Was it the comment section or the actual news articles ? If it was the comments then no commentsGood question. Recently I saw a lot of posts at different places following the Rafale-cum-Peanut rancour in the British press.
Without bringing in the nastiness.I agree with the sentiment but the comments on that article are relatively moderate compared to what we have come to expect from the Britishers of late.
I think they really miss the old times(about which most of those guys(and us) have only read about) and perhaps they've been fed with the belief that the British Empire was a benevolent entity and the colonies are indebted to them for civilizing them.
Someone really needs to tell them what disgusting thieves their ancestors were and how they were no better than the Nazis these guys take the credit of having stopped from taking over the world.
they still are far more PC than we can ever hope to be.Some of the comments from Britons in that blog are actually nice. Some are bad.
I quite like the Great Britain. Its like going to a foreign ,exotic country without having to learn a new language. Everyone speaks Punjabi.British are nobodies today, all they have is their jingoism to stick on to. After all if you take that off what does he have? A small island north of nowhere and it freezes over in winter and it rains rest of the time. It must be cold and depressing without comforting thoughts.
You are equating people's internet comments to attitudes or the state of business with a country? If you want to go by that standard then the Indian commentator is also taking a piss,as the Brits say, in that link.
The man made absolute sense. I don't know why you had to go all personal ?STHU. If you like to worship white skin thats because you have poor self esteem. That is not our problem you feel being brown or black is a negative thing, so STHU with your Uncle Tom attitude.
British Goras still thinks they still owned 80% of the world.
The arrow has already left their bow, the sooner they realised better for them...
I quite like the Great Britain. Its like going to a foreign ,exotic country without having to learn a new language. Everyone speaks Punjabi.
Strongly disagree.Look at what the British have done in India, even after 60 years we haven't been able to match them. (indian railways, law, civil services, buildings etc)
Provide the link how hard can that be ...?
Rafale win leaves UK smarting | idrw.orgUnsurprisingly, perhaps. With the exception of Russia, no other country has had as lucrative a trade with India when it comes to arms as Britain has.
Between 1950 and 2010, India has imported $15.3 billion worth of arms from Britain, against $4 billion from France and $1.8 billion from Germany, according to data from the Swedish International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
I don't disagree with the premise of your post but if you are looking at it objectively and on economic terms . you have UK = developed country and India = developing. The 'numbers' are pretty clear setting aside nationalism, pride and emotion. India is ways away from being at par with UK standard. Your standard of living is much lower, your infrastructure is lower, your civilian services are lower, your social safety networks are much lower, your citizenry live expectancy is much lower....Strongly disagree.
This is horrible self flagellation, completely unnecessary and false. It feeds the propaganda that "natives" are savages who needed the benevolence of the Brits for their sustenance.
Those who make this argument talk about railways - now, let us look a little beyond that, shall we?
What have we not been able to "match" in 60 years? The Mumbai skyline with dozens of skyscrapers? The metro rapid transit system in Indian cities like Delhi, Bangalore, Calcutta and soon-to-be Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Jaipur? The nuclear weapons and the space program? The golden quadrilateral and other highways in India? The elevated expressways in various cities? The ring roads, the automobile boom? The green revolution? Self sufficiency in food production?
Heck, people don't die in the millions in famines anymore in India!!!!
I can go on and on. All this talk about "we not having matched the Brits in 60 years" is typical "Churchillian" talk - let us desist from it, because it is completely false. :bs:
Indian railwaysLook at what the British have done in India, even after 60 years we haven't been able to match them. (indian railways, law, civil services, buildings etc)
But they're not now. They have no right to condescend to us.British were at one time the major powerhouse of the world, and people had a lot of pride in being British. And at the time all the top marquees were British, and buying British meant buying quality.
Sure, and I don't think anyone will claim otherwise. There is no disputing the fact that UK = developed and India = developing.I don't disagree with the premise of your post but if you are looking at it objectively and on economic terms . you have UK = developed country and India = developing. The 'numbers' are pretty clear setting aside nationalism, pride and emotion. India is way away from being at par with UK standard.
Quoted for truth.Regarding India's slow pace of development: for the decades of the 50s and 60s, the after-effects of British colonialism can be held responsible.
hmm ... ok. But... and this is a big one.I don't disagree with the premise of your post but if you are looking at it objectively and on economic terms . you have UK = developed country and India = developing. The 'numbers' are pretty clear setting aside nationalism, pride and emotion. India is ways away from being at par with UK standard. Your standard of living is much lower, your infrastructure is lower, your civilian services are lower, your social safety networks are much lower, your citizenry live expectancy is much lower....
India currently has significant lengths of four different gauges: the 1,676mm broad gauge which is wider than the 1,435mm standard gauge which accounts for the majority of the world's railway track miles, but is not used in India; the 1,000mm metre gauge; and two narrow gauges 762 mm (2 ft 6 in) and 610 mm (2 ft) .
Source: Project Unigauge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No mean feat!As a result of Project Unigauge, the share of broad gauge in the total route-kilometre has been steadily rising, increasing from 47% (25,258 route-km) in 1951 to 85% (more than 54,600 route-km) in 2011 whereas the share of metre gauge has declined from 45% (24,185 route-km) to less than 12% (7,500 route-km) in the same period and the share of narrow gauges has decreased from 8% to 3% (less than 2,400 route-km) in 2011.
Source: Project Unigauge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It's one thing to be proud about TATA. and yes , no question it is a fantastic success story. But baffling how you compare Ford to Tata.How stupid must Ford feel. The twaddled around with JLR for 6 years losing money nearly every quarter. Then sold it for 2.3 billion. JLR just made nearly a billion in profit in one quarter. Have to say the guys at Tata nailed this one. How stupid must Ford feel again?