there is no comparision here ...... India has to reform and move ahead, pakistan has to on its own basis too ...
The advantage India had was we have maintained democracy even at times when the Prime Minister (Indira Gandhi) wanted Army to take over in Emergency Days ..... The then COAS and all Army Commanders refused, saying administration is not Army's job. I think that was a turning point in our history where the GoI was told to govern and not dictate.
1990 was eye opener and reforms undertaken then over next decade which saw poor defence preparedness, was a boon to India. Kargil was again a turner for 10 years of neglect in this field due to economic reasons saw reversal of trend as there was now booming indian economy to support rapid expansion and modernisation of IDF
About population, well we have Muslims who cry foul if you say family planning and polio drops in fact they think the latter is meant to sterilise them and they reproduce like anything with 5-7 children per couple living in maximum two rooms and they NEVER EVER construct toilets. Infact a Khemkhani Muslim soldier under me had the guts to get vesectomy done as he had had two sons and he was banned fom offering namaz at local mosque for "violating" teachings of Koran!!!!!!! he went on to abuse the maulvi over this matter.
Not to be outdone by Muslim stupidity ... there are Hindu nutcases who offer additional incentives to Hindu couples having more than 3 children!!!!!!!!!
EVen educated Muslims and Hindus suffer from this BS and heights is they know better.
So whatever advances we make, are nullified due to population as the size does matter in this case and it pulls the statistics down.
Right now we import wheat and sugar from Pakistan as part of SAARC policy, although we are surplus in both. The reasoning is that regional development is a must for indian development and security. In a way we are cousins so what estranged.
India does not attack Pakistan not for want of military might. Hell anyone with the manpower we have can over run any other country ultimately. Its not nuclear weapons too. Its just the fact that we have enough problems of our own to get burdened by new additional problems. The same reason why Bangladesh can literally disband its army and peacefully develop. Its tough to have 25 separate regions to govern (India was never a united country historically) plus 4 separate races .......
The advantage India had was we have maintained democracy even at times when the Prime Minister (Indira Gandhi) wanted Army to take over in Emergency Days ..... The then COAS and all Army Commanders refused, saying administration is not Army's job. I think that was a turning point in our history where the GoI was told to govern and not dictate.
1990 was eye opener and reforms undertaken then over next decade which saw poor defence preparedness, was a boon to India. Kargil was again a turner for 10 years of neglect in this field due to economic reasons saw reversal of trend as there was now booming indian economy to support rapid expansion and modernisation of IDF
About population, well we have Muslims who cry foul if you say family planning and polio drops in fact they think the latter is meant to sterilise them and they reproduce like anything with 5-7 children per couple living in maximum two rooms and they NEVER EVER construct toilets. Infact a Khemkhani Muslim soldier under me had the guts to get vesectomy done as he had had two sons and he was banned fom offering namaz at local mosque for "violating" teachings of Koran!!!!!!! he went on to abuse the maulvi over this matter.
Not to be outdone by Muslim stupidity ... there are Hindu nutcases who offer additional incentives to Hindu couples having more than 3 children!!!!!!!!!
EVen educated Muslims and Hindus suffer from this BS and heights is they know better.
So whatever advances we make, are nullified due to population as the size does matter in this case and it pulls the statistics down.
Right now we import wheat and sugar from Pakistan as part of SAARC policy, although we are surplus in both. The reasoning is that regional development is a must for indian development and security. In a way we are cousins so what estranged.
India does not attack Pakistan not for want of military might. Hell anyone with the manpower we have can over run any other country ultimately. Its not nuclear weapons too. Its just the fact that we have enough problems of our own to get burdened by new additional problems. The same reason why Bangladesh can literally disband its army and peacefully develop. Its tough to have 25 separate regions to govern (India was never a united country historically) plus 4 separate races .......