I was in Japan for three years. Even though they do not have defence budget ( very minimal), their not being a colony has not made them a ready bully for the first world. In the western media they show some atrocities by Japanese in the earlier century, but it is nothing compared to what they show of the other world. This is because Japan did not have colonial masters. The power of technology and the hard work , they have put for it , is their own work ethics, whereas the erstwhile colonial states , try to copy the model of their colonial masters and the colonial masters take undue advantage by indulging in what you have written.

The team work shown by Japanese in science and technology can be easily emulated by Indians as it is a Eastern concept. I was discussing with an Indian friend about Japanese science . He showed me a publication in a leading journal having 12 authors from Japanese University. This he says , you cannot expect in the individual character of the West.

There are three layers in India. First is the media savvy,
English speaking elite , who are like quasi ( almost) colonialists. The second layer looks to this first layer and third layer , the third layer being the poor and supressed. The second layer reacts, but does not act well. The second layer is a densely populated layer , less dense than the third layer. If the second layer can get their acts for positive action towards the third layer and debate successfully with the first layer, thru media, there will be a dramatic change.

I am afraid that after all the dallying the moment of truth has come for the Hindus of India. I see nothing in India over the past 50 years that amounted to attack on the degraded condition and poverty of the ordinary Hindu. As far as I can see from the utterances of India’s right wing, the poor’s hope of doing so might have to await a million re-births. That has left India fair game for militant Islam which has been using all means at its disposal to enlarge its power and influence and Christianity as the new kid on the block who has their champion in Sonia Gandhi. India’s political/judicial system is already defined in Judeo/Christian terms, and a Christian takeover is already being easily and effortlessly taking place. The reason it is taking place is because the dead hand of Hinduism with its all embracing philosophies and diversity has failed to deal with threats that have emanated from within and without. Our doctrines and political institutions that have answered our needs have been so long out of use that we can not be sure that they can answer the need of the present day. When a great country is threatened as India is today, it can look to a leader to save it from ruin and to chalk out a great future. I am afraid India’s Hindus hope of a divine saviour is going to go answered. Gandhi toyed with the idea of conversion to Christianity but desisted. He could have saved us a lot of trouble had he done so. We would have had clear path to followed his example or chalked out a Hindu path which I think would have been the right path for us and our country. As it is now, barring an accident, India’s path to Christianity is going to be preferable to Islam. With time Islam becomes stronger by the day. So any delay is likely to mean India will turn Islamic. The geo-political implication for the world is so profound that the Pope’s hope of delivering up India to Christianity was based not solely on religious grounds. The Indian Hindus weakness which has such profound implications for whether the West or Islam prevails, means that India has become the battleground for these two religions.

http://www.haindavakeralam.com/HKPage.aspx?PageID=9043&SKIN=B

Have you had some time to reflect on the question I asked? Here is a link as further evidence to support my hunch.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article23205.htm