscar. You are an educated man ... But your remarks about Afghans who also share ethnic ties with US!Your remarks Were pathetic and uncalled for...
Could have been better worded considering there are ethnic relationships with our people. but once you cross that Durand line.. I do not consider those people of even remotely close stock in terms of mannerism or loyalty or family values to those on our side. For that matter I much rather call everyone for their genetic makeup and stains from invaders rather than be politically correct.
The entire land of the subcontinent all the way to Bengal has had people screw them in literal terms and create new lines..
However, save the Punjabis who managed to make some inroads into Afghanistan and the ethnic lines there.. very little genetic spread was taken from the land of Ashoka.
To be fair, he never said this, certainly not in this particular thread, what he said was that the Afghans (what ever that means) could have wiped out the entire Punjabi population, the important point is he said COULD and not SHOULD, I strongly disagree with him on this point as no Afghan force could have pulled such an exploit off, and if he believe they could have then one can argue Chandragupta, Ashoka, Hindu Shahis etc could have done the same to the Afghan population
Well, history has shown that invaders going down east have always had better luck.. be it Greeks or the Turkic men or the Afghans.. that has a lot to do with the rather indefensible plains(vis a vis) of Punjab as compared to the Terrain of say Afghanistan. For that matter Ranjit Singh deserves credit for his advances into the area.
My contention is always with this martial race bullshit that he thinks himself of and considers his culture and makeup superior to others.. when you claim that.. you are a Ch**** and no more and everything less in my view.
Because that martial race theory has no basis in genetics but in society. The Spartans were superior fighters because their society evolved around that.. take a spartan child and shift him to Lesbos where men had lesser power.. and see that child turn into a wimp. The same goes for all such claims of Martial races.
There is certain genetic disposition to violence perhaps due to chemical imbalances but that is very rare.
The same goes for the Arabs too as such during the time of the Prophet if one really looks at it, the society had a culture of warring tribal feuds and so on. What Islam did was to simply organize this existing ethos into a potent force.
So coming back to whether the Afghans or rather the mix of Pashtun, Tajik etc etc could have swept accross India?
I doubt it. Especially during the timeframe concerned.. all things considered there were still potent similar warrior societies in the Marathas.. and other Punjabi clans that would have stemmed that tide eventually.
Leadership however, is what makes the difference at the end.
Had the Mughals put up similar military organization and Leadership that could challenge Nadir Shah.. he would not have made it beyond the Indus.
