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Fundamental defects in the Pakistani soul

I was watching the rather acerbic take on Pakistani diplomats by Gravitas News on YouTube.  It seems most are involved in scam or another , usually defrauding the host country or even fleecing their own. So much so that at one point the U.S State Department prevented Pakistani representatives from travelling unescorted. There was also a video of a Pakistani diplomat stealing the wallet of  his Kuwaiti counterpart which was lying on  table. I was also amazed by the footage of Imran Khan personally chauferring the rulers of Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Generally such level of prostrating and self inflicting humiliation on part of rulers is reserved for religious figures or older revered people. And this expected to some degree and appreciated by the public. The Raja of Ramnad who sponsored Swami Vivekananda's trip to America, personally pulled the ceremonial chariot carrying Vivekananda instead of the bullocks.  Of course there are also those kings who actually offered ...

Eisenhower approach to Dalits

U.S President viewed black segregation and discrimination not just a moral wrong but primarily as national scurity. Having a restive resentful minority comprising more than 14% of the population is a boon for foreign saboteurs. Therefore he supported civil rights movements in its infancy and enforced integration at gunpoint. India has a Dalit population nearing 200 million which is a population larger than most countries in the world. This communiity is absent in  education,business, entertainment, sports, media and with occasional exceptions- politics.  Buddhism , a particularly virulent and hostile form similar to Sinhala Buddhism, is snapping up most of them, while many others flock to Christianity or Islam. The remaining are either atheist or retreat to their customs and practices of worship which orthodox Hindus frown at. Many Dalits increasingly look to Western culture and even prefer to wait wear Western clothing at their marriages as traditonal kurta dhoti ,sherwan...