On a nation with drastically low expectations
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Three tweets from @albatrossinfo (RT’d by CentreRight India’s Prasanna Viswanathan) caught my attention this evening.
1) As a nation we are a race of people with such low expectations from the ruling class that even basic govt functioning is lauded as great
— Dr Praveen Patil (@5Forty3) February 12, 2013
2) The idea is deep-rooted; ex: Akbar was great because he just about treated Hindus as slaves but at least didn’t try to convert them
— Dr Praveen Patil (@5Forty3) February 12, 2013
3) 1 more ex of our servile mentality: British rule was good in the eventual analysis because it gave us democracy & rule of law!!
— Dr Praveen Patil (@5Forty3) February 12, 2013
It also reminded me of an old post — really a Facebook thread resurrected on my blog — Enough with the “we need better leaders” nonsense!