Hindu Chauvinism stands where it was 1000 years ago
 
My experience is India is teaching a lot of lies to her  students. I recently asked some schools students of 10+1 as to which country is great in terms of progress in science and technology. Answer is 'India'. When I ask how then there is silence. When I ask which country is greatest. The answer is India. Why? "Because people of various shades live here." I would say but they don’t live cordially. The student becomes silent.
I talked to a responsible teacher. He says this is necessary so that students takes pride in being Indian.
There are many Hindus like Swami Dayanand Sarswati who believe that whole scientific knowledge of the universe already stands discovered in Vedas and the West just stole it away.
I believe it amounts to suicide because one day this myth will explode and then the man would hate his country and establishment.
It is for this chauvinism that India is left behind and I believe the Pakistan's Islam also failed to eradicate those genes of chauvinism and they are very much like their Hindu brothers.
Why to compare with the West, today India is lagging much behind compared with Asian countries also; Thailand, Korea, Malaysia and China have  much more advanced. Only chauvinistic nations can afford to spend more on Army than on bread/education/health.
What surprises me is this false self pride was almost at the same magnitude a thousand years ago when Al Biruni visited India with Mehmood Gazni (999-1030AD) Biruni wrote a very factual account of Hindus.
I have scanned only 4 pages from Al Biruni's Kitab ul Hind (India) translated by Dr. Edward C. Sachau (National Book Trust Delhi) and reproduce them in image form. I am surprised what Biruni said a thousand years ago is relevant even today. We haven't changed.
In case these pages don't appear with the email the same can be seen at
http://punjabmonitor.com/misc/al_biruni.htm
Reading Biruni please always keep in mind that this account is 1000 years old. He reports about us:-
· They fight with words never stake their property on religious controversy.
· They call us Maleccha
· Hindu hatred against foreigners increased with the conquest of Mohd Qasam over Sindh and fall of Mulasthana (Multan)
· Scared of us they have shifted away centres of learning (from Punjab to Kashmir, UP)
· Hindus believe there is no country like theirs, no religion like theirs, NO SCIENCE LIKE THEIRS...
· Their haughtiness is such that if you tell them that there is a scholar in Khurasan or Persia (also) they will think you are a liar.
· But when they are exposed to the other nations they would soon change their mind and say their ancestors were not as narrow minded as the present generation is. 
· Biruni on collecting books and knowledge.
· Hindus and science.