Are India's Leaders Uneducated? What is Modi's Education Level?

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Are India's Leaders Uneducated? What is Modi's Education Level?

Bollywood star Kajol has said at a recent event that Indian political leaders are uneducated. Though she did not name anyone, she is facing ...

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Bollywood star Kajol has said at a recent event that Indian political leaders are uneducated. Though she did not name anyone, she is facing vicious attacks by Modi Bhakts, a label embraced by the staunch supporters of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Here's what she said, "Change especially in a country like India is slow. It’s very very slow because for one we are steeped in our tradition, steeped in our thought process and, of course, it has to be with tradition. You have political leaders who do not have educational system background. I’m sorry I’m going to go out and say that.” “We are being ruled by leaders, so many of them, who do not have that viewpoint which I think education gives you”, she added.

Copies of Modi's Degrees. Source: BJP

There have long been questions about the educational qualifications of Mr. Modi who has talked about his humble origins as chaiwalla (tea seller) . These questions have been stoked by contradictory assertions by Mr. Modi and his closest lieutenants in the BJP party. First, Mr. Modi allegedly said in a 1990s interview, well before he ascended to the office of the prime minister, that he did not have any formal education. In multiple video clips that circulated on social media, most of them before the 2014 general election, Modi mocked himself for being ‘uneducated’. But in 2016, Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley showed copies certifying that Mr. Modi was awarded a BA (division III) from Delhi University in 1978 and Gujarat University gave him an MA (division I) in Entire Political Science in 1983 as an external candidate. In response to an RTI (right to information) query, seeking a list of students who had qualified for a BA degree in 1978, the SOL (School of Open Learning) said, "The data is not maintained in the branch in the order as desired by the applicant." It should be noted that there's no such discipline as "Entire Political Science" offered at Gujarat University.

Attempts by Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal to get Gujarat University to confirm the BJP leaders' claim have so far failed. The AAP chief has now filed a review petition after the High Court set aside an order from the Central Information Commission (CIC) that had directed the university to "search for information" regarding PM Modi's degree, according to ANI reports.

The Indian Prime Minister's poor education is reflected in his lack of understanding of the complexity of the idea of Indian nationhood and its long contentious history. It also shows in his poor decision-making processes in demonetization and nation-wide covid lockdown.

Modi's attempts to forge India's new Hindutva identity as a Hindu Rashtra are raising serious doubts about maintaining its unity. Hatred against religious minorities, particularly Muslims, has reached new heights. In a recent Op Ed, Mr. Shashi Tharoor summed it up in the following words: "The BJP’s belligerent Hindutva nationalism – which promotes a narrow interpretation of history and demonizes India’s minorities, particularly Muslims – can be likened to a toxin injected into the veins of Indian society".

Gopal Krishna Pillai, one of India’s most highly regarded former home secretaries, says “secular Hindus are uncomfortable, frustrated” adding “and don’t know what should we do in Modi’s India”. He told Karan Thapar in a recent interview that India could be 10 years away from danger point which he described as “civil disturbance” if the present treatment of Muslims is not checked and reversed, At one point in the interview he even briefly accepted that India could face “civil war”.

In a recent interview to CNN, former US President Barack Obama has pointed out the consequences of BJP's anti-Muslim policies. “If the (US) President meets with Prime Minister Modi, then the protection of the Muslim minority in a Hindu majority India is worth mentioning. If I had a conversation with Prime Minister Modi, who I know well, part of my argument would be that if you don't protect the rights of ethnic minorities in India, there is a strong possibility that India would at some point start pulling apart,” Obama had said. “We have seen what happens when you start getting those kinds of large internal conflicts. So that would be contrary to the interests of not only the Muslim India but also the Hindu India. I think it is important to be able to talk about these things honestly,” said Mr. Obama.

The poor handling of demonetization and the Covid pandemic by the Modi government have caused untold suffering for the Indian people, particularly the poor. Modi's attempts to accelerate the documentation of the Indian economy have killed the informal sector which employs the bulk of India's workers, causing persistently high unemployment. Nationwide COVID lockdown has further exacerbated the situation for India's poor. It has resulted in worsening inequality in the country. A recent survey found that the income of the poorest 20% of the country declined by 53% in over the last 5 years. The survey, conducted by the People's Research on India's Consumer Economy (PRICE), a Mumbai-based think tank, also shows that in contrast, the same period saw the annual household income of the richest 20% grow by 39%, according to a report The Indian Express.

Modi's false claims of India's glorious Hindu past seems to have been accepted by his followers without question. These claims include the inventions of computers, rockets, spacecraft, the internet, plastic surgery and nuclear weapons in ancient India—long before Western science came on the scene. Here's an excerpt of a report on Indian Science Congress held in 2019:

"The most widely discussed talk at the Indian Science Congress..... celebrated a story in the Hindu epic Mahabharata about a woman who gave birth to 100 children, citing it as evidence that India's ancient Hindu civilization had developed advanced reproductive technologies. Just as surprising as the claim was the distinguished pedigree of the scientist who made it: chemist G. Nageshwar Rao, vice-chancellor of Andhra University in Visakhapatnam. "Stem cell research was done in this country thousands of years ago," Rao said".

Hindutva ideologues are now in charge of school textbooks. They are deleting reference to India's long Muslim history, particularly the Mughal period that produced top tourist attractions like the Taj Mahal in Agra and the Red Fort in Delhi.

India has also dropped Darwin's theory of evolution and the periodic table of elements from some school textbooks, part of a widening campaign by Modi's Hindu nationalist government that has prompted warnings from educators about the impact on teaching and the country's vital technology sector, according to media reports.

Prime Minister Modi's poor education was obvious when he addressed the joint session of the US Congress during his recent state visit to Washington D.C. He had trouble reading his speech from a teleprompter. He said "investigate" instead of "invest" in girls. He incorrectly read "optical" fiber as "political" fiber. He pronounced "relationship" as "relasonsippi". It's amazing how wildly popular he is with the Indian diaspora, particularly in the United States where Indians are considered to be the best educated ethnic group.



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Are India's Leaders Uneducated? What is Modi's Education Level?

Bollywood star Kajol has said at a recent event that Indian political leaders are uneducated. Though she did not name anyone, she is facing ...

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[Skull and Bones]

Indian education level is $3.7 trillion GDP with 6% annualized growth, and $750 billion dollars of export and annual remittance of $110 billion.

What is Pakistan’s level again?

 

[PakFactor]

Indian education level is $3.7 trillion GDP with 6% annualized growth, and $750 billion dollars of export and annual remittance of $110 billion.

What is Pakistan’s level again?

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It's sad but true. Plus, the majority of our parliamentarians are either criminals with murder cases, fraud cases, or outright jahils.

 

[RealDeal]

Kajol is 100% right, but whats funny is her husband also is a 2 rupees people, totally uneducated and also looks like a gawaar lafanga from Bihar village.

Not just that this lafanga actor has been milking modi popularity for all its worth all his latest movies are spy or cop bhakt type movies. All of bollywood is talk but no action, so called liberal views, climate activist crap but behind the scenes they are the opposite. If Kajol is serious she should ask her husband to refrain from doing bhakt thrillers.

 

[my2cents]

Are India's Leaders Uneducated? What is Modi's Education Level?

Bollywood star Kajol has said at a recent event that Indian political leaders are uneducated. Though she did not name anyone, she is facing ...

www.southasiainvestor.com

Bollywood star Kajol has said at a recent event that Indian political leaders are uneducated. Though she did not name anyone, she is facing vicious attacks by Modi Bhakts, a label embraced by the staunch supporters of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Here's what she said, "Change especially in a country like India is slow. It’s very very slow because for one we are steeped in our tradition, steeped in our thought process and, of course, it has to be with tradition. You have political leaders who do not have educational system background. I’m sorry I’m going to go out and say that.” “We are being ruled by leaders, so many of them, who do not have that viewpoint which I think education gives you”, she added.

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Copies of Modi's Degrees. Source: BJP

There have long been questions about the educational qualifications of Mr. Modi who has talked about his humble origins as chaiwalla (tea seller) . These questions have been stoked by contradictory assertions by Mr. Modi and his closest lieutenants in the BJP party. First, Mr. Modi allegedly said in a 1990s interview, well before he ascended to the office of the prime minister, that he did not have any formal education. In multiple video clips that circulated on social media, most of them before the 2014 general election, Modi mocked himself for being ‘uneducated’. But in 2016, Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley showed copies certifying that Mr. Modi was awarded a BA (division III) from Delhi University in 1978 and Gujarat University gave him an MA (division I) in Entire Political Science in 1983 as an external candidate. In response to an RTI (right to information) query, seeking a list of students who had qualified for a BA degree in 1978, the SOL (School of Open Learning) said, "The data is not maintained in the branch in the order as desired by the applicant." It should be noted that there's no such discipline as "Entire Political Science" offered at Gujarat University.

Attempts by Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal to get Gujarat University to confirm the BJP leaders' claim have so far failed. The AAP chief has now filed a review petition after the High Court set aside an order from the Central Information Commission (CIC) that had directed the university to "search for information" regarding PM Modi's degree, according to ANI reports.

The Indian Prime Minister's poor education is reflected in his lack of understanding of the complexity of the idea of Indian nationhood and its long contentious history. It also shows in his poor decision-making processes in demonetization and nation-wide covid lockdown.

Modi's attempts to forge India's new Hindutva identity as a Hindu Rashtra are raising serious doubts about maintaining its unity. Hatred against religious minorities, particularly Muslims, has reached new heights. In a recent Op Ed, Mr. Shashi Tharoor summed it up in the following words: "The BJP’s belligerent Hindutva nationalism – which promotes a narrow interpretation of history and demonizes India’s minorities, particularly Muslims – can be likened to a toxin injected into the veins of Indian society".

Gopal Krishna Pillai, one of India’s most highly regarded former home secretaries, says “secular Hindus are uncomfortable, frustrated” adding “and don’t know what should we do in Modi’s India”. He told Karan Thapar in a recent interview that India could be 10 years away from danger point which he described as “civil disturbance” if the present treatment of Muslims is not checked and reversed, At one point in the interview he even briefly accepted that India could face “civil war”.

In a recent interview to CNN, former US President Barack Obama has pointed out the consequences of BJP's anti-Muslim policies. “If the (US) President meets with Prime Minister Modi, then the protection of the Muslim minority in a Hindu majority India is worth mentioning. If I had a conversation with Prime Minister Modi, who I know well, part of my argument would be that if you don't protect the rights of ethnic minorities in India, there is a strong possibility that India would at some point start pulling apart,” Obama had said. “We have seen what happens when you start getting those kinds of large internal conflicts. So that would be contrary to the interests of not only the Muslim India but also the Hindu India. I think it is important to be able to talk about these things honestly,” said Mr. Obama.

The poor handling of demonetization and the Covid pandemic by the Modi government have caused untold suffering for the Indian people, particularly the poor. Modi's attempts to accelerate the documentation of the Indian economy have killed the informal sector which employs the bulk of India's workers, causing persistently high unemployment. Nationwide COVID lockdown has further exacerbated the situation for India's poor. It has resulted in worsening inequality in the country. A recent survey found that the income of the poorest 20% of the country declined by 53% in over the last 5 years. The survey, conducted by the People's Research on India's Consumer Economy (PRICE), a Mumbai-based think tank, also shows that in contrast, the same period saw the annual household income of the richest 20% grow by 39%, according to a report The Indian Express.

Modi's false claims of India's glorious Hindu past seems to have been accepted by his followers without question. These claims include the inventions of computers, rockets, spacecraft, the internet, plastic surgery and nuclear weapons in ancient India—long before Western science came on the scene. Here's an excerpt of a report on Indian Science Congress held in 2019:

"The most widely discussed talk at the Indian Science Congress..... celebrated a story in the Hindu epic Mahabharata about a woman who gave birth to 100 children, citing it as evidence that India's ancient Hindu civilization had developed advanced reproductive technologies. Just as surprising as the claim was the distinguished pedigree of the scientist who made it: chemist G. Nageshwar Rao, vice-chancellor of Andhra University in Visakhapatnam. "Stem cell research was done in this country thousands of years ago," Rao said".

Hindutva ideologues are now in charge of school textbooks. They are deleting reference to India's long Muslim history, particularly the Mughal period that produced top tourist attractions like the Taj Mahal in Agra and the Red Fort in Delhi.

India has also dropped Darwin's theory of evolution and the periodic table of elements from some school textbooks, part of a widening campaign by Modi's Hindu nationalist government that has prompted warnings from educators about the impact on teaching and the country's vital technology sector, according to media reports.

Prime Minister Modi's poor education was obvious when he addressed the joint session of the US Congress during his recent state visit to Washington D.C. He had trouble reading his speech from a teleprompter. He said "investigate" instead of "invest" in girls. He incorrectly read "optical" fiber as "political" fiber. He pronounced "relationship" as "relasonsippi". It's amazing how wildly popular he is with the Indian diaspora, particularly in the United States where Indians are considered to be the best educated ethnic group.



Related Links:

Haq's Musings

South Asia Investor Review

Silicon Valley Congressman Ro Khanna Abandons Anti-Hindutva Stance

Vast Majority of Indians Say Only Hindus Are Truly Indian

India: The Epicenter of Islamophobia

Indian Hindu Nazis Join Forces With Western Neo-Nazis

US Brackets India's Modi With Murderous Dictators Aristide, Kabila, Mugabe and MBS

Hateful Hindutva Ideology Infects Indian Hindu Diaspora

Caste Discrimination Rampant Among Silicon Valley Indians

Total, Extended Lockdown in Indian Occupied Kashmir

Will Hindu Rashtra Lead to Multiple Partitions of India?

Indian JNU Professor on Illegal Indian Occupation of Kashmir, Manipur, Nagaland

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Ultimately it comes down to performance. I would give him B- on that grade.

 

[protean]

Kajol will consider Indian leadership progressive and educated if they would promote her Lust Stories 2 on Netflix. But seriously how can anyone use Kajol's take as a basis for an article on Modi.
@RiazHaq buddha Sathiya gaya hai suit you perfectly.

 

[Species]

India focuses on quantity rather than quality. Regardless their education level, most Indians remain intellectually inferior. Stunting also plays a part.

This gentlemen below has explained how poorly educated Indians are despite having a higher literacy rate.

 

[Puffin]

Leaders without much Education

1. Winston Churchill:​

Churchill is best known for his time as Prime Minister of Great Britain. He also played a major role in World War II. He helped steer Great Britain away from defeat all without a college degree.

2. Dave Thomas:​

That’s right, the man who founded Wendy’s didn’t have a formal education. He left high school to work at the Hobby House Restaurant and then went on to open up his first Wendy’s. He led Wendy’s as their CEO and grew them to the fresh, never frozen beef behemoth they are today.

3. John Glenn:​

He had studied science at Muskingum College. Yet, when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese, Glenn dropped out of college to join the fight.
He became the face of NASA as the USA raced Russia to become the first to space and the moon. Glenn also played a large part in politics.

4. Walt Disney:​

With only an 8th grade education and no potential job prospects, Disney chose to forge his own path. He opened Iwerks and Disney Commerical Artists. Later, he founded The Walt Disney Company.
Disney’s lack of education forced him to look at his opportunities in a new way. This allowed him to create his own company that is still delighted young and old almost 100 years later.

5. Ted Turner:​

Despite his lack of education, Ted Turner has built and led a media empire. He is the founder of CNN. His drive and passion basically created 24-hour news (whether or not that is a good thing is up for debate but he did it!).

6. Anthony (Tony) Robbins:​

Known as one of the biggest motivational speakers around, Tony did not attend college. He chose to read and educate himself in an informal setting. This led him to writing multiple books, inspiring millions, and hosting seminars around the world.

7. Frederick Douglas:​

Douglas didn’t let his status as a slave to keep him from learning to read and write. He taught himself how to read and write. From there, he helped other slaves learn these valuable skills. This changed the destiny of many oppressed people.

8. David Green:​

Green founded the arts and crafts store Hobby Lobby. With little more than a high school diploma, he started his business. He hasn’t looked back since as Hobby Lobby stores are all throughout the United States.

Famous Leaders Without A Formal Education

It's always a fascinating journey to take a look at famous leaders and see who did or did not have a formal education. There are many such leaders and you may be surprised at who skipped out on

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Men and Women who changed the course of history without an education

1. Wright Brothers, the inventors of the first airplane​

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Both the Wright brothers didn’t graduate high school. But when you want to fly for real, you go ahead and do it anyway.

2. Jane Goodall, the groundbreaking primatologist​

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There was a time when we thought that only humans were capable of thought and self-awareness. Jane Goodall observed Chimps and found out that even apes use tools.

The whopper is that Jane didn’t have any formal science education. She just went on the field and made friends with the chimps, studying them deeply.

3. David Bowie, the legendary musician​

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One of the most influential musicians to have ever lived, he never had an in-depth musical education. He only took beginner’s lessons in saxophone. That’s it.

4. Michael Faraday, one of the greatest scientists of all time​

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Faraday was born dirt poor and had no formal education at all. But when he started working for a bookbinder, he read up on a lot of science from the books he bound. He even offered to become an assistant to various scientists, but they all refused.

Then he took the matter into his own hands and discovered electromagnetism, invented the bunsen burner, discovered benzene, and made the first electric motor and generator, becoming one of the most important scientists of all time.

5. Srinivas Ramanujan, one of the most talented mathematicians to ever exist​

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Srinivas Ramanujan never had any formal education in mathematics. He was entirely self-taught in advanced mathematics because he derived most of the theorems himself. He discovered many new theorems, but most of them were dismissed because nobody believed that they could be done.

But he did become one of the greatest mathematicians to ever live, and his genius is compared to Isaac Newton.

6. Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter​

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Steve Irwin was educated only until high school. After that, everything he knew about wildlife and wild animals came from his parents and experience.

7. John Rockefeller, the successful businessman​

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Rockefeller dropped out of school when he was 16 with the dreams of making $100,000 dollars before he died. He went on to amass a personal fortune of over $200 million by the time he was 60.

8. John Glenn, legendary US astronaut​

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Astronaut John Glenn could not finish his college education and went on to join the US Navy and became a war hero. Then he became the first American to go into space.

9. Gregor Mendel, the man who discovered genetics​

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Mendel was a priest, not a scientist. But he figured out how genetics worked. He used to plant flowers in the monastery and experimented by breeding different colored ones to see the outcome. That’s how he found out how genetics worked.

But no one believed him because he didn’t have a formal science degree.

10. Mary Anning, the paleontologist who discovered dinosaurs​

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Remember that tongue twisting rhyme – she sells seashells by the seashore? It is inspired by Mary Anning, who collected seashells, and then found dinosaur fossils. She tried to spread awareness about this discovery but no one really acknowledged it.

She is the reason dinosaurs were discovered.

11. Benjamin Franklin, the co-author of the Declaration of Independence of the USA​

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Benjamin Franklin contributed to drafting the Declaration Of Independence when the United States achieved independence. He dropped out of school when he was just 10.

12. Jimi Hendrix, the greatest guitar player of all time​

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When you learn music, in its advanced stages, you are expected to learn how to read music too. Jimi Hendrix didn’t know how to read music at all, but he composed some of the most seminal forms of rock and roll.

13. Donald Harden, the man who broke the Zodiac killer’s code​

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The zodiac killer was a notorious killer who was never caught. He left behind cryptic notes after he killed his victims. The police never were able to crack these coded texts, and in helplessness published them so that anyone could take a crack at it.

A school teacher named Donald Harden cracked it because of which the Zodiac Killer stopped killing.

14. Quentin Tarantino, the director of Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Basterds​

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Tarantino dropped out of school when he was just 15 and worked in a video store and learned his skill of directing from the movies he saw there. He didn’t even have any formal education in filmmaking.

15. Mark Twain, the funniest writer to ever live​

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Mark Twain didn’t have any formal education either. At the age of 11, he took up an apprenticeship. By the time he was an adult he worked as a printer and spent a lot of time in public libraries.

That’s where he read a lot of books before he became a steamboat pilot.

16. Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic​

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Richard Branson dropped out of school when he was 16. He established Virgin records, a hugely successful music company. It wasn’t long before he made forays into private space travel.

17. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, the man who created the field of microbiology​

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Leeuwenhoek made his own microscopes by making his own lenses. And under these lenses he observed the first microorganisms, busting the myth that people grew because of spontaneous generation.

18. John McConnell Black, one of the greatest biologists to have lived​

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He was trained as a reporter, but after his 40s, he decided to study the plants of Australia. As a result, he documented more than 2000 species of plants. Just because he dedicated his life to something he cared for.

19. Frederick Douglas, the man who educated the slaves​

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Slaves in the US were not legally allowed to read and write. But that didn’t hold back Frederick Douglas. He first taught himself to read and write and then passed on this knowledge among the other slaves

He became so proficient in languages that he became a bestseller author and an influential leader among the slaves.

20. Henry Ford, the founder of Ford automobiles​

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Can you believe that Henry Ford never had formal school education? He practically invented the assembly line – the reason products can be made so quickly in factories today.

21. Sequoyah, the first and only person to create a language out of scratch​

Sequoyah is the only person in history who came up with a new technique of writing all by himself. He didn’t even have any education whatsoever. Because of him, the Native Americans could read and write better than the European settlers.

22. Jerrie Mock, the first woman to go around the world in a plane​

Jerrie was a college dropout and took only 750 hours of flying lessons before embarking on a daring trip around the world. She became the first woman to accomplish this daunting task.

23. Ed Ricketts, the man who defined ecosystem​

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His work on the coast life system is the basis of the theory of ecology and ecosystem. But because he didn’t have a formal education, he never got any Nobel Prize.

As a wise man once said,

It does not matter how slow you go, as long as you do not stop.​

23 Uneducated People Who Changed The Course Of Humanity

True genius always blossoms regardless of difficulties

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[RiazHaq]

Indian education level is $3.7 trillion GDP with 6% annualized growth, and $750 billion dollars of export and annual remittance of $110 billion.

What is Pakistan’s level again?

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Compare yourself to China. Both are the same population and both are BRIC members, making them preferred FDI/FII destinations. And yet, India's GDP is one-sixth of China's.

Why Does India Lag So Far Behind China?

News, analysis and opinions about India, Pakistan, US, Canada, Europe, Mid East, South Asia, Silicon Valley, High Technology, Economy, Politics, World

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Indian mainstream media headlines suggest that Pakistan's current troubles are becoming a cause for celebration and smugness across the border. Hindu Nationalists, in particular, are singing the praises of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some Pakistani analysts have joined this chorus. This display of triumphalism and effusive praise of India beg the following questions: Why are Indians so obsessed with Pakistan? Why do Indians choose to compare themselves with much smaller Pakistan rather than to their peer China? Why does India lag so far behind China when the two countries are equal in terms of population and number of consumers, the main draw for investors worldwide? Obviously, comparison with China does not reflect well on Hindu Nationalists because it deflates their bubble.

 

[White and Green with M/S]

Compare yourself to China. Both are the same population and both are BRIC members, making them preferred FDI/FII destinations. And yet, India's GDP is one-sixth of China's.

Why Does India Lag So Far Behind China?

News, analysis and opinions about India, Pakistan, US, Canada, Europe, Mid East, South Asia, Silicon Valley, High Technology, Economy, Politics, World

www.riazhaq.com

Indian mainstream media headlines suggest that Pakistan's current troubles are becoming a cause for celebration and smugness across the border. Hindu Nationalists, in particular, are singing the praises of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some Pakistani analysts have joined this chorus. This display of triumphalism and effusive praise of India beg the following questions: Why are Indians so obsessed with Pakistan? Why do Indians choose to compare themselves with much smaller Pakistan rather than to their peer China? Why does India lag so far behind China when the two countries are equal in terms of population and number of consumers, the main draw for investors worldwide? Obviously, comparison with China does not reflect well on Hindu Nationalists because it deflates their bubble.

But where are we Sir degrading ourselves day by day in every sector of economy/politics/education etc etc

At least India is trying to improve herself in every sector

 

[RiazHaq]

Leaders without much Education

1. Winston Churchill:​

Churchill is best known for his time as Prime Minister of Great Britain. He also played a major role in World War II. He helped steer Great Britain away from defeat all without a college degree.

2. Dave Thomas:​

That’s right, the man who founded Wendy’s didn’t have a formal education. He left high school to work at the Hobby House Restaurant and then went on to open up his first Wendy’s. He led Wendy’s as their CEO and grew them to the fresh, never frozen beef behemoth they are today.

3. John Glenn:​

He had studied science at Muskingum College. Yet, when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese, Glenn dropped out of college to join the fight.
He became the face of NASA as the USA raced Russia to become the first to space and the moon. Glenn also played a large part in politics.

4. Walt Disney:​

With only an 8th grade education and no potential job prospects, Disney chose to forge his own path. He opened Iwerks and Disney Commerical Artists. Later, he founded The Walt Disney Company.
Disney’s lack of education forced him to look at his opportunities in a new way. This allowed him to create his own company that is still delighted young and old almost 100 years later.

5. Ted Turner:​

Despite his lack of education, Ted Turner has built and led a media empire. He is the founder of CNN. His drive and passion basically created 24-hour news (whether or not that is a good thing is up for debate but he did it!).

6. Anthony (Tony) Robbins:​

Known as one of the biggest motivational speakers around, Tony did not attend college. He chose to read and educate himself in an informal setting. This led him to writing multiple books, inspiring millions, and hosting seminars around the world.

7. Frederick Douglas:​

Douglas didn’t let his status as a slave to keep him from learning to read and write. He taught himself how to read and write. From there, he helped other slaves learn these valuable skills. This changed the destiny of many oppressed people.

8. David Green:​

Green founded the arts and crafts store Hobby Lobby. With little more than a high school diploma, he started his business. He hasn’t looked back since as Hobby Lobby stores are all throughout the United States.

Famous Leaders Without A Formal Education

It's always a fascinating journey to take a look at famous leaders and see who did or did not have a formal education. There are many such leaders and you may be surprised at who skipped out on

www.jmlalonde.com

Men and Women who changed the course of history without an education

1. Wright Brothers, the inventors of the first airplane​

Image source
Both the Wright brothers didn’t graduate high school. But when you want to fly for real, you go ahead and do it anyway.

2. Jane Goodall, the groundbreaking primatologist​

Image source
There was a time when we thought that only humans were capable of thought and self-awareness. Jane Goodall observed Chimps and found out that even apes use tools.

The whopper is that Jane didn’t have any formal science education. She just went on the field and made friends with the chimps, studying them deeply.

3. David Bowie, the legendary musician​

Image source
One of the most influential musicians to have ever lived, he never had an in-depth musical education. He only took beginner’s lessons in saxophone. That’s it.

4. Michael Faraday, one of the greatest scientists of all time​

Image source
Faraday was born dirt poor and had no formal education at all. But when he started working for a bookbinder, he read up on a lot of science from the books he bound. He even offered to become an assistant to various scientists, but they all refused.

Then he took the matter into his own hands and discovered electromagnetism, invented the bunsen burner, discovered benzene, and made the first electric motor and generator, becoming one of the most important scientists of all time.

5. Srinivas Ramanujan, one of the most talented mathematicians to ever exist​

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Srinivas Ramanujan never had any formal education in mathematics. He was entirely self-taught in advanced mathematics because he derived most of the theorems himself. He discovered many new theorems, but most of them were dismissed because nobody believed that they could be done.

But he did become one of the greatest mathematicians to ever live, and his genius is compared to Isaac Newton.

6. Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter​

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Steve Irwin was educated only until high school. After that, everything he knew about wildlife and wild animals came from his parents and experience.

7. John Rockefeller, the successful businessman​

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Rockefeller dropped out of school when he was 16 with the dreams of making $100,000 dollars before he died. He went on to amass a personal fortune of over $200 million by the time he was 60.

8. John Glenn, legendary US astronaut​

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Astronaut John Glenn could not finish his college education and went on to join the US Navy and became a war hero. Then he became the first American to go into space.

9. Gregor Mendel, the man who discovered genetics​

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Mendel was a priest, not a scientist. But he figured out how genetics worked. He used to plant flowers in the monastery and experimented by breeding different colored ones to see the outcome. That’s how he found out how genetics worked.

But no one believed him because he didn’t have a formal science degree.

10. Mary Anning, the paleontologist who discovered dinosaurs​

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Remember that tongue twisting rhyme – she sells seashells by the seashore? It is inspired by Mary Anning, who collected seashells, and then found dinosaur fossils. She tried to spread awareness about this discovery but no one really acknowledged it.

She is the reason dinosaurs were discovered.

11. Benjamin Franklin, the co-author of the Declaration of Independence of the USA​

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Benjamin Franklin contributed to drafting the Declaration Of Independence when the United States achieved independence. He dropped out of school when he was just 10.

12. Jimi Hendrix, the greatest guitar player of all time​

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When you learn music, in its advanced stages, you are expected to learn how to read music too. Jimi Hendrix didn’t know how to read music at all, but he composed some of the most seminal forms of rock and roll.

13. Donald Harden, the man who broke the Zodiac killer’s code​

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The zodiac killer was a notorious killer who was never caught. He left behind cryptic notes after he killed his victims. The police never were able to crack these coded texts, and in helplessness published them so that anyone could take a crack at it.

A school teacher named Donald Harden cracked it because of which the Zodiac Killer stopped killing.

14. Quentin Tarantino, the director of Pulp Fiction and Inglorious Basterds​

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Tarantino dropped out of school when he was just 15 and worked in a video store and learned his skill of directing from the movies he saw there. He didn’t even have any formal education in filmmaking.

15. Mark Twain, the funniest writer to ever live​

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Mark Twain didn’t have any formal education either. At the age of 11, he took up an apprenticeship. By the time he was an adult he worked as a printer and spent a lot of time in public libraries.

That’s where he read a lot of books before he became a steamboat pilot.

16. Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic​

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Richard Branson dropped out of school when he was 16. He established Virgin records, a hugely successful music company. It wasn’t long before he made forays into private space travel.

17. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, the man who created the field of microbiology​

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Leeuwenhoek made his own microscopes by making his own lenses. And under these lenses he observed the first microorganisms, busting the myth that people grew because of spontaneous generation.

18. John McConnell Black, one of the greatest biologists to have lived​

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He was trained as a reporter, but after his 40s, he decided to study the plants of Australia. As a result, he documented more than 2000 species of plants. Just because he dedicated his life to something he cared for.

19. Frederick Douglas, the man who educated the slaves​

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Slaves in the US were not legally allowed to read and write. But that didn’t hold back Frederick Douglas. He first taught himself to read and write and then passed on this knowledge among the other slaves

He became so proficient in languages that he became a bestseller author and an influential leader among the slaves.

20. Henry Ford, the founder of Ford automobiles​

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Can you believe that Henry Ford never had formal school education? He practically invented the assembly line – the reason products can be made so quickly in factories today.

21. Sequoyah, the first and only person to create a language out of scratch​

Sequoyah is the only person in history who came up with a new technique of writing all by himself. He didn’t even have any education whatsoever. Because of him, the Native Americans could read and write better than the European settlers.

22. Jerrie Mock, the first woman to go around the world in a plane​

Jerrie was a college dropout and took only 750 hours of flying lessons before embarking on a daring trip around the world. She became the first woman to accomplish this daunting task.

23. Ed Ricketts, the man who defined ecosystem​

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His work on the coast life system is the basis of the theory of ecology and ecosystem. But because he didn’t have a formal education, he never got any Nobel Prize.

As a wise man once said,

It does not matter how slow you go, as long as you do not stop.​

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Winston Churchill, the only national leader on this list, graduated from Sandhurst Military Academy. It teaches leadership skills, in addition to imparting regular college education.

But where are we Sir degrading ourselves day by day in every sector of economy/politics/education etc etc

At least India is trying to improve herself in every sector

Don't be fooled by the media headlines.

India is in crisis.

Majority of Indians are suffering high levels of unemployment and serious hunger.

India in Crisis: Unemployment and Hunger Persist After Waves of COVID

News, analysis and opinions about India, Pakistan, US, Canada, Europe, Mid East, South Asia, Silicon Valley, High Technology, Economy, Politics, World

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Modi looks like a gorilla.

 

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Don't be fooled by the media headlines.

India is in crisis.

Majority of Indians are suffering high levels of unemployment and serious hunger.

India in Crisis: Unemployment and Hunger Persist After Waves of COVID

News, analysis and opinions about India, Pakistan, US, Canada, Europe, Mid East, South Asia, Silicon Valley, High Technology, Economy, Politics, World

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Don't fool yourself either Sir they are currently 10 times ahead of Pakistan in every field of economy to education, defense to employment etc etc

Modi looks like a gorilla.

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Is that you in the left pic dude

 

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Winston Churchill, the only national leader on this list, graduated from Sandhurst Military Academy. It teaches leadership skills, in addition to imparting regular college education.



Don't be fooled by the media headlines.

India is in crisis.

Majority of Indians are suffering high levels of unemployment and serious hunger.

India in Crisis: Unemployment and Hunger Persist After Waves of COVID

News, analysis and opinions about India, Pakistan, US, Canada, Europe, Mid East, South Asia, Silicon Valley, High Technology, Economy, Politics, World

www.riazhaq.com

Quoting your own jaundiced "articles" written on your own webpage using an extremely selective sifted "opinions" and figures is NOT AND NEVER WILL BE EVIDENCE.

Your ONLY PURPOSE in life is to "prove" INDIA BAD PAKISTAN CHINA GOOD.
That is the gist of EVERYTHING you write.

Your deranged obsession has clearly sent you quite mad.

 

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Are India's Leaders Uneducated? What is Modi's Education Level?

Bollywood star Kajol has said at a recent event that Indian political leaders are uneducated. Though she did not name anyone, she is facing ...

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Bollywood star Kajol has said at a recent event that Indian political leaders are uneducated. Though she did not name anyone, she is facing vicious attacks by Modi Bhakts, a label embraced by the staunch supporters of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Here's what she said, "Change especially in a country like India is slow. It’s very very slow because for one we are steeped in our tradition, steeped in our thought process and, of course, it has to be with tradition. You have political leaders who do not have educational system background. I’m sorry I’m going to go out and say that.” “We are being ruled by leaders, so many of them, who do not have that viewpoint which I think education gives you”, she added.

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Copies of Modi's Degrees. Source: BJP

There have long been questions about the educational qualifications of Mr. Modi who has talked about his humble origins as chaiwalla (tea seller) . These questions have been stoked by contradictory assertions by Mr. Modi and his closest lieutenants in the BJP party. First, Mr. Modi allegedly said in a 1990s interview, well before he ascended to the office of the prime minister, that he did not have any formal education. In multiple video clips that circulated on social media, most of them before the 2014 general election, Modi mocked himself for being ‘uneducated’. But in 2016, Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley showed copies certifying that Mr. Modi was awarded a BA (division III) from Delhi University in 1978 and Gujarat University gave him an MA (division I) in Entire Political Science in 1983 as an external candidate. In response to an RTI (right to information) query, seeking a list of students who had qualified for a BA degree in 1978, the SOL (School of Open Learning) said, "The data is not maintained in the branch in the order as desired by the applicant." It should be noted that there's no such discipline as "Entire Political Science" offered at Gujarat University.

Attempts by Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal to get Gujarat University to confirm the BJP leaders' claim have so far failed. The AAP chief has now filed a review petition after the High Court set aside an order from the Central Information Commission (CIC) that had directed the university to "search for information" regarding PM Modi's degree, according to ANI reports.

The Indian Prime Minister's poor education is reflected in his lack of understanding of the complexity of the idea of Indian nationhood and its long contentious history. It also shows in his poor decision-making processes in demonetization and nation-wide covid lockdown.

Modi's attempts to forge India's new Hindutva identity as a Hindu Rashtra are raising serious doubts about maintaining its unity. Hatred against religious minorities, particularly Muslims, has reached new heights. In a recent Op Ed, Mr. Shashi Tharoor summed it up in the following words: "The BJP’s belligerent Hindutva nationalism – which promotes a narrow interpretation of history and demonizes India’s minorities, particularly Muslims – can be likened to a toxin injected into the veins of Indian society".

Gopal Krishna Pillai, one of India’s most highly regarded former home secretaries, says “secular Hindus are uncomfortable, frustrated” adding “and don’t know what should we do in Modi’s India”. He told Karan Thapar in a recent interview that India could be 10 years away from danger point which he described as “civil disturbance” if the present treatment of Muslims is not checked and reversed, At one point in the interview he even briefly accepted that India could face “civil war”.

In a recent interview to CNN, former US President Barack Obama has pointed out the consequences of BJP's anti-Muslim policies. “If the (US) President meets with Prime Minister Modi, then the protection of the Muslim minority in a Hindu majority India is worth mentioning. If I had a conversation with Prime Minister Modi, who I know well, part of my argument would be that if you don't protect the rights of ethnic minorities in India, there is a strong possibility that India would at some point start pulling apart,” Obama had said. “We have seen what happens when you start getting those kinds of large internal conflicts. So that would be contrary to the interests of not only the Muslim India but also the Hindu India. I think it is important to be able to talk about these things honestly,” said Mr. Obama.

The poor handling of demonetization and the Covid pandemic by the Modi government have caused untold suffering for the Indian people, particularly the poor. Modi's attempts to accelerate the documentation of the Indian economy have killed the informal sector which employs the bulk of India's workers, causing persistently high unemployment. Nationwide COVID lockdown has further exacerbated the situation for India's poor. It has resulted in worsening inequality in the country. A recent survey found that the income of the poorest 20% of the country declined by 53% in over the last 5 years. The survey, conducted by the People's Research on India's Consumer Economy (PRICE), a Mumbai-based think tank, also shows that in contrast, the same period saw the annual household income of the richest 20% grow by 39%, according to a report The Indian Express.

Modi's false claims of India's glorious Hindu past seems to have been accepted by his followers without question. These claims include the inventions of computers, rockets, spacecraft, the internet, plastic surgery and nuclear weapons in ancient India—long before Western science came on the scene. Here's an excerpt of a report on Indian Science Congress held in 2019:

"The most widely discussed talk at the Indian Science Congress..... celebrated a story in the Hindu epic Mahabharata about a woman who gave birth to 100 children, citing it as evidence that India's ancient Hindu civilization had developed advanced reproductive technologies. Just as surprising as the claim was the distinguished pedigree of the scientist who made it: chemist G. Nageshwar Rao, vice-chancellor of Andhra University in Visakhapatnam. "Stem cell research was done in this country thousands of years ago," Rao said".

Hindutva ideologues are now in charge of school textbooks. They are deleting reference to India's long Muslim history, particularly the Mughal period that produced top tourist attractions like the Taj Mahal in Agra and the Red Fort in Delhi.

India has also dropped Darwin's theory of evolution and the periodic table of elements from some school textbooks, part of a widening campaign by Modi's Hindu nationalist government that has prompted warnings from educators about the impact on teaching and the country's vital technology sector, according to media reports.

Prime Minister Modi's poor education was obvious when he addressed the joint session of the US Congress during his recent state visit to Washington D.C. He had trouble reading his speech from a teleprompter. He said "investigate" instead of "invest" in girls. He incorrectly read "optical" fiber as "political" fiber. He pronounced "relationship" as "relasonsippi". It's amazing how wildly popular he is with the Indian diaspora, particularly in the United States where Indians are considered to be the best educated ethnic group.



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