There sadly are even more countries that are completely under control of religious leaders. Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iran, Afghanistan, .... Vatican City (they even have something like their own military).
Yeah, but it's often in the form of a YouTube video with narration that's not always so easy to understand. I miss written tutorials, but most of the good ones I find these days tend to come from Central/Eastern European forum posts.
I guess Germany after the 30's (and maybe even after 1919), France after the whole Revolution and Napoleon thing, the UK after voting to KEKW their economy, Norway after being ruled by Sweden... The list probably goes on
Which french revolution? ;) There's lots of people who saw and still see the whole french revolution thing as a net positive. The UK has never had a good proper revolution and it shows.
Napoleon did a lot of things, but those bad things were in line with the absolutist rulers from before the revolution, he just happened to be more successful at it. But he also did many good things during his rule. Fe, the Napoleonic code was hugely influential worldwide and a major change for the good. 2 centuries later it doesn't hold up as well in the countries that still use the same justice system, but for it's time, it was really good. Overall, I'd say Napoleon still has a stellar reputation, unlike India.
How was Norway worse after they last gained independence from Sweden?
The UK had to murder his king to get a parliament though :D and tbh the french revolution was a great moment, but also a hugely violent one, and the people did not prevail. The liberals did.
This is insanely relevant to me right now. I left India in 2004 and I am there right now for my cousins wedding. I legit hate it everywhere I look. Love my family, but idk if I want to come back.
I unfortunately have to agree on the rapists front because of the impotent fucks sitting in the parliament sucking each other on religion, but the shitting part has gotten considerably better in my region and in India overall, though.
I kinda feel the opposite. Seen as some backwater third world country 30 years ago, to the most populous country in the world, a democracy aligned to its own goals forming a third pole in the global order apart from the US and Russia/China.
Even their reputation as scammers comes from the insane growth of English-language tech work that is now focused in India.
I don't know if "the most populous country in the world" is really something to brag about nowadays. And if I'm not mistaken, approval of the current gov't isn't really across the board. I understand the scamming being a thing because of the amount of people, that's just gonna happen everywhere, but it says a lot about the lack of regulation out there where it can happen so blatantly.
That reminds me... I have to try Indian food sometime. It looks good, but I like to try food made by someone who knows what they're doing before making it myself, so I can tell if I did a good job or not and there aren't many Indian places 'round here.
Chicken Biryani or Butter Chicken are good places to start. You could even cook your own butter chicken it's not too bad. I'm not Indian, but those 2 dishes got me into the food.
I don't know if there are any left post-Covid but Indian Buffets got me hooked, you can try all the different major foods and Naan and often some good tea.
Why the downvotes? You're 100% right. Westerners absolutely fetishize India over its perceived mysticism. And there's no shortage now of anti-Indian discrimination in North America.