There's a limit to being a devoted fan boy, firstly what combat experience does the Rafale has, apart from some exercises and ad hock ground attack sorties, like your MKI, it doesn't have a single kill to it's name.
Talking about exercises, PAF F-16s have repeatedly shot down EF Typhoons which in Indra Danush made mince meat of the MKI..... what does that tell us.
No doubt Rafale must be a potent aircraft, which the PAF both tested and exercised with a decade earlier.
In their excitement, most people seem to over look the fact is that at the end of the day, a plane is only good as the pilot.
.. I agree with u that the plane is as good as a fighter.. Absolutely.. But even comparing a rafale f3.3 with even ur "proposed" block 3 jf17 would be cute, to say more... The block 52 that u operate (in low numbers) is a notch lower than the su30mki (not to mention the super sukhois soon to be inducted).. The rafale, however packs a meaner punch... I hope even u would agree..
As far as the pilot is concerned.. Sir, both the Indian as well as the Pakistani train their pilots to be the best and to take On the best (thanks to the bonding BTW our two nations, we NEED to stay as competitive as we can.. Don't we?)..
Now, to share a lil fact, the first joint indo-Us exercise where the Indians showcased their sukhoi platforms saw us being quite... Umm.. "Beatable".. And even the US made a bit of a fun (it leaked on U-tube).. But since we had barely been familiar with the fighters ourselves for more than 5years, I think it would be harsh to expect us to a champ... Now.. However.. The story is changed.. We .. Have MASTERED our machine... WE provide Training to Vietnamese pilots ... So .. I think on the pilot front, we stand stronger than ever.. (And the rafale will only inhance our ability to master better platforms)
Now, for the " unproven fighter" stance is concerned, the fighters today.. Of any country... Other than the war monger USA's ofcourse.. Will be "unproven"... But that's the reasons we have wargames.. Or airshows all over the world.. Thses events validate the specs which the countries boast about.. Fighters are compared and evaluated on some basic criterions.. (Which I am sure u are aware of.. So I won't reinvent the week for u)..
The rafale.. Just so that u know, recorded (alone with the euro fighter typhoon) maximum number of kills of the RAPTOR a few years back during a joint us-france-uk drill.. This shocked the Americans enough to realise that they spend BILLIONS of dollars on a 5TH GEN FIGHTER and yet can't out perform the " 4th gen fighters" of their own NATO friends... (Its a whole report out there on the net).. their dread increased when they came to know that the Russians (their favourite boogy-man) and the chinese (their newfound "boogy Man") have their own 5gen fighter plans.. Hence, they moved on to the 6th gen fighter program in the late 90s or the easy 2000s....
Besides, all said and done.. The game is NO longer between India and Pakistan... We just have a long standing land dispute, nothing else.. Wars arw faught now a daysin economies... (If u disagree, then observe what the us has done to the Russians.. Crippled their economy.. Forcing them to abandon their military morderisation programs.. Esp the PAK-FA..)
the Ur country is too far in debt.. and too far (and ALWAYS)Dependant on other countries.. U guys started with the Brits.. Went to the Americans.. And now to the Chinese.. What u fail to understand is that every one of these soo called friends of urs have just used u.. Chewed you and spit u out when they wanted to.. Will China be any better.. The history says NO.. It will keep fueling ur mindless passion to better india (only militarily.. I wonder WHY u don't want to compete AND Beat us in human indexes or sports)... It will keep giving u military assets and grow its own economy AT UR Cost... put u soo far in debt that u will have to sell ur very LAND where u live... (Remember.. China has NO democracy.. so such things are quite possible).. Its time u wake up friend.. Realy!!