s, more than one or two areas. But, that does not detract from the fact there are reasons, and many good reasons for others, who know and understand less, to look down on Indians. Instead of merelI am an Indian and take pride in being Indian, but if someone were to probe deep, really deep into my consciousness, he would probably find that I am not as proud as I seem to sound.

Submerged deep inside my mind are all those little pieces of information that minds store away, including comments about our lives and living conditions, comments that come from those who have known and lead a better life. There are innumerable instances, in our collective minds, when those from other nations looked down upon us just because we were Indians -instances of being slighted and treated as sub-humans. On occasion, some of us may have fought back verbally and with measured arguments, about our ancient culture and recent developments in one or two areas of human endeavour - perhaps, more than one or two areas. But, that does not detract from the fact there are reasons, and many good reasons for others, who know and understand less, to look down on Indians. Instead of merely

ed deep inside my mind are all those little pieces of information that minds store away, including comments about our lives and living conditions, comments that come from those who have known and lead a better life. There are innumerable instances, in our collective minds, when those from other nations looked down upon us just because we were Indians -instances of being slighted and treated as sub-humans. On occasion, some of us may have fought back verbally and with measured arguments, about our ancient culture and recent developments in one or two areas of human endeavour - perhaps, more than one or two areas. But, that does not detract from the fact there are reasons, and many good reasons for others, who know and understand less, to look down on Indians. Instead of merellead a better life. There are innumerable instances, in our collective minds, when those from other nations looked down upon us just because we were Indians -instances of being slighted and treated as sub-humans. On occasion, some of us may have fought back verbally and with measured arguments, about our ancient culture and recent developments in one or two areas of human endeavour - perhaps, more than one or two areas. But, that does not detract from the fact there are reasons, and many good reasons for others, who know and understand less, to look down on Indians. Instead of merel as sub-humans. On occasion, some of us may have fought back verbally and with measured arguments, about our ancient culture and recent developments in one or two areas of human endeavour - perhaps, more than one or two areas. But, that does not detract from the fact there are reasons, and many good reasons for others, who know and understand less, to look down on Indians. Instead of merels, more than one or two areas. But, that does not detract from the fact there are reasons, and many good reasons for others, who know and understand less, to look down on Indians. Instead of merely fighting them, we need to address the very questions they raise.

Given, that we have been ruled for centuries by outsiders, looted and plundered innumerable times, and all the other possibly myriad reasons, for our poverty and lack of development. However, that does not change the fact that we have failed as a nation, at least until today, in the modern context. Instead of going into the past, instead of spending all our time and energy talking about our glorious past (the past belongs to our ancestors and the glories they achieved belong to them, not to us), we need to get down to the task of making ourselves better, of trying to achieve our true potential. I say potential, because there are millions of Indians who fail in India but end up as great successes abroad,