Are you proud to be Indian?

[MysticVegeta]

Are you proud to be Indian? As in a person who lives in India (Asia)

Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems?
A. Vinod Khosla

Q. Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's computers run on it)?
A. Vinod Dahm

Q. Who is the third richest man on the world?
A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Aziz Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6th position now.

Q. Who are the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program)?
A. Sabeer Bhatia

Q. Who is the president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)?
A. Arun Netravalli

Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard?
A. Rajiv Gupta

Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems?
A. Sanjay Tejwrika

Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart?
A. Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.

Q. We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives.

There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,

38% of doctors in USA are Indians.

12% scientists in USA are Indians.

36% of NASA scientists are Indians.

34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.

28% of IBM employees are Indians.

17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.

13% of XEROX employees are Indians.

You may know some of the following facts. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with
WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.


1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.


2. India invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented 'zero.'


3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.


4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.


5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.


6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.


7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.


8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6th Century, which is long before the European mathematicians.


9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from Inida. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053.


10. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.


11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.


12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.


13. Chess was invented in India.


14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India.


15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation).


16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.


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Quotes about India

We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Albert Einstein.

India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.
Mark Twain.

If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
Frech scholar Romain Rolland.

India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih.(Former Chinese ambassador to USA)


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ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS.
BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an evershining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow.
I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA.

Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.

Jai Hind

Well after reading this, I certainly am! yay for indians!! (aka brown people)

[Tony]

not to burst your bubble, though seeing as how India fast approaching the top spot for country's population (already in excess of 1 billion) it is obvious that some will turn out to be successful. Same could be said about China.

Due to strict imigration policies, mostly: smart, educated, and economically fit people make it from India to U.S. and Canada. As such the representation of professionals is scewed.

Looking back at who's unable to move:

Columbia University Press Encyclopedia wrote:

Economically, India often seems like two separate countries: village India, supported by primitive agriculture, where tens of millions"”one fourth of population"”live below the poverty line; and urban India, one of the most heavily industrialized areas in the world, with an increasingly middle-class population. Agriculture (about 55% of the land is arable) makes up some 25% of the gross domestic product (GDP) and employs almost 70% of the Indian people.

So there you have it. Yes there are some Indian people in high positions. There are white people in higher positions - Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

[MysticVegeta]

The article doesnt imply "Only indians have good jobs there" Also, if "smart and fit" indians do come to US and Canada, they are immigrants (duh) It is quite hard to get assimilated into a new country and make our way up to the top, if they are born in US and Canada, then its a different thing, but most in the list are not. And the article does deals with the history too, not just the job positions of people...

[person]

MysticVegeta wrote:

1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.


2. India invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented 'zero.'


3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.


4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.


5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.


6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.


7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.


8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6th Century, which is long before the European mathematicians.


9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from Inida. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053.


10. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.


11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.


12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.


13. Chess was invented in India.


14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India.


15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation).


16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.

No offense, but some of these facts just dont matter on how great india is. Also, some of the ones that do matter are wrong. I am happy to point them out to you if you would like.

[Amailer]

All of those suck!

RUSSELL PETERS ==> REASON TO BE PROUD

[person]

Amailer wrote:

RUSSELL PETERS

Why is his last name Peters? Isnt it like not indian?

[Delos]

MysticVegeta wrote:

34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.

Does that include call-centre employees out-sourced to Bharat-desh?

MysticVegeta wrote:

India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.

Now how about invasion within the country? Let's not forget Operation Blue Star...
Either way, cool list of facts. But why, oh why, didn't you (or your source) include Russel Peters in there anywhere? He's done enough to merit that I'd say.

Edit: Ah! About 2 minutes, and Amailer beats me to the Russel-Punch!
And person, no, nothing wrong with that. A lot of immigrants (of various cultures, nationalities etc) assimilated their names as their emmigrated. Especially in cultures where last names are not a significant artefact, people would often take their profession as their last name, hence Mr. Doctor is not something to scoff at!
Also, inter-cultural marriage has blurred a lot of lines when it comes to last names - and this has been going on for a *long* time.

[Dan]

Why are we darwing lines based on race and geografical location? Dose it realy matter? We are all human and have both good and bad moments. Unfrontly it seems such lines are casuing more and more of thess bad moments thess days. I don't see why we can't all treat each other as equals and with respect dispite race, relgion, loclation or sexulaity?

You say proud to be Indian, i say asmaned to be human with the way things are going. Lets chage that.....

[Mazer]

person wrote:

Amailer wrote:

RUSSELL PETERS

Why is his last name Peters? Isnt it like not indian?

I hope that you're referencing one of his jokes.

[Delos]

Hacker Dan wrote:

Why are we darwing lines based on race...

Interesting fact: every attempt to classify people based up "race" has failed miserably. Why? People are just too diverse, even in a given Geographic region, and many cultural groups are adverse to being bunched together with another different society simply because they share similar melanin depositions.

[MysticVegeta]

Hacker Dan wrote:

Why are we darwing lines based on race and geografical location? Dose it realy matter? We are all human and have both good and bad moments. Unfrontly it seems such lines are casuing more and more of thess bad moments thess days. I don't see why we can't all treat each other as equals and with respect dispite race, relgion, loclation or sexulaity?

You say proud to be Indian, i say asmaned to be human with the way things are going. Lets chage that.....

LOL what has the thread grown to!
I am not differentiating anything/anyone, I am just making my brothers proud so stop flaming me guys lol

[rizzix]

Maybe not race eh? I don't really think of humanity as consisting of different races.. probably cuz I too much of a trekkie

But definitly of different cultures and philosophies..

Infact within India it self there's a difference in cultures. At one point.. back in those days, India was a collection of empires.. but they all called them self India? :s (well i'm confused here.. but i know there was more than one king.. ruling different lands etc..)

[MysticVegeta]

yeah but we had to come together to throw the british empire out "non-violently" and it forgot to mention, it is the only country to achieve independance using non-violence.

[person]

canada

[MysticVegeta]

canada didnt get "rid" of the british, the british didnt treat them as slaves and why would they, because they were the british!