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Linguistic Imperialism

Zia Ahmed October 20, 2005

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#198 Posted by scout on October 23, 2005 8:46:19 am
Re: # 173

Please seek psychiatric treatment. It is in your best interests.
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#197 Posted by Salim_Chauhan on October 23, 2005 8:13:42 am
Ranjit #190 {``Pakistanis are losers who cannot even take pride in their own heritage. They feel ashamed to be in their own skin. Like ABCDs in USA, they hate their genetic makeup, their skin color, their customs and their own traditions. Like a bunch of beghairat jokers, they try to adopt Arabic or Middle-eastern culture which is alien to them.``}

Ranjit Bhai, Assallam-p-Alaikum wah Rahmatullah, :)

Other than that, how do you feel about Pakistanis?
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#196 Posted by Salim_Chauhan on October 23, 2005 8:07:43 am
hamidm2 #161 {``as much as it hurts me to say this, i have to admit that pakis ARE like indians in many many ways ............ some of them in rather disgusting ways: eating with their fingers, nose and ear hair, loudness, unsatisfactory personal hygiene, etc etc ``}

Hamidm Sahib (do number walley),

You are probably the source of the famous English expression ``I will f*** a Chinman in the ar$e before I will shake hands with an Indian.``

I am sure that you have shaken many an Indian hand. We will leave your interactions with orientals to people`s imagination. :)
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#195 Posted by Hunter123 on October 23, 2005 8:03:23 am
#194...are you an idiot ? Use the internet. Moron. Try google search.
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#194 Posted by Behram1 on October 23, 2005 7:57:28 am
Re: # 192

what is GDP / capita between Pakistan and India?
Is there any data you have?
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#193 Posted by Hunter123 on October 23, 2005 6:34:30 am
What India should work at is at impoverishing Pakistan. Striking at the core of Pakistan`s economy. Competing for the chunk of Pakistan`s exports. I am hinting at textiles. Over 50% of Pakistan`s exports are linked to textiles. What India should do is remove the artificial restrictions and reservations placed on its textile industry. Current labor laws prevent speedy growth. Promote labor flexibility. Reduce the duties and provide export incentives. In no time at all , India`s extrepreneurs will take over the world textile market , even catching up with the Chinese , who currently dominate. Pakistan`s textile economy will be devastated , unable to keep up with the two giants - India and China.
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#192 Posted by Hunter123 on October 23, 2005 6:33:01 am
Indian economy currently grows at 8% p.a. This can be easily increased to 10% , if the roadblocks placed before the liberalisation/globalisation/privatisation process are removed.

Thereby I arrive at the following calculation ,

India

GDP by 2015 : $1400 bn (at 8%) and $1560 bn (at 10%)

GDP by 2025 : $2028 bn (at 8%) and $3120 bn (at 10%)

(Chinese GDP will be $4300 bn by 2025.)

Pakistan`s GDP , if the current rate of 7% is maintained , will be $136 bn by 2015 and $188 bn by 2025.

Pakistan`s population by 2025 will be 290 million and India`s , 1450 million.

Which means , India will have 17.5 times the economy of Pakistan in 20 years time and 5 times the population.

Just by maintaining a defence budget at a minimal 3% of GDP , India will have a defence expenditure of almost $100 billion by 2025.

Pakistan , in 20 years time , compelled to keep up with India , will have no choice but to spend at an unprecedented 15-20% of its GDP on defence , and even that will keep its defence expenditure at $24-38 billion , thus practically bankrupting the Pakistani nation and impoverishing its exploding population.


Was it Bhutto or was it Zia who said something about Pakistanis being well determined to fight a 1000 year with India over Kashmir even if it means having to eat grass ?

Grass it is , then. And you dont have to wait for 1000 years.
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#191 Posted by Behram1 on October 23, 2005 6:02:49 am

Re: # 190

There is also a saying ``Anghoor Khatey Hain`` when you acknowledged that Pakistanis by far have [ ``good looks``]. So you agree that Indians are generally ugly.

When will you stop your Indian women from suggesting that their child is ``white``? It is not only the color, it is also the features that Indians have an inferiority complex with. When will you change all of that?
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#190 Posted by Ranjit on October 22, 2005 11:58:14 pm

Pakistanis can be characterized by one proverb - ``Dhobi ka Kutta - Na Ghar ka, na Ghat ka``. The centuries of invasions, the automatic defeat of Pakistanis in every war and the severe treatment at the hands of various invaders has left Pakistanis in a pathetic state that deserves our pity. Pakistanis are losers - they have been losers for the past 1000 years and they will always remain losers.

The Indian subcontinent and its civilization has always been defended by people in modern India. Every invader to India met real resistance when they reached Panipat. Until then it would be a picnic slaughtering Pakistanis and raping their women, which explains their ``good looks`` that they are proud of today. The Pakistanis rolled over and embraced Islam, like the cowards that they are. Indians were also defeated but they never gave up. The Rajputs in Rajasthan, the Sikhs, the Marathas, they all continued fighting for centuries and upheld the Indian civilization. Indians forced muslim invaders to settle down and adopt India as their home and ultimately blend in with the local population. Indians forced muslims rulers like Akbar to beome secular and give value to Hinduism. Otherwise, the Pakistanis gave such a lousy account by conceding defeat at the drop of a hat and converting, that hinduism as a religion got a bad name and would have vanished.

The net outcome is that while Indians are a proud people celebrating their culture, Pakistanis are losers who cannot even take pride in their own heritage. They feel ashamed to be in their own skin. Like ABCDs in USA, they hate their genetic makeup, their skin color, their customs and their own traditions. Like a bunch of beghairat jokers, they try to adopt Arabic or Middle-eastern culture which is alien to them. The muslim world laughs at Pakistanis at this absurd attempt and never accepts them as their own. Go to Saudi Arabia and see how they treat Pakistanis like garbage. People who are beghairat are always treated that way.
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#189 Posted by Pardesi on October 22, 2005 6:17:14 pm
Re: # 186 Netizen

:).
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#188 Posted by Pardesi on October 22, 2005 6:13:04 pm

#185 Netizen

Thanks for Oberoi correction. I forgot his name but did remember his Hilton chain.

Ranbaxy was named after two sons of the founder: Ranbeer (Ran) singh and Gurbaksh (bax) singh by the founder who started his company as a neighborhood drug store in Delhi after partition. There was a great article on this company many years back in Forbes.

Honestly, I hate to see Indians categorized in ethnic terms since we have a great merit based competitive system and all communities have great success stories. It’s only when some folks who believe in putting down or mocking others in order to get a boost to their own bruised pride that I get provoked.

My apologies, if I hurt some Pakistanis for my unkind remarks about their own achievements.

Regards.
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#187 Posted by Netizen on October 22, 2005 5:55:37 pm
Re: # 181

hamidm:

regarding your difficulty understanding hindi:

being a mumbaite, i too don`t understand pure ``shuudh`` hindi words used in Hindi news. I just relate them to the context. similar to pak/urdu programmes.
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#186 Posted by Netizen on October 22, 2005 5:52:11 pm
Re: # 172

pardesi:

``- I won’t mention MM Singh and chief of armed forces since you know for sure that they will kick your smart ass if you try anything stupid. ``

did you purposely miss General Jagjit Singh Arora ;)

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#185 Posted by Netizen on October 22, 2005 5:34:23 pm
Re: # 172

pardesi:

``Since their names are identical to Hindu names, it’s not possible for folks like you to see this variety of Sikhs. ``

Raibahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi of the Oberoi chain of hotels was a clean shaven sikh too even though his children`s names are rajput sounding.

Ranbaxy is the only indian multinational pharmaceutical company.

i am very sure based on population the sikhs are #1 in IAS/IPS too.
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#184 Posted by friend on October 22, 2005 5:13:26 pm
Amansandhu #183
You skipped the part where Cops stripped Manto but had to let him gop as their was nothing inside ;-)
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#183 Posted by amansandhu on October 22, 2005 4:53:42 pm

I read in Daily Times that Manto-YLH- was roughned up by cops in Lahore for wrong parking. Regards to you manto.
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