>> When the champions of Capitalism preach Socialism <<

I was on cloud no-9 yesterday twatching the Indian Space Program come of age with the launch of our lunar mission - Chandrayaan-I. But this joy soon turned into disgust on reading through the reactions of the world (mostly the western hemisphere) on India's success. The racist BBC news had an opinion poll on their website:

"Should India participate in the space race? Do you think the money should have been invested elsewhere? Is India right to embark on space exploration? "

The very fact that the British media has DARED to ask such a question highlights it is racist. But I went on reading through the thousands of comments that were posted over a period of a day and was left with disgust towards the end.

A majority of the westerners (barring few courteous, cultured and high thinkers) were seething with jealousy at this achievement of ISRO. Most of these lowly souls have never been to India in the recent past (some still worse, never been outside their city) and are willfully ignorant to the rise of India. The ignorant goons had each their own statistics on India, its economy and the standard of living. Many trolls still believe that 90% of India lives below poverty line. That India is in "dark-ages". That 60% of India does not have electricity. According to more recent surveys only 26% of India lives below the poverty line. (Down from 36% 10 years back).We are a food-surplus Nation you b*****ds! We feed 1.13 billion and yet export food grains to the rest of the world! The Indian middle class is larger than the USA or the European Union.

Some were even audacious enough to claim that India's Moon mission is being financed by the 835 million Euros (over 3 years) economic aid sanctioned by the British PM - Gordon Brown. They could not digest the fact that UK was giving economic aid to India. UK wouldn't do that for nothing (besides these are only LOANS!), it is all with vested Interests. India is a large investor in UK. Our business tycoons have generated thousands of Jobs in your country and remember India was looted and plundered of all its wealth by your British imperialist rascals. The damage you had done to "Soney Ki Chidiya" is irreparable no matter how much aid you give back in return. Know your history before you talk smack. How I wish I was born in the 30s, I would have felt great joy in punching the face of these imperialist b****ds.

Time and again they bring up the "social classes/caste system" into any argument that revolves around India's progress. Is it not ironically ridiculous? These racist Brits (and their clan) speaking of "Social Classes" ???

It is beyond their primitive brains to understand what an investment in Science and Technology means in the long run. Every one of those scumbags had the standard question "Why waste 80 million $ on lofty moon missions when the money can be better spent feeding your poor?". You dolts have no idea of economics. This launch is an investment that will reap future benefits. Besides the thousands of jobs it would have created over the last 10 years, at 80 million$ this is by far the most economical unmanned lunar mission ever! We beat the Chinese and Japanese in economic efficiency of Space explorations. Pretty soon you guys (Europeans) will be in queue seeking India's expertise in putting your satellite into orbit (your failing economies will run out of dough to finance your own launches).

But since when has the west started worrying about the poor? Are you trying to insinuate that your countries are devoid of poor people? What have you done to your poor or even the middle class? Your countries are busy bailing out your sinking banks.

Iceland which prides itself on a per-capita income of 60,000$, is on the verge of bankruptcy and is begging for bailouts. What could your greedy-filthy rich do to avoid this collapse or revive it? US and EU are each pumping in 700 billion$ and 500 billion Euros to shore up its economy. Couldn't this money be better spent on feeding their poor? Or reforming their broken health-care (US) ? In making college education more affordable for their youth? Providing shelter to their homeless army veterans? Relocating those who lost everything in the hurricane Ike/Katrina ? Should you be spending so much on the war in Iraq when your own Nation is under a serious economic crisis? (with your debt clock running out of digits lol!)

Why should 80 billion $ be used in bailing out AIG, whose executives go on a junket vacation spending 400,000$ of the tax payers money, the very next day after the govt bails them out?

And what have you done to help the poor anyway? Have you fed them or clothed them or given them an education? Don't you get a sense of pride in mocking at the third world? Did we disappoint you by the gradual reclamation of our rightful place in world?

Most of the lowly ABCD scums (the most despicable community in my experience --- there are of course the good ones always...but I haven't seen them yet) found this as a chance to flaunt their "been there, done that, you missed the space race by 50 years". Listen up you uncouth, disrespectful losers, your parents know what it was like to struggle to get to the top. If you don't mend your ways, you will realize it the hard way. If you are talking smack about India, it is a failure of your parents in your upbringing. They should be ashamed of themselves for having brought up profligate nincomPOOPs like you.If everything that one needs to know about the Moon has already been done why the heck does NASA and the ESA have its own devices on board the Chandrayaan? You should care to read the objectives of any Space Mission before you embarrass yourself with your ignorance. This mission is unique, we are out there to conduct the 3-d topological and mineralogical mapping of the Lunar surface.

Many of the Europeans and Canadians were trying to hide their own ineptitude by trying to divert the attention towards India's infrastructure, poverty and related issues.Many other numbskulls felt that we should solve all the problems on Earth before venturing out into Space. If that was what every inventor thought, we as a species would not have made it this far.Like Bill Maher says, "Having to live with such dimwits also affects our standard of living".

My only solace was in the fact that many from South Asia and Africa were happy at India's achievement. Some Sri Lankans, Campodians, South Africans, Russians, Nigerians and even Pakistanis lauded India's success! There was a small minority of Americans and Europeans who shared our happiness. Who felt that India's emergence into the league of Space faring Nations will help in mutual co-operation in furthering the exploration of Space and will eventually benefit humanity as a whole. Thanks to all you guys for your wishes. I commend you guys who have risen beyond National boundaries and have come to support us!

To all other lowly souls: For once be happy that 1/3rd of humanity (India,China) is reclaiming its rightful place. Both are 5000 year old continuous civilizations which until the 1700 AD were the richest in the world, and then we were plundered by the Brits. It is indeed a remarkable achievement for us to have gotten out of the mess created by you, in 60 years and now we have our eyes set on the Space. You dare not tell us what India should do. We are no longer the humble colony under your Raj.Mind your business in bailing out your greedy banks.

Covetous Capitalists preaching Socialism to us? Get a life sore-losers!

@The racist Brits
I leave this video for you guys (from Namaste London)


PS: The title was picked from one of the comments posted by a user on NYTIMES article regarding the India's Chandrayaan mission.

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