Islamic and British Rule Over India

I will be as objective as I can while stating my thoughts about it ... It was NOT that India never experienced battles or wars before the Islamic Invasion ... Of course there were many small states in the Indian Subcontinent ... who were all Hindus ... However they too had clashes amongst them ... winning and losing was quite "known" even at that time ... The differences between battles or wars among "Hindu only" and "Hindu and Islam" were, Hindu believed in following certain "ethics" even during a battle or war, while Islamic war used to be "non-ethical" and "barbaric" ... I believe that we could have won the Islamic war by believing in "intelligence" ... Indian Intelligence should have known that time, that Islam does not believe in following any ethics and is barbaric ... Indian spies during those times should have had a fair idea of how Islamic rule is ... taking a look at their countries, the way they treat their woman, easily gives an idea of how Islam is (of course there are few exceptions, but I am talking about the majority here ... ) ... If we could have taken the intelligence inputs seriously, we could have won any war against Islam ... but I am of the opinion that India at that time, mis-judged the enemy ... probably India was simply "over-confident" due to its own abundance ... Indians still believe that there were "betrayers" in India and they still exist ... But my opinion is, if we take "intelligence" seriously, "betrayals" can be avoided ... Anyways ... the end result is Islam was successful in invading India ... and it started showing its barbarism by sexual assault of Indian women and breaking Indian temples that hurt the religion ... It continued for 400 years ... that's a long long time ... long enough to make Hindus lose their "values" ... the core Hindu values of believing in "peace", "freedom", "education" ... that's poverty ... "core poverty" ... it's NOT the "poverty of money" which matters  ... its the "poverty of values" that matters ... if we have good core values, then money will automatically get fetched ... but since India lost its values, India was unable to fetch money ... even after Independence ... I believe that "women" and "religion" were the two core mistakes Islam has committed in India "repeatedly" ... for which Indians find it very hard to forgive and forget ... I think Islamic Invasion could NOT have been THAT big of a problem if these two core mistakes have been avoided by Islam ... because as far as "fair" winning and losing is concerned, India was well accustomed to it ... The core mistakes which Islam had made, the British have avoided ... or rather they did not make them ... British did not believe in touching Indian women or Hindu religion inappropriately ... of course there were British and Indian/Hindu battles/wars, but there is no "behind the back" attack ... the latest and most brutal attack of British, which was the "Jalian-wala baug" attack, killed the women and men equally ... and with guns ... It was Gandhiji's non-violence strategy, which made the sikhs/hindus NOT to "counter-attack" ... otherwise, British never stopped Hindus from "counter-attack" ... I believe that if Hindus/Sikhs had counter-attacked the British, it could have been a "fair" win-lose scenario ... Sikh community is a very brave community of India ... and "non-violence strategy" turned out to be extremely unfair to them ... Indians believe that British were sent back to their country ... they took Indian money with them ... that made India poor ... but the reality is Islam already had brought poverty to India ... that has harmed India a lot and unfortunately it will still take time for India to heal that harm ... Many Islamic population stayed back in India ... But there are few which are geniuses ... The majority of Islamic population in India is unfortunately poor ... some of them are only "financially poor" ... but some of them are "morally poor" ... 

India, America and Trust

 Indians are more sort of "reserved" species, when it comes to interactions... Americans are "friendly first and reserved later" ... Americans go "reserve" only if they encounter some bad experiences with their personal interactions ...otherwise they are "friendly" ... For Americans "trust" is the default setting in interactions ... in case if interactions go wrong, Americans withdraw the "trust" factor ... It works exactly opposite in case of "Indians" .. for Indians it is "reserved first friendly later" ... Indians go friendly only if they have a lot of positive experiences with their interactions ... and "a lot of", is really subjective ... varies from person to person ... Indians may not prefer to be friendly, if they don't want at all ... for example, in case of the "business interactions" ... In case of Indians, the trust factor gets established, only after many interactions ... there is no concept of "default trust" ...

India, Pakistan and the World - Be "Givers" than "Takers"

 I think you are being funny and sarcastic for India and Pakistan... Both India and Pakistan had only "incoming traffic" of goods for a long time after independence... As a result, they remained like "small children" in the world's eye... only "takers" ... not "givers" ... It takes time for children to grow up and become "grateful" for others... to look around the world and then analyse where they stand... And of course I can understand that the situation of our beginning era could be held responsible for that... However India recovered from that situation and now we have "two way traffic" of goods across countries. I can only say that India could have recovered faster... however "better late than never" ... And I wish good for Pakistan to also start this "two way traffic" ... and both these countries become "givers" than "takers" ...

FortKochi

 A dream world ... I can't find any other phrase for it ... and I do not want to come out of it ... a dream world created almost 300 to 400 years ago ...by the Portugese, Dutch and the British... and still preserved to a large extent ... a small town created near the sea shore ... deep sea ... surrounded by black rocks ... the sea shows different emotions at different times ... sometimes peaceful ... sometimes aggressive ... sometimes angry ... as long as it is peaceful, no issues ... the moment it shows its aggression or anger, then God help you ... when it is peaceful, it will give a gentle knock at the door of the shore ... when it becomes aggresive, we can feel the pressure at the shore ... and when it is angry, it simply throws you out of the shore ... sea ... God's creation ... vast ... deep ... oh, while looking at the sea, I forgot that it is also a port ... the ships ... the giant cargo ships ... the fishing ships ... adorn the sea ...that's a creation of mankind ... that's technology ... that's engineering ... it mixes very well with nature ... sea life ... a calm life ... peacefully sailing life ... dream life ... yes, it surely involves a risk ... risk of dealing with the anger of the sea ... but that is a risk which mankind has taken for expanding its horizons ... it is a risk worth taking ... for many years, it has been serving mankind for mixing populations ... mixing grain ... mixing knowledge ... and it still continues doing that ...  peacefully ... there is no fuss... even after spending 50 years of my life in India, I was unaware of some such place exists in India ... but thanks to the world of Internet, it has introduced me to this treasure ... I spent my time moving through the lanes of the town ... well planned town ... due care taken for a heavy rainfall ... beautiful bungalows ... big or small ... surrounded by trees ... I could not thank the mobile technology enough ... it gave me access to the camera and my music ... wherever I went ... what else I want?... I could not stop clicking pictures ... I think this town is guarded by God himself ... I could not thank God enough ... It was my routine to visit the churches there ... two churches ... both grand ... built around 300 to 400 years ago ... one was a church where Vasco-Da-Gama was buried ... he was the first European to visit India ... the church is that ancient ... it gives me goose bumps ... there were some ancient scripts on the stones inside... I wish I could read that ... another was a basilica ... lot of beautiful paintings of Jesus and his era on the walls ... I used to spend almost 30 min in the church ... meditating experience ... churches were open for travellers ... I benefited a lot from them ... in terms of trading peace ... the basilica also had a small temple of Mother Mary near it ... I visited her whenever I went to church ... small, cosy, peaceful, independent, residence of Mother Mary ... I wonder about the sculptors of the statues ... very pleasant facial features ... on my way back home, I really admire my hotel staff ... the people from FortKochi ... soft- spoken, well-mannered people ... they provided me with a heavy-healthy breakfast ... Kerala breakfast ... I was delighted ... stayed in FortKochi for a little more than a month ... returned back with a lot of happy memories ... will always cherish those memories !