India still has the largest number of literates among all countries, and perhaps the largest number of English speaking people. The level of anxiety of Indians for what they don't have is no greater than the level of worries of the richest on earth -- the Americans with the largest per-capita murder rate, jail population, etc. What you see Indians don't have is very different from what Indians themselves feel what they don't have. It is not just material wealth that makes one happy.
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You are proud of being an Indian... be a bit more..
SOME FACTS ABOUT INDIANS IN USA !
There are 3.22 Million Indians in America
38% of Doctors in America are Indians.
12% of Scientists in America are Indians.
36% of NASA employees are Indians.
34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians
28% of IBM employees are Indians
17% of INTEL employees are Indians
13% of XEROX employees are Indians
23% of Indian Community in America is have Green-Card
Some of these facts may be known to you. These facts were
recently published in a German Magazine which deals with WORLD HISTORY.
FACTS ABOUT INDIA
a.. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of
history.
b.. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by
Aryabhatta.
c.. 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.
d... Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages.
Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report
in Forbes magazine, July 1987.
e.. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.
f.. Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack
of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of
British invasion in the early 17th Century.
g.. The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years
ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word
NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.
h.. Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to
orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken
by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century)365.258756484 days.
i.. The value of "pi" was first calculated by Budhayana, and he
explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He
discovered his in the 6th century long before the European
mathematicians.
j.. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India.
Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The
largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus
used numbers as big as 1053(10 to the power of (53) with specific names
as early as 5000 BC during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest
used number is Tera 1012(10 to the power of 12).
k.. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until
1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world.
l.. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century old
suspicion in he world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless
communication was Prof. Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
m.. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in
Saurashtra.
n.. According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful
lake called 'Sudarshana' was constructed on the hills of Raivataka
during Chandragupta Maurya's time.
o.. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
p.. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and
health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like
cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and
even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well
known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep
knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion,
metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.
q.. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over
5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley
(Indus Valley Civilization)
r.. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in
India in 100 BC.
QUOTES ABOUT INDIA
a.. Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who
taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery
could have been made.
b.. Mark Twain said: 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. Our most valuable and
most structive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India
only.
c.. French scholar Romain Rolland said: If there is one place on
the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home
from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is
India.
d.. Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said: India
conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever
having to send a single soldier across her border.
All 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 abright path for rest of the world to
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