What a pathetic thread that only highlights insecurites of certain small-minded and petty induviduals.
Prior to the 90s, India had almost ZERO industrial base and its best minds were fleeing to distant lands. It has been an increidbly tortuious path from there to the point where India is emerging as a research and industrial powerhouse in its own right. At every stage India has faced technical hindernces, paucity of resources and/or sanctions.
A nation does not become developed overnight, a whole eco-system of design, testing, certification, production etc entities needs to be created FROM SCRATCH.
It's all too easy to sit back and smirk at the efforts of others when one has next to nothing to be proud of themselves, it is only when one tries and encounters their own difficulties that they can appreciate the enormitity of the challenge and can respect others. This is why I see Iranians, Americans, French and even Chinese commending India for its efforts in certain feilds.
If it was easy, everyone would do it.....