India is as failed a state as Pakistan, if not more so. And India's secular democracy is a sham.
Not unlike North Korea, India is engaged in a massive arms buildup while half of its children are near starvation. A nation-state like India that fails to take care of half its children's basic nutrition needs has to be a failed state.
It comes as no surprise that you are delusional and mighty jealous of India.
Experts in the field say the government’s role ought to be that of a catalyst, rather than an implementer or manager of change. The government cannot alone get rid of India's caste system or people who do not want to study!!!!! Neither can money change the situation in a day or neither will pamphlets claiming awareness change much!!!! All these can happen with education (which I have to claim, India is doing reasonable well in) and jobs. When a family lives out of steady income, they will improve, but will take at least one generation to improve!!!!
The myth about Pakistan being a failed state is being pushed by people who are either ignorant about Pakistan, or have an ax to grind.
why don't you take it up with people in the country you call home now???they were the "ignorant" experts to make claims of Pakistan being a failed state.
Here's a video clip of William Dalrymple comparing India and Pakistan:
YouTube - IQ2 Discussion "Pakistan: what next?" (8 of 12)
He actually makes some other excellent points that I wish to use later against your own posts
Do any serious analysts challenge the poverty and hunger figures for India, or the strength and scope of the Maoists insyrgency? Absolutely not! Even Indian officials agree with the data on hunger and poverty and malnutrition.
Not just our officials but most Indians do too. Again, this only begs the question that many people ask..inspite of world bank funds, financial aids why are developing countries not making great strides???? oh yes I should add, they never said anything about Indian govt failing, in fact they think procedures all across the developing needs change wrt poverty alleviation!
Dalrymple, a self-declared Indophile, is not alone in rejecting the myth of Pak being a failed state. Others who know South Asia and other parts of the world, such as Prof Juan Cole, Peter Bergen, and others, also reject this myth of Pakistan being a failed state.
Ok so do these experts who know South Asia well claim India is a failed state? Sir, you are making very, very weak arguments here!!!!! If they please do enlighten us as well. Advanced thanks from all Indians here
My reasons for saying that India is a failed state are simple: More than Pakistani state, the Indian state has miserably failed in meeting the very basic needs of its people (particularly children) for food, clothing, shelter and basic sanitation.
yes we know, but you may have forgotten to add India has done very well in providing drinking water to 84% of its population. yes, spanking latrines are still a luxury and causes enough embarrassment.
India is also a failed democracy and a bad poster child for democratic form of government. It's pervasive hunger, poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy, a huge and growing rich-poor gap, and a well-established system of caste-based Apartheid, and its terrible governance make its democracy a joke. And its history of widespread persecution of its minorities makes its secular label ludicrous.
Since you started of with a comparison between India and Pakistan, what can you tell me about Pakistan's clean record??? You also did say India is more "failed" than Pakistan, where did your facts and figures go wrt to the above statement??
In spite of the fact that India has been living on the old crumbs of outsourcing for the last 10 years the situation has hardly improved in the cities and villages of India.
Yes Sir, we have no fortune 500 companies from India at all. Can you name at least 3 from Pakistan, NO? at least one?
Can you name a car made in Pakistan? no? can you at least name a wrist watch made in Pakistan that may be bought outside the country?
I'm with you, Im tired of world's attention on India's IT, The new buzz words should be steel, pharma, automobiles, space etc etc
I hope other Pakistani's do not take me to be a troll. I do not believe Pakistan is a failed state. We all have the same problems!
Mr Haq, if you intend to compare, especially while writing such reports please do so with every quote and opinion of yours. I'm still hoping you can quote a few sources that call India a failed state!
Lastly I wish to add, if you called the the U.S. National Intelligence Council (NIC) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as ignorant, what would you call your above report?
Thanks