Comments by "John Adam" (@johnadam2885) on "ThePrint" channel.

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  4. In all performance indicators of standard of living, well being of citizens, and quality of life, India comes in the bottom 30 out of 150, whether it is literacy, healthcare, sanitation, living space, corruption, rape and women's security, and security of minorities. That is why Indians try to emigrate to other countries by hook or crook. The same is not the case with China. Total GDP s not an indicator of the well being of the population of a country, as it is skewed by the influence of the population size. The per capita income is the correct metric and in that India is lower than Bangladesh. The poverty in India is sub Saharan Africa. India's burgeoning population of uneducated youth is a burden. The govt. will use them for lynchings and rape. China is way ahead of India and India cannot catch up due to its divisive social system (caste system) and its penchant for sectarian violence against minorities. That divisiveness is intrinsic to the Hindu mentality and Modi and his party are built around that. In the Hindu mind, development is for the upper castes; nothing should go to untouchables and non-Hindu minorities. Hence, India is not like other countries, because the Hindus have no concept of seeking the well being of all citizens. There is no way India can match Europe in standard of living and human rights. The Pew survey is only about Indian perceptions about themselves and others, and perceptions of others about Indians. There is little value studying perceptions. More relevant is what India is and what it thinks it is and how it relates to reality. Those cab be measured more objectively - and then you will find India is a little hell hole. The proof is every Indian, including its Hindu nationalists, seeks to work or live in some Christian or Muslim country, and if possible get their citizenship.
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  7.  @RRDARGAD  ' India's strength is its rising GDP' Even that is grossly misleading. GDP is linked to population, and India's population is rising, it has overtaken China. More relevant is the GDP per capita or per capita income. On that India, is now lower than Bangladesh, at around $ 2500. China is $ 8000, Europe $ 60,000 and US around $ 80,000. There is no point saying India has overtaken GB's GDP. GB is achieving the equivalent GDP with 60 million people, India with 1.3 billion people. In all other matters of welling being, India comes in the bottom 30 - in standard of living, infra structure, literacy, health care, housing, transport, security of women, security of minorities, corruption. These have all worsened under Modi. Modi is riding on the wealth created by Singh and Chidambaram. Some things clicked for him this year which he could appropriate even though these are from existing programmes of previous governments - the moon landing, G 20. His own programmes like demonetisation knocked off 2.5% of GDP; Covid handling was poor and people were cremated on pavements; China took Indian land and he could not do anything. As for image, no doubt in the eyes of his Hindu devotees, he is a Hindu god. But the image abroad is riots in Manipur and vandalisation of churches, bulldozing of Muslim homes etc. What one sees in the Indian media is excessive self projection and boasting. It comes across as a gross Hindu inferiority complex. China and many other nations have progressed without making self-proclamations about being a world power. Hindus in the Modi era have developed a vain boastfulness which was not there in earlier days. Modi is an uneducated Hindu with a sordid past of genocide, it sounds like he is trying to cover up for that. The Hindus have pinned their hopes on him, so they also look they are covering up for hollow content.
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