 European countries cannot even begin to compare to what India has to offer.  Now let me see...rampant poverty, illiteracy, overpopulation, pollution and Hindu/Muslim tensions? If European countries have nothing to offer in comparison to India, why do so bloody many of you pick up and leave India every day to emigrate to Europe and North America? Say what you want, but statistics speak for themselves.     The villages are very backwards still, but I can tell you that most educated Indians will give you a run for your money in a discussion. They are the most humble people I have met.  Why is it that you Indians always want to compare your best and brightest against only our average people. Have you forgotten that approximately 450 million people in India are illiterate? This is larger than the total populations of the US, Canada, UK and Australia combined! Can we compare apples to apples rather than apples to oranges? How about we compare to average European to the average Indian? Your large numbers work to your detriment in such a case, which is why you very selectively leave the donkey-riding populace out of the comparison.      all I will say is...don't speak on a nation with 9000 years of history behind them. India was building magnificent kingdoms and palaces for their kings and queens while we were still swinging from trees and living in caves. Your point being? Weren't these palaces built by the Mogul invaders? If India prides itself of being the world's largest democracy, then why toot your horn about opulent palaces built by Islamic warlords? Why anyone would be proud of a history in which your peoples were subjugated and forced to pay the Jizya tax and accept your lot as inferior Dhimmis is beyond me. And you brag about this?    And while you were worshipping idols and paying your Jizya taxes, the British waltzed in and subjugated you yet again. So much for your magnificent kingdoms and palaces during these eras. Did your 9,000 years of history come in handy then?    One undercurrent that I've noticed running through both Indian and Chinese cultures is a preference to quantity over quality. Big numbers seem to greatly impress them both. Both crow about their billion plus populations, when they can barely feed or care for them. Hindus will boast that they have a billion (or more) gods, so that's why they are (allegedly) good with numbers.     India is just going through it's share of problems right now. But I can guarantee you that in the future, India and China will run the world. The world as a whole is going through it's share of problems right now. Count yourself lucky that you have a very small and somewhat powerless Jewish population in your country. If we did not have them in the West, I can guarantee you that neither China or India would be much worth mentioning in any conversation other than that of containment. Without them, I doubt that whites would have thought it necessary to buy anything from either of your countries, with the exception of a few commodities like tea or cotton, or perhaps nothing at all.    Feel free to run your own little corners of the world and toot your horns over there all you want. If you don't like whites having a sense of identity or pride, then being back amongst your own people is probably a better idea for both of us and most definitely safer for you.     It's simple. You might think highly of our white children, but an Indian child will demolish him in an IQ Test.  There you go again...selectively leaving more than a full third of your population out of the equation. According to the CIA factbook, India has only a 61% literacy rate, which paints a much different picture of the intelligence of the average Indian. Are we allowed to leave blacks and Mexicans out of our statistics? In comparison and ON AVERAGE, a white child would be more literate and more intelligent that the AVERAGE Indian. Let us compare apples to apples, fair enough?     Regardless, India &gt; ___ which is why I am going back in December... I couldn't be happier for you and myself! Bon voyage!