08-24-2003, 07:32 AM
Hi Raza!
U r right on money here. And it is a frank admission of our abilities.
Look even C.A. itself is a legacy of the British. We love being chartered rather than certified. Now this is my opinion, and u may argue against it. But see the British took Hong Kong on a 99 years lease. Then they developed their administravtive and commercial systems in Hong Kong. This coupled with enterprising spirits of Chinese. Wow! see what they have accomplished.
If our leaders were smart at the partition time, they should have made such an arrangement at the time of partition. We could be a sovereign country but let the British runs things for us. I tell u our history would have been different. But their were some big egos involved. See Pandit Nehru (being a hindu bania and Kashmiri Pandit) realized the advantage of letting Mountbetan be the Governor General of India for a while. U know that very act, got them the part of Kashmir that is with them today. If Mountbetan was not there, they could not have retained Kashmir.
There is another very important contribution of the British that is paying handsome dividends to India(and not Pakistan). Did anybody try to think why the software industry of india is concentrated in the South(Banglore,Hyderabad,Chennie etc.)
The roots of the answer lies in the ancient and modern history of India. If anybody noticed, India was ruled by many foreign forces for most of it history. The fact is that most of these rulers came from North West via the part which is Pakistan today. However, English were the only one that began their conquest of india from east.
East India Company started from southern part of the country. Their first major battle was in Sarangpatam with Tippu Sultan. So it was a East to West movement rather than vice versa. This gave south indians a 50 years leg up on rest of the country in English language and culture. Since these south indians claim to be the original indians anyway, many of them took Englishman religion and his culture to heart. Their committment to even Hindu religion was superficial at best. With no baggage to carry, they ran miles ahead of rest of india in adopting western civilization. The British knew the law of division of labour. So they recruited armies from Punjab, but baboos from Kalkatas. The famous names in indian civial service and legal fields came from south. South kept their advantage after partiion. They did not adopt hindi, instead concentrated on english. South universities produce engineers, lawyers, accountants etc. The North remained complacent in its majority. The young & bright opted for dead end civil service or moved the hell out of india. Therefore, when information technology became widespread, the south indians acquired it at break neck pace. Today, india is exporting 40% of world software. In fact other service jobs are moving to india. India is doing to the north america in service field what China is doing in the manufacturing field.
So u see we lost a great opportunity due to short sightedness of our leaders who did not have visions beyond their own lives.
And Maverick, this is an important topic (certainly more important than T-3's endings. Do u know how many of our citizens are employed in the railway system? How many villages and cities depend heavily on railways? <b> Stop living in the fantasy world of Holly wood! If u love it that much try moving there. The nearest u will get to American Visa is perhaps a rude interview at one of its consulates! Gee!I wonder when we r going to set our priorities straight!!!) </b>
Take care
Edited by - Pervez on Aug 24 2003 023952 AM
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Edited by - Pervez on Aug 24 2003 84508 PM
U r right on money here. And it is a frank admission of our abilities.
Look even C.A. itself is a legacy of the British. We love being chartered rather than certified. Now this is my opinion, and u may argue against it. But see the British took Hong Kong on a 99 years lease. Then they developed their administravtive and commercial systems in Hong Kong. This coupled with enterprising spirits of Chinese. Wow! see what they have accomplished.
If our leaders were smart at the partition time, they should have made such an arrangement at the time of partition. We could be a sovereign country but let the British runs things for us. I tell u our history would have been different. But their were some big egos involved. See Pandit Nehru (being a hindu bania and Kashmiri Pandit) realized the advantage of letting Mountbetan be the Governor General of India for a while. U know that very act, got them the part of Kashmir that is with them today. If Mountbetan was not there, they could not have retained Kashmir.
There is another very important contribution of the British that is paying handsome dividends to India(and not Pakistan). Did anybody try to think why the software industry of india is concentrated in the South(Banglore,Hyderabad,Chennie etc.)
The roots of the answer lies in the ancient and modern history of India. If anybody noticed, India was ruled by many foreign forces for most of it history. The fact is that most of these rulers came from North West via the part which is Pakistan today. However, English were the only one that began their conquest of india from east.
East India Company started from southern part of the country. Their first major battle was in Sarangpatam with Tippu Sultan. So it was a East to West movement rather than vice versa. This gave south indians a 50 years leg up on rest of the country in English language and culture. Since these south indians claim to be the original indians anyway, many of them took Englishman religion and his culture to heart. Their committment to even Hindu religion was superficial at best. With no baggage to carry, they ran miles ahead of rest of india in adopting western civilization. The British knew the law of division of labour. So they recruited armies from Punjab, but baboos from Kalkatas. The famous names in indian civial service and legal fields came from south. South kept their advantage after partiion. They did not adopt hindi, instead concentrated on english. South universities produce engineers, lawyers, accountants etc. The North remained complacent in its majority. The young & bright opted for dead end civil service or moved the hell out of india. Therefore, when information technology became widespread, the south indians acquired it at break neck pace. Today, india is exporting 40% of world software. In fact other service jobs are moving to india. India is doing to the north america in service field what China is doing in the manufacturing field.
So u see we lost a great opportunity due to short sightedness of our leaders who did not have visions beyond their own lives.
And Maverick, this is an important topic (certainly more important than T-3's endings. Do u know how many of our citizens are employed in the railway system? How many villages and cities depend heavily on railways? <b> Stop living in the fantasy world of Holly wood! If u love it that much try moving there. The nearest u will get to American Visa is perhaps a rude interview at one of its consulates! Gee!I wonder when we r going to set our priorities straight!!!) </b>
Take care
Edited by - Pervez on Aug 24 2003 023952 AM
Edited by - Pervez on Aug 24 2003 030236 AM
Edited by - Pervez on Aug 24 2003 030456 AM
Edited by - Pervez on Aug 24 2003 84508 PM