My rant on Religion

Religion has got me thinking lately.
The wars, the discrimination, superiority complex, racial attacks etc have all upset me a lot. A deep analysis (which has eroded my hours of sleep) led me to concluding that there is only one reason for all this : RELIGION.

What does religion give people : Hope, expectation, discipline, peace of mind, the strength to get out of difficult situation
This is what the people who made these religions wanted you to believe.
What religion really gives us:

Ignorance : If religion doesn't say it we don't do it. If you don't believe in evolution because religion said so I will sponsor a "Lobotomy" for you. Evolution and Intelligent design are not Parallel theories. Sending kids to school would not make them religiously backwards or send them towards the Devil but it will make them better human beings, try explaining that to the Taliban.

Discrimination: Religions have found ways to trouble people from different faith or their way of living life.
Gays can't marry because the Bible says so, Women lose their "right to choice"(more on women later), laws are made because god said so.

Honor Killings and Terrorism : Honor killings have become a way of life in some parts of the world because its a way to assert your religious beliefs into everyone. Terrorism is believed to have it's roots in Islam but the Crusades in the outset of Christianity was where this all start from. Islam has just made it more fashionable.

Religion makes you live in a state of Denial cause your parents have created a belief system that makes you scared of a guy who sits in the clouds looks at your every move. You want to give up this backward belief but then you are scared that if there is a GOD he would punish you at Judgment day.
Logically thinking How can I Man/Woman/UNWORLDLY power monitor 6 billion people 24 hours a day ? at this point everyone would say "He's GOD he possesses powers that no-one else can imagine" this is how ignorant religion has made everyone.

I would love to denounce religion but I believe it takes a lot of strength to not believe in an Invisible spaceman which I don't have right now. And besides I'm too Indian to not believe in a GOD, its the basis of an Indian person's existence and denouncing religion would mean denouncing family, community and the becoming a "Black Mark on the family" so sadly I'm not fortunate enough to denounce religion in the near future.

"A catchy quote from a dead president should be here"

The Recession Proof Nation

The recession is official and the world can see it, The Big One(USA) caused it but the other nations are the one's suffering from it more than the US or the other G-8 countries. I admit the world runs on the excess buying from the average american, So we need to give him/her the money to buy again to keep the developing nations from starving. 

But one point that everyone is missing is the fact that India will not be affected to the similar extent in most ways, for the below-stated reasons:

- We are Smart: We invented the ZERO and that helped the US make the bailout amount as big as possible(with 10 odd "0's", and also to show the company's profits for 2008 = "0". We are the brightest young people in the world because we know more about Math, Science, Entreprenuership and Finance and therefore making bad decisions is not in our DNA(The Americans have a Monopoly on making Bad decisions from Veitnam to the Bailout) So we are sure not to make a bad situation worse. 

- We dont like Living on Debt- except for the current generation of highly paid young professionals who have been watching American sitcoms for the last 10 years, most of the Indian populace doesn't like buying everything on Loan. Be it Cars, Houses, TV's etc. before buying these we always look at financing 80% of the amount from our pockets rather than the Banks.

- We have a sane Banking system- Our banks are very government controlled, which may suggest the socialist side of India, but if these banks are not going under left, right and center I am happy about it. Indiscriminate loans to people who will never give them back is the root of the recession equation(Sub-prime crises). Also the low number of credit cards helps the nation remain in their limits of spending.

- We don't go to war!!-  I sometime cite this as a "Lack of BALLS" from the government but thank god the government does not listen to me. Imagine if George Bush ruled India, we would have gone to war 4 times since the December Highjacking to the Bombay Siege. But I think the developmental agenda  is more important to India and I agree with that after careful consideration.

- America Can't Live without the Friendly Indian on the other side: Be it computers, Call centers, software, financial solutions, America can't live without hiring Indians and rightly so. They wouldn't want Mexicans going"Aye Ombre how many I help you" or Chinese people helping them with their accent and then Computers. It shows that Knowledge is better than being Assembly line robots.Yes India is loosing jobs but it would not oblige these big Corps to shift them elsewhere as India has set itself up to be the KPO destination and we will be till the end of time.

- We are Economical : We have recession proofed our future cuz soon you cash-strapped westerners will be begging us to give the TATA Nano as that will be the only car you can afford thanks to your friendly neighborhood bank :-D, We are trying to invent the cheapest Laptop, Mobile phone and a few other things that we need in the future. 

So India is pretty recession proof, My dad doesn't think it is but from across the oceans the reality looks better.