"Until the westerner gives a tick... we won't accept" Strong line.
@NativeVsColonialАй бұрын
@@XTUBER010 gora validation
@DhavalRaja16 жыл бұрын
India wasnt conquered easily, read history. It took from 700 AD to 13th century to conquer.
@manojasthana20035 жыл бұрын
I agree that India wasn't conquered easily. Indian History taught to us is CRIMINALLY WHITEWASHED by the Nehru and his leftist historians.
@TheJanakulkarni5 жыл бұрын
True ..unlike the other colonised countries
@fazalalikhan92635 жыл бұрын
First of all muslims rulers had no interest in invading india ... but when they staarted rhey did it with small armies.
@pradeepkaushik355 жыл бұрын
Yes !! He is unaware !!
@gyan93685 жыл бұрын
But was destroyed
@sanjaypande18125 жыл бұрын
We have rich philosophy ..we failed to apply kautalya tactics by prithviraj chauhan.. forgiving enemy was devastating. .
@avrockairborne52533 жыл бұрын
what does that mean?
@Utsav_Nayak3 жыл бұрын
@@avrockairborne5253 the first one who successfully captured parts of india and established rule was Mohd Ghori. He was defeated multiple times by various indic kingdoms and also by Prithviraj Chauhan for once. The mistake was to grant apologies to Ghori. He backstabbed Chauhan by attacking for once and all with larger army. Chauhan was killed in the war. And it marked the end of Hindu rule in india. And illiterate barbarians animals started ruling
@shami66343 жыл бұрын
@@Utsav_Nayak study Islam study humanity be peaceful
@indiancowpeedrinker92413 жыл бұрын
Ur combude has wirus sar
@voltageop99032 жыл бұрын
@@shami6634 ahh yes peaceful after these much tortures to us isn't enough for you brother I would rather go for humanity than religion and Islam is one of the most inhuman religion Killing and torturing ppl to convert is not at all humanity brother
@mahendrashirodkar54176 жыл бұрын
the real reason why we got conquered so easily is because of our foolish ideals of letting our enemies go away after defeating them. same happen with pruthviraj chauhan. any thing which is done to its extrams is always harmful. Buddhism which was prevaling at that time in india was inclined extremly towards 'ahinsa' which demolished our strngth of fighting with evil forces came from outside.
@synhope37466 жыл бұрын
Babur first defeated another Muslim Lodhi. Humayun fought and lost the war to Sher Shah Suri, another Muslim. Aurangazeb attacked Deccan and demolished another Muslim. Allahuddin defeated many Muslim kings. This has nothing to do with religion, but power play. Accept it and move forward. Who was the guard that protected Shivaji from Afzal Khan? Shah Rukh Khan. Who was general of Aurangazeb? Jai Singh. Who demolished mandirs as revenge against other Rajas? Hindus. Instead of talking about Roti Kapda aur Makan and dignity, we are foolishly dragged into these filthy talk to hide the poor performance of BJP.
@koushikdas19925 жыл бұрын
Why do hindus have to convert into islam for marrying hindu in muslim countries or in india? Have bjp taught that the muslims???
@snavarag5 жыл бұрын
@@synhope3746 You are absolutely right...
@bilalsr79455 жыл бұрын
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@mridulkanti19955 жыл бұрын
Man You're right. It remained me of 1965, 1971, 1999 and Pakistan is the biggest example.
@ashokbyadav53556 жыл бұрын
All brainy, great minded, talented, knowledgeable people go and settle outside India and point out only bad things happening. Come back, stay here do your bit then inform the world about Hinduism.
@raxitkumar6 жыл бұрын
Well said
@Lobster167635 жыл бұрын
Ashok B yadav Sorry brother. If he comes to India and say all these, first he will be dubbed as anti-national and later as fundamentalist and will be arrested on some silly, baseless allegations. Grow-up, boy! 🌿
@harryputtar90905 жыл бұрын
So true lol Easy to sit outside complain and justify your exit from the "shithole" but not so easy to get in there and fix it. Absolutely ridiculous explanation from this old man.
@Nat-og5jd5 жыл бұрын
exactly easy to preach from the west.Grow some balls and come back
@manojkumarnair62054 жыл бұрын
@@Lobster16763 Every other news papers, channels, leftists, communists, liberals keep alleging Modi n BJP, every single day for last 6 years!! How many of them are arrested??
@harisharma36616 жыл бұрын
India invaded because of 'atithi devo bhav' theory 🤣🤣🤣
@spiritualspy91105 жыл бұрын
It's funny, man! 😃 Here, the guests unfortunately became owners.
@Imran7jr5 жыл бұрын
😂😂🤦♂️👍
@richard_levi179165 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@animax10345 жыл бұрын
correct we always welcome our guests and guests betray us everytime
@deeps12064 жыл бұрын
Soo true bro👍
@jerseyneil12 жыл бұрын
I'm not practicing any religion and have lived in the US for the past 51 years. The problem with India is Indians. Indians that live in the US live very peacefully with all races. Indians here are friends with Pakistanis. I work with every race of mankind from every nationality and everyone gets along. No one cares what someone else does, we are all looking for a better life. In India, we are divided by caste, wealth, social status, religion, communal ties, regionalism, language. For example, the Shiv Sena movement was to rid South Indians from Bombay. In the words of comedian Russell Peters, Indians love everyone but another Indian.
@summer-j6r22 күн бұрын
100% true and why? Because of ego
@deneshboodoo26953 жыл бұрын
Sir what you say is true. I don't live in India , however I am Hindu and live in the Americas and most Hindus are not there brothers keepers, I hope we all get our act together and really become unified or we will not be strong for the future. I thank you for your lecture and hope it awakens many of our brothers and sisters.
@induchopra3014 Жыл бұрын
India is a power the day indians respect Indian. Not foreigners . We dont have to prefer them to Indians. Our brothers are more important. British killed for British mercilessly. For hounour. For respect. We didn't respect them because they had guns. We respected them because they used the gun if you insulted a British. For them one British life was equal to two hundred, thousand indian lives. Thats value. How many Indians will kill for the hounour of a fellow indian? Not one
@Kanthavel.KV.Chennai.Bharat6 жыл бұрын
India was conquered due to the failure of the Kshatriyas the Kshatriyas became philosophical and started to become docile, The Kshatriyas forgot the teachings of Shri Krishna, At the time of Invasion of Somnath temple in present day Gujarat, Indians were already very civilized, cultured, ethical & principled, ( the Indians never killed an enemy soldier who was running away by stabbing him in the back) But the invaders were barbaric, evil people who did not care for ethics, and then Evil triunphed over good Now, evil exists in Bharat, but it always reminds the good that 'Don't be too good, you will be destroyed if you become too good & naive' None of the Hindu God's saved us because they wanted to teach us a lesson WE ARE STILL LEARNING THAT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS The speaker is absolutely right
@sangeetasolanki2826 жыл бұрын
True because ashoka adopted the Buddhism and he was a kshatriya
@the_number_one6 жыл бұрын
Kanthavel K V Ethics? Hit and run was standard strategy in Persia for thousands of years across the border. If this was the notion why Gujjus didn't attack them, I have lost all respect for them.
@daemon33476 жыл бұрын
Krishna never existed GOD IS NOT REAL GOD IS THE PROBLEM OF OUR COUNTRY
@Archis_Anupam6 жыл бұрын
Not to saying that we were at wrong. Somnath temple was looted by the Ghazni cause of lot of wealth was in the temple. It
@arhanya85526 жыл бұрын
It took muslims 500 yrs to reach Delhi after first attack on Sind in 712 AD. They only reached South in 1600 after defeat of Vijaynagar empire by combined jihad based efforts of 5 Bahmani Sultanates of central India. Guess how manu yrs it took them to conquer and convert entire persia or other North Africans and Turkish regions. The Rajputana finished off Delhi Sultanate and Sikhs and Marathas finished off Mughals. When British, in the yr 1757, fought their first battle through cowardice and treachery against Sirajdaullah in Bengal then the Mughal king was under Marathas protection and pension. And entire North western area was dominated by Sikhs.
@arunkumarsharma69386 жыл бұрын
We as Indians shud take criticism constructively. You can delete the unnecessary praise the speaker is showering on UK, but whatever else he has said carries a tremendous amount of message and learning for us.
@piyushsrivastava3513 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps after watching this. my Guru Dr Vasant Lad says the awakening of India will happen through the west!! I learned more about my culture when I came outside India. Hopefully I will be able to contribute someday in the building of my nation
@jayvaghela2006 Жыл бұрын
A great analysis and eye opening factual representation by Mr. Lakhani. India to be great again (in real sense tht all of its humans are not downtrodden anymore) we need Mentors and Philosophers like you Mr. Lakhani.
@MarianDiaconu-uk5cd24 күн бұрын
Please tell me when endia was great before...???
@robynbaptiste29566 жыл бұрын
I completely agree, Sir. The Freedom (prosterity) of a country is directly propotional to the morality of it's people. Bring back morality, stop immitating the West.
@GospelEDGE5 жыл бұрын
A Hindu will not ask anyone to accept Hinduism!! Because we don’t care about that”? Why? If Hinduism is the truth why not share with others?
@Nat-og5jd5 жыл бұрын
No ones imitating the west.That is typical western opinion .Come to India and see the positive things.
@lokeshkathi99265 жыл бұрын
Robyn Baptiste but I thought he is suggesting to imitate west
@youttt274 жыл бұрын
@Gospel Tips because we are neither greedy nor power hungry .There are many ways to achieve the same truth.Every path is valid if the seeker has a pure heart and in negating another’s God one negates his own.The truth is one but can be stated in a thousand different ways.We do not wish for money or power but genuine spiritual advancement then why should we proselytize?
@bobchill54022 жыл бұрын
@@GospelEDGE It is being shared with others. It was shared through this video. If you want to be a good Hindu, follow what Mr Lakhani said. For a Hindu, being a good Human is more important first, or at least it should be. I suggest you read the Bhagavad Gita too, Mr. Gospel EDGE
@napoleonbonapartelempereur95025 жыл бұрын
"A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within"- Will Durant.
@ashkenazi00006 жыл бұрын
Excellent Video !!! Very Informative.. there is NO doubt that the brutal & fanatic Islamic Mughal rule in India faced stiff resistance at different periods from the great RAJPUT warriors, fierce AHOMS warriors from Assam & from Punjab the brave SIKHS warriors... Rightly did the great Hindi Poet Bhushana, who forsook the royal favours of the Mughal court to come over to Shivaji to record his glories, he sang :-“काशी की कला जाती, मथुरा की मसजीद बनती, अगर शिवाजी ना होते तो सबकी सुन्नत होती.” meaning : (Had not there been Shivaji, Kashi would have lost its culture,Mathura would have been turned into a mosque and all would have been circumcised.) If not for Shivaji and the Marathas, there would have existed a continuous Islamic belt from Morocco to Indonesia. What addition of 1 billion more adherents to Islam would have done to the world power balance or what would have happened to Indian legacy like yoga, ayurveda, music, art and philosophy, is not difficult to guess…. It is worthwhile examining the 'what if' of Indias history, Aurengzeb, Akbars great great grandson, had embarked on the 'Islamisation' of India. The Marathas, inspired by Shivaji, fought Aurengzeb and saved India from following the fate of Persia. The proof of Maratha victory lies in the fact that Aurengzeb lies buried, not in Lahore /Delhi or Agra , but near Aurangabad in good old Maharashtra... Indian history before Shivaji's advent reads like a chronicle of military disasters. Shivaji changed all that. He used Guerilla Tactics very effectively. Shivaji, as a great warrior & visionary laid a strong and solid foundation that after his death in 1680, there was a series of battles fought between Marathas and Mughals from 1681 to 1707 known as 'War of 27 years' and ended with the death of Aurangzeb in 1707. The Marathas eventually emerged victorious and consolidated their lost territories. This was further expanded by the Peshwas. The Maratha empire reached its peak in summer of 1758 with the conquest of Attock, which is banks of Indus river in Pakistan today. Its eastern frontier was today’s Orissa, being ruled by Raghuji Bhosale of Nagpur. Maratha armies had also reached upto Murshidabad, but then retreated and settled for tribute from Bengal and control of Orissa. To the south, in 1758, territories upto the fort of Gurramkonda in Kadappah district were held. Also, Tanjore (Thanjavur) was under Marathas, but that was a different line. In 1761, the PANIPAT war was lost to the Afghans but Marathas RECOVERED quickly like phoenix bird within 10 years and brought the whole of North Indian again under their control during the 1770's under leadership of Madhavrao Peshwa.. Eventually, the Marathas grew stronger and fought the British in three Anglo-Maratha Wars (1775-82, 1803-05, 1817-18), In the First Anglo-Maratha War (1775-1782) The Marathas emerged Victorious. A Vijay Stambh (Victory Pillar) erected to commemorate Maratha victory over British is located at Vadgaon/Wadgaon Maval, close to the city of Pune. The 2nd and 3rd were subsequently lost and British established themselves. (By the way, just for your G.K, Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is also considered as the 'Father of the Indian Navy'.) Jai HIND !!! VANDE MATARAAM !! VANDE MATARAAM !! VANDE MATARAAM !!
@thewall93275 жыл бұрын
Very good information. I never knew about these victories.
@warriors72385 жыл бұрын
What a terrific answer ... Salute you
@abhishekrao17105 жыл бұрын
Jai shivaji maharaj !!
@TheYoung23a4 жыл бұрын
Mughals ruled on India, British did as well. Remember one thing any time a nation was invaded there was some sort of resistance. Marathas resistance was not unusual or heroic. Marathas didn't do shit. If it wasn't for British empire muslims would still be on top of hindus. I see some idiots saying Mughal empire didn't really result in anything. Where did so many muslims come from. They were hindus and got converted. Those same converted muslims have Pakistan now and half of Kashmir
@sanjayVlogs4914 жыл бұрын
Was there any specific reason to not allow mughals in any condition to conquer presently south India???
@dhyan95535 жыл бұрын
Mean mindedness and intolerance of kings towards the neighbouring kingdom paved the way for invasions and conquest of INDIA.... Its bitter but utter truth... Even now also we can see this phenomenon in INDIA...
@shamakuma19676 жыл бұрын
Buddhisms non violence also reduced our power to retaliate against invaders
@mandya66976 жыл бұрын
Horseshit.
@BigBeesNase6 жыл бұрын
lol, such a silly thought. Can you mention any Buddhist king in the history who refuse to fight invaders because of non-violence?
@SwagokuLion6 жыл бұрын
More surprisingly, India is ranked below Pakistan and Bangladesh on gender equality which reflects maternal death rates, teenage pregnancies, access to education, and the number of women parliamentarians and in the workplace. "It is things like healthcare and education which have India lagging behind Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. These countries are well on track and India, with its fast growing economy, has still not got its act together," she said. "While we have a new band of millionaires, on the other side people continue to suffer endlessly. Millions still live below the poverty line and go to sleep hungry. The [economic] growth has not flowed towards them," she added.
@himaldew6 жыл бұрын
Ramesh Kumaran most of the king was follower of brahmanism during invasion for example in Bengal when Baktier khilji invalded it was Laxman sen king from Sena dynasty fled cowardly.. we call the Golden period of bengal when Pala Dynasty ruled bengal and they were Buddhist.. Ashoka, Kaniska, HrashaVardhan were great indian king
@sudheerkumar44216 жыл бұрын
islam had this arab imperialist notion to it....pray to kaba...recite in arabic and reject everything else other than allah and amorality and aw totaly subserviant to arab islamic law...it was in a sense...abrahamic religion on steroids...with no deviations or excuses...so the implementation was meant to be harsher....many aspects to this phenomenon...not as simplistic as you are alluding to...
@cryptoreport87623 жыл бұрын
I'm a Muslim and I enjoyed this man's way of making us understand his philosophy. Wow amazing
@pro9lonewolf2 жыл бұрын
Wht the need of mentioning ur religion. U guys call urself secular. Mentioning ur religion clearly means that u also know that other muslim doesn't like him.. But u being a muslim like him and it is worth mentioning bcoz very few muslim lik him.. 🤣 🤣 Wht a narrow thinking bro. Who asked u ur religion. Now a days muslim mention it everywhere so that they can proves they r educated, liberal, secular But mentioning ur religion in a educational video itself proves how backward u r.
@nomad73172 жыл бұрын
I am an ex hindu and completely agree with what he says!
@adma72982 жыл бұрын
Let them still believe in to Karma and incarnation. Their flawed ideology is the reason of their current situation. Whole world has moved on from mythologies but India.
@linneshwharparameswaran61472 жыл бұрын
@@adma7298 Like your Abhramic Desert Cults that say women who aren't virgins should be stoned to death? Lmao how progressive amirite 🤣
@shanuu99 Жыл бұрын
@@nomad7317 ex hindu ? lol
@rajendrasaka35154 жыл бұрын
Your absolutely correct. We Hindus in India are just born Hindus. Young India has started learning I hope.
@doityourselfpakistan65352 жыл бұрын
what a man , i am muslim , but i love this man philosophies and how he explain about the ideas and life .
@daverigby236 жыл бұрын
Karma makes more sense to me know. I'm 65 and still learning
@shagunkhurana76616 жыл бұрын
David Rigby I am 23 and I bet, I understand life better than you. I request don't just learn, seek the meaning of life. Todays religion ls are are derived from their respective cultures. We forgot cultures and now fighting over religions. If you understand those ancient cultures, u understand the history. If u understand the history, u can seek meaning of life.
@thomasranjit88976 жыл бұрын
David Rigby please watch Ravi Zacharias on KZbin regarding Hinduism and Buddhism.
@thomasranjit88976 жыл бұрын
If karma is responsible for everything, how about anything First time born, on what is his destiny depending on???
@sushilpandat346 жыл бұрын
No age for learning sir
@NAKK7866 жыл бұрын
From the lap of mother to the catch of death .Learning
@maheshtamrakar75726 жыл бұрын
WOW!!! This is an eye opener. It's all true and real about contemporary India.
@agnistorm20245 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. We miss implementing in modern India. We talk and preach not practice
@binilc62386 жыл бұрын
i think we were conquered easily is simply because we were divided...just as we now..by religion..by caste...by position. And this equation can never be reversed...unless there is a threat and then we all become united.
@kapswishes98347 жыл бұрын
Very well said.. My msg to my fellow country men is the following "start doing good deeds right from your own house.. Dont insult anyone .. Dont impose your opinions on others.. Dont say no to ppl in need.. Dont vote for corrupt politicians."
@abdoolwaheed0jaufeeraully6 жыл бұрын
kapil kapil p
@rmazim5005 жыл бұрын
Excellent Advice but unfortunately few will observe
@praveendabas80605 жыл бұрын
I will try my best.
@deeptidabral74073 жыл бұрын
Compassion and empathy are virtues of prosperous nation.
@atulkotwal6 жыл бұрын
Hindus fought for 1000 years. Still bharat is 80 % hindus. Totally wrong to say hindus defeated easily. All other acient civilization mesopotamiya, Egypt, perisa, Europe got converted within 50 years. Yes we had degeneration in our society which led to downfall. We need to correct them asap but Hindus should not called them self defeated people, you can not win in future with defeated mindset.
@shafqatkhan79936 жыл бұрын
Atul Kotwal That’s because the Mughals didn’t forcefully convert people In fact they where in one with Hindus They married Hindu women Aurangzeb was over 90% rajput The only problem they had was due to dominion not religion
@akshayseth43506 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree
@dhananjoshi6 жыл бұрын
Well said Atulji
@syedjavediqbal19636 жыл бұрын
Atul Kotwal. Fully Agree. Indians were ruled by rulers many of whom practised Islam as a religion. But, India didn't become an Islamic republic. The laws were secular i.e. Hindus were not required to follow any Islamic law. Secondly, the Muslim rulers mostly considered themselves Indians. They all chose to be buried in India as they took and made India their final home. They married Indians too.They called themselves Indians. Whereas the British, who left India for good, never considered India their ultimate home. So, the correct thing to say would be "India was ruled by Indians of foreign origin for 1000 years". Very much like the Aryans who came long after the Dravidians, but eventually got intermingled with the rest and lived happily ever after as Indians.
@frankiestein84826 жыл бұрын
True. The problem is many hindus themselves have no of history but repeat myths of being conquered.
@HusainVlogs16 жыл бұрын
Well done nice talks make sense .. Best wishes for India from Pakistan ....
@Rishi1234567894 жыл бұрын
I am an Indian who was born in Australia and I'd just like to say thanks for the kind words, my Pakistani brother.
@kompshi6 жыл бұрын
Thanks to Narendra Modi, India has rapidly built so many toilets and now women can feel more secure and respected.
@boselaw4 жыл бұрын
Sir, we bacame weak ever since Vaman avathar
@Noone-gz8li4 жыл бұрын
😂🤣 crime increased since 2014
@AUSamuel-ij7bn4 жыл бұрын
😂😂👏
@iraja3332 жыл бұрын
But kept their ways Hinduism survived. Look at Iran Iraq etc lost all belief systems traditions Hindus still got their ways Temples etc Hara Hara MahaDev 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@rajeevmishra8932 Жыл бұрын
Coz some people were strong enough to resist that's why we are surviving.
@SunnySunny-hz8ze Жыл бұрын
Because Islam and Muslims are liberal.Quran says, no compulsion in religion.
@praneshsingh7840 Жыл бұрын
8 years since this video posted and is still true today. I'm from Fiji Islands, and we are looked down on by people from India
@sangramchore67145 жыл бұрын
Ahinso parmo dharmha... buddism adopted by Samrat Ashoka and people of India was the root cause, too much importance to spiritual ity is the cause of downfall.
@suhassreehari8765 жыл бұрын
Your a complete idiot lol if you don't know have knowledge about history then don't talk after ashoka died India was again ruled by hindus and they didn't stop wars they kept fighting the Gupta's defeated the invading huns (but that led to their decline)and let's not forget the hindu Gurjar's constantly defeated the Umayyad caliphate and kept them at bay for 300 years if they all followed non violence India would have been islamic by now
@anitajoshi5914 жыл бұрын
Ahimsha Parmo Dharma Dharma hinsha Tatthave cha
@umar71824 жыл бұрын
@@suhassreehari876 Umayyad already captured Sindh as early as 800 century
@Medha_034 жыл бұрын
Sangram ji, the last line wasn't right. The example you gave was right but the reason you gave wasn't. I'm purely answering you about my views on it. The King whether he's Spiritual or not Must protect his empire. If someone believes in Ahimsa, he must not become a political leader/king. One must be like Prabhu Shree Krishna. He knows when to use power, mind and spirituality.
@shubhamalaria75773 жыл бұрын
@@umar7182 lol when Bappa rawal and his bloodline came in action nobody came close to sindh ghati for almost 400 years, what are you even talking about
@Boloniece5 жыл бұрын
Excellent speech Sir. We are poor practitioners. Absolutely true!
@shubhampandi95615 жыл бұрын
Hinduo me secularism ka kida aaj se nahi h ye bahoot purana h
@nhunguyen091 Жыл бұрын
The real question is how does one remain peace-loving, nonviolent, compasionate, honorable, moral, and principled, AND at the same time possess the power and courage to carry out the necessary *righteous* violence to defend oneself (as well as good, innocent people) from evil, demonic forces that try to harm/conquer one, not being held back by misplaced guilt and empathy for one's foes? Adharma has the upperhand in war because it views everyone and everything as a subhuman/object to be conquered, there is nothing holding it back from committing the most atrocious, degenerate crimes to achieve its own end, while Dharma, despite flourishing in peaceful times, is easily overpowered in war, for their followers are nowhere near as cunning, ruthless, and aggressive. They fight with honor, dignity, and recognize the goodness (God) even in their worst enemies. I personally believe this is the reason why the battle between Dharma and adharma, and the cycle of the four yugas never cease. It is designed to carry on for eternity (even when Dharma ultimately wins every single time). The conflicts between the devas and the asuras in Vedic texts perfectly represent this concept/phenomenon.
@sufi30046 жыл бұрын
Respect to Mr Lakhani...sir, You have a beautiful way of putting things without fabricating it or subjecting everything to God...
@induchopra3014 Жыл бұрын
India is like our cricket team. We want 11 batsmen but no bowlers. Our bowlers should send the chill down the spine of opposition. Fast or spin. Best attack is guarantee of success
@UnionBlue-h8eАй бұрын
Reference to the British - India wars (Figured it would be interesting for someone) : Our Mexican American war (1846) was probably as good and as bad as previous wars, and we have said all that can be said when we call it “war”; the French wars against the Algerians, the English against the Sikhs**, the Russians against the Circassians, and if we speak of national and territorial dismemberment, Poland now stand not alone. It was a candid example of a stronger nation using the will of force to extort territory from another. And if the period ever arrives to where the largest republic (Democracy) on earth, Mexico, and the most hopeful and consistent one besides our own is blotted out of the record of nations and becomes the “Poland of the West” we shall stand condemned in the eyes of heaven and our own as authors of such tremendous a catastrophe. -Abiel Livermore, from “The War with Mexico Reviewed”
@industrialrevolution28846 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more, we need to stop blaming the british and annihilate the Caste system to make india great again.
@ashishpatel3505 жыл бұрын
it was the Muslims and British that weaponized the caste system as a form of discrimination .
@BoraiahNataraju5 жыл бұрын
Industrial Revolution28 we Hindus don’t have equality and cohesion due to caste system.Inequality is inhumanity. M
@ashchan05045 жыл бұрын
Get some brains. The varna system should be fluid. Varna system is practised all over the world
@TiredDem Жыл бұрын
Actually, he is absolutely right. Christians take care of their own. Muslims take care of their own. Hindus take care of everyone except their own. Hindu apathy will be its downfall.
@amitkrishnani31607 жыл бұрын
Because india was fragmented, if you look at indian map, every single state was a different kingdom Whereas north west , afghanistan and iran was 1 big united kingdom Maharana pratap, rana sangha, shivaji, sambhaji, ranjit singh destroyed mughal armies despite smaller forces
@SwagokuLion6 жыл бұрын
The first thing you need to understand is that it's mentality of people which shapes any country. You know it too that Majority of Indians are selfish. That's just truth. There is a reason India is one of the most corrupted country in the world. So even if some billionaires give up there all money, India will continue to become a 3rd world shithole. Why do you think they were unable to hold on to the golden peacock throne and kohinoor diamond? Why do you think they lost all their resources? Why do you think they couldn't protect their wealth? Why? Because they were unworthy, indians cannot use resources properly, even if some indians can then the MAJORITY OF us indians CANNOT.
@MrPoornakumar6 жыл бұрын
@@SwagokuLion Please tell me 'indians cannot use resources properly, even if some indians can then the MAJORITY OF us indians CANNOT' ?
@RamRam-gs1so6 жыл бұрын
Well u need to add Rana kumbha 's name also
@rajputchauhanwarrior26373 жыл бұрын
Afghanistan was too part of india
@bthongni55 Жыл бұрын
I am reminded of... Love your neighbours as yourself. There is no greater love than to give one's life for others.
@abhijitv6 жыл бұрын
Golden age of India was Gupta Empire Period not Buddha period
@vipulprakash19876 жыл бұрын
Abhijit Vyas I agree with you completely. Mahavir and Bhudha demoralized the kshatriyas by proclaiming 'ahimsa parmo dharm' forgetting the lesson of the krishna-arjun gita. They also promoted sanyaas for the youth, dissuading them from their duties. That's why the spread of Buddhism left India weak infront of the invaders. That's why Buddhism vanished from India, as it had failed in practice. Then the rise of the bhakti movement further damaged us, as it encouraged total dependence on God to destroy the evil as well as the evil doer. False belief systems, such as "despise evil but not the evil doer," "don't tell unpleasant truth", "leave retribution to God," etc., further prevented us from becoming instruments of God. Having finished of the kshatriyas, the brahmins became unprotected and got converted or killed. The Baamiyaan statue of Bhudha in Afghanistan, when it was vandalized by the talibaan, it was then that I came to know that Buddhism had spread to Afghanistan, and because of their non-violence they were slaughtered there.
@jyotivyas92866 жыл бұрын
Abhijit Vyas namaskaar Me To Hindu!! Vyas behan bhai 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🤣🤣🤣🤣😁😁😁😀😀😀🙂🙂🙂💆💆💆🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹🍀🍀🍀🌾🌾🌾🍃🍃🍃Namoh Bharatambae!!
@ninjablade6566 жыл бұрын
What you said above was the outcome of a bloody hereditary caste system and in modern India that is still practiced and for this brahmins and Kshatriyas are equally responsible
@MultiPopculture6 жыл бұрын
BS -- The Golden Age was indeed Buddha period. Go visit any museum -- EVERYTHING is Buddhist. Buddhist nations like Japan are a trillion times more civilized than India....
@ankursinghsikarwar71046 жыл бұрын
Vipul Prakash Going by this line of logic, Wasn't bhakti movement an amazing phenomena. Imagine the kind of life threatening censorships under 'paradhinta'. I'm amazed by relevance of ramcharitmanas & ram-leela to that of Ramayana. I'm born in free nation state. I think I couldn't understand what is to be like in paradhin nation. But it must be scary because looking at current time, emergency scares the shit out of bjp, and well currently every opposition party wails.
@saharanankush3 жыл бұрын
India was not conquered easily. But the whole world had an eye on India at that time.
@mayamurthy38247 жыл бұрын
there is no dignity of labor in india .
@rishabhk19646 жыл бұрын
Maya Murthy I agree with you.
@RajPaulSeattle6 жыл бұрын
Read Being Different and Breaking India for Dharma drishti.
@johneli4956 жыл бұрын
Maya Murthy ...i agree
@Raju-zd8qv6 жыл бұрын
Pikinav
@ricksantos15806 жыл бұрын
@Maya Murthy - Great point. I also noticed that Upper Caste Hindus dislike Hard Labor/Industrial work. The Irony is India needs Industrial Work to Industrialise. Also the guy who said India was the Greatest Economy 200 years ago, Prior to the British (Indians love blaming the Brits/Westerners) however they never blame Islam which raped and plundered India for almost 900 years... They were FAR worse than the British.
@liendwin Жыл бұрын
Dear sir, I've recently come across your work and am completely mesmerized by your talk at Westminster. Even though replying to a video after 7yrs doesn't make sense coz time has changed and things haven't been the same for all these years. I just wanted to tell you that your answer to this question seems kind of misleading and inaccurate and false on some levels. I don't know if I'm mature enough to write something against you, in fact, I was merely 15yrs old when this video got published but I found a few flaws and decided to convey you. I agree that Indians had lost their way in understanding their culture and misinterpreted some practices but these are all part of evolution. Today in India, caste discrimination has decreased rapidly and sooner or later, it will disappear. The reason behind it is not a Britisher but "EDUCATION". It was a privilege to have education those days, which has changed in recent years and will continue to improve in the future. Not all people were harsh even in those days, I have seen people being cruel towards adults at times but I havent seen people being that harsh towards a child in my entire life tbh. There were always Good and Bad, even in the Britishers, they were far more worse during the colonialism and don't you think theyve evolved as better humans over the years. Ultimately, this video felt as if you were defaming India on the global stage. I just hope your opinion has changed after all these years.
@HinduAcademy Жыл бұрын
Jay Lakhani sir has been harsh with own people and India in some of the videos, if we do not look at our own weaknesses and dont work on them we can not progress forward, all is meant by him is Hindus have not treated own Hindu brothers and sisters well in past, and that led to a weaker nation, we take note of the recent progress but much work is still need to be done. Hopefully we can learn from this and move to be much stronger nation and civilisation, it is a work in progress.
@MSCH19543 жыл бұрын
This gentleman brought tears in my eyes.
@srinidhi71405 жыл бұрын
🇮🇳 ಜೈ ಭಾರತ ಮಾತೆ ಜೈ ಸನಾತನ ಧರ್ಮ 🚩 Jai Bharata Maata 🇮🇳 jai sanathana dharma 🕉️
@thefflplayer61665 жыл бұрын
Har jagah sanathan dharm kyun liyate ho be....
@PrathamBhatia4 жыл бұрын
Jai bhaarat matha Jai sanatham dharam 🙏
@shridharkoti28564 жыл бұрын
Jai maa buvaneshwari
@shridharkoti28564 жыл бұрын
@@amiteshpandey_99 s
@shridharkoti28564 жыл бұрын
@@thefflplayer6166 kyonki Tum jaise do baap ki auladonko samje
@siddhantchavan68623 жыл бұрын
You spreading the message of swami Vivekananda. Great work sir.
@MrBaniya28 Жыл бұрын
Well it took invaders more than 400 years to reach delhi after capturing sindh ...rajasthanis punjabis nd haryanvis kept fighting them ...i wont call that easily conquered.
@canadiantruthdefender20446 жыл бұрын
Wonderfully eye opening explanation of the causes behind a big question you addressed, still it will penetrate in the closed minds of a very few. Thanks.
@Surajjadhavnid3 жыл бұрын
Hey not all people here are that cruel. There are few of them but they have power and remaining all india is good hindus
@anamshaheen6933 жыл бұрын
This video gives insight on the personal truth and today’s reality and not merely some political issues. Also, I genuinely feel that our hatred has eaten our minds. The minds have become blind.
@subhamayghosh28246 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic summary of facts. THESE are hard facts. We can find excuses like blaming Muslims or the British. The truth is we need reform. It’s a great video, thank you.
@oneforallah Жыл бұрын
100%
@celticpagan22656 жыл бұрын
The first thing is lack of unity.and another is we take in consideration of foreign countries is that there is empire that consist vast empire like assasin empire persian empire . Holy roman empire kingdom of hungary and poland bryznate empire macedonia but india has a kingdom in each and every corner so the foreigner easily tackle over the victory .and lack of military tatics in such a case we refer the vast empire in macedonia alexander use displined infantty and cavalry with fine train and mongolian empire use horse archers to destroy the offending armies and viking use a ferocious method of fighting called berserker in lack of tech and military equipments like guns canons and other powerful weponeries and so many things like political system everything
@नामसंगीति6 жыл бұрын
Beautifully elucidated. Thank you. My feelings is expressed in your words.
@yeshathakkarprajith88836 жыл бұрын
I learnt spiritually today!
@blankface34233 жыл бұрын
India is a state of mind. It can never be conquered.
@saijunk86976 жыл бұрын
You spoke the truth Sir . God bless you . Many of our Indians are Hindus only for the name sake , but they have lost the true values of the Sanaatan Dharma. Many of us don’t even mind to face the east and look at the Sun in the morning . This means that perhaps they have chosen the darkness over light and are pretty comfortable in that darkness . And in this darkness thrives the ignorance , ego and self centeredness . We pray for light and that our population turn towards light .
@TheSouravvideos6 жыл бұрын
True!!! Getting away with our inefficiency of defending our own land and solely focusing on Spirituality was our only dilemma. It's time we learn from our mistakes invest in the defensive securities.
@rohitadhatrao68776 жыл бұрын
ghori killed chauhan, ghazni plundered india before that, 17 times is just the number which ghazni himself visited, the actual number is more, his historian al barauni said of indians that indians r so rich that they look inwards and are self centred and care least about the world, if this continuesm then they may lose their civilization, to be honest , nothing different is happening now
@cakebakeproject6 жыл бұрын
ROHIT ADHATRAO Exactly this was the reason.
@SwagokuLion6 жыл бұрын
Never forget that an INDIAN 8 year old girl was recently raped then killed by a few INDIAN men including a police man, who just swept the whole incident under the rug like it was nothing. India is not great.
@sweetyswain59096 жыл бұрын
@@SwagokuLion But Hinduism is....that is the whole point....degraded people of kaliyuga(India) think they r proud to be Indian...whole country is corrupt...that age old purity gone....it is evident in Mahabharata.
@manjulamishra66456 жыл бұрын
N r u not an indian?
@pkchaudhary55063 жыл бұрын
@@SwagokuLion he is not talking about modern India
@a.m.karthick6295 жыл бұрын
10:00 if you don't have time to watch the full video, click 10:00 you will get the whole glimpse of the answers!!!
@orobleh774 ай бұрын
I am not a Hindu, but visited India. The speaker is right. Hindus need self reflection. The reason that white people are prosperous is because of Karma. In general, white western countries are generous. When disasters happen around the world, they are the ones who help. You must have compassion and feeling for your fellow citizens and others who need help.
@thegreattheone6 жыл бұрын
Kindness is rooted in prosperity.
@tonguewarrior5020 Жыл бұрын
*The BIG reasons why we LOST to Islamic forces :* (1) Sudden attacks by Islamic forces at *NIGHT* because they did not used to follow any war rules (unlike we Hindus) (2) Islamic forces had FAST moving Arabic horses This is the reason why Samrat Prithviraj wasn't abled to catch Ghori even after defeating him *multiple times* (3) Our Hindu kings had unorganised Army units But Arabic forces had "Motivated Organised" *ARCHER* units (4) Hindu Kings NEVER chosen to destroy their Islamic enemies from their Roots If enemies used to ran out of battlefield after facing defeat Then Hindu Kings used to let them go away (Instead of Chasing them at Kill)
@benebolencia4 жыл бұрын
Very good point. It applies to all human kind in any country, any city or rural area. Strenghten our society with the basic human needs, like clean accesible water, affordable food and shelter, EDUCATION and RESPECT AS HUMAN BEINGS for all. Better if people start at home respecting each other. Strong families make strong societies. Helping each other as a society too.
@loke4321 Жыл бұрын
India was conquered because of very big gap between good civilization of Indian and barbaric civilization of Abrahamic faiths !! Indian were unable to understand the extent of barbarism !!
@mozart41286 жыл бұрын
i have other opinion. it is connected to Biology as well as culture. North and South. People from North are more robust than South. A Sikh from North of India Punjab are more physically strong that a man from Andhra or Tamil Nadu. If I apply this logic,then people of Central are more physcially strong than India. Second reason is relgion. Sure Fear of Karams prevented us to shed blood of others. When Afghanistan was Buddhist how many invasions victimized India? Answer should be no. But moment Islam came to Central Asia. then all invasions stated. Because Islam advocates subduing non believers.
@ranjaypandey35186 жыл бұрын
mozart4128 Martial race theory is still relevant
@communisthypocrite6376 жыл бұрын
India doesn't have big empire to protect its borders,gazini was helped by jayapala ,prithviraj uncle,next year he was annexed,many raj puts kings helped moguls to raze war against their opponent kings who are Hindus.religious feeling unity was not there as much Muslims does have.same Indians could make Alexander army to hesitate when nandas empire was there and mouryas could conquer upto Afghanistan. Southern marathas could conquer many muslim kings.so in a war motivation is more important than others.
@synhope37466 жыл бұрын
Muslim kings were not Islamic. They were for power grabbing. Babur first defeated another Muslim Lodhi. Humayun fought and lost the war to Sher Shah Suri, another Muslim. Aurangazeb attacked Deccan and demolished another Muslim. Allahuddin defeated many Muslim kings. This has nothing to do with religion, but power play. Accept it and move forward. Who was the guard that protected Shivaji from Afzal Khan? Shah Rukh Khan. Who was general of Aurangazeb? Jai Singh. Who demolished mandirs as revenge against other Rajas? Hindus. Instead of talking about Roti Kapda aur Makan and dignity, we are foolishly dragged into these filthy talk to hide the poor performance of BJP.
@amananand74836 жыл бұрын
Hindustan ne kisi desh par attack ni Kia Isliye kyuki Hindustan phle se itna smrid tha ki use Kabi jarrorat hi ni pari, Hindu king chate to unn area ko bi conqure kar sakta the lekin central Asia bas banjar Jameen thi, Hindu kings ke liye duniya bas Hindustan tak simit thi aur appas me larte the. Whi European aur Arabian ke liye larna jaroori tha Jene ke liye, upjao jameen ki khoj ke liye. Kathor mausam ne aur kai war ne inhe Bhut anuvhavi kar rakha tha. Lekin Hindustan me bhudism ka prachar joro par tha kisi Tarah Kuch Hindu rajao ne bhudism ko khatm Kia aaj ke bharatme, jha bhudism re gya wo aasani se inke sikar ho gye. Whi Hindustan kamjoor par chuka tha Andhar ke aapsi matbedh me lekin Tabbi Islam convert ni kar saka Hindustan ko na hi unite kar saka. Aur Thailand Jaise desh Isliye bache rahe kyuki Muslim ruler Hindostan hi pura Par ni kar sake, Unki takat kam Par gyi Hindu ke samne. Angrej aaye luta bi lekin unhone kabhi bi dharam ni chera kyuki unhe Pta tha Hindustan ki Sanskriti ni badli jaa sakti to unhone bigaar di. Kai sare bare dynasty Arab ke the jo Gajni se Phle, Kabi bi india me enter ni kar sake, lekin bhudism ka aagman Jaise unke liya nyuta tha.
@1234vedas5 жыл бұрын
But all that were invaded were in the North. Also, muscles could be built up by change in diet and lifestyle.gebetic contribution to that can be levelled to an extend,. Now look at the tallest states in India.
@debodatta73983 жыл бұрын
2:15 You're talking about North India, Tamil Nadu and Kerala were never conquered until the Portuguese and Brits arrived, Telugus and Kannidigas were free until the 16th-17th century
@mrityunjaysingh90806 жыл бұрын
Totally agree! Learnt a lot in these 10 mins Mr. Lakhani.
@pings0076 жыл бұрын
After being invaded, raped, genocided and looted for 1000 years, it takes a bit more time than 1 or 2 generations, for the society to shed selfishness and start caring about others and human dignity. On the other hand, the basic fallacy of such a fine talk by Lakhani ji is ignoring how the brits have enriched themselves by looting India and the world for 100s of years, without any semblance of shame and even today are inheriting, enjoying and passing on that wealth within families! Agree with you on the problems of caste, greed, corruption etc!
@4dmanable4 жыл бұрын
I’m Christian and am very touched by this man’s compassion and wisdom. He is Hindu, but It is the same wisdom that The Christ brought to the world. All the great and true religions have this at their core.
@zameerahmed17752 жыл бұрын
Christ was a Muslim ( he bellived in one god & a follower of Islam ) .......... Humans made him Christian.
@mad_in_20202 жыл бұрын
There is nothing great and true about Christianity. It stands on the dead bodies of Native Americans, Native Aboriginal people who were forced to convert.
@johnskuttysabu79152 жыл бұрын
@@zameerahmed1775 shut up.fool.
@AnimatedBlast Жыл бұрын
@@zameerahmed1775 Oh please. Islam is the religion of Arabia, presently.
@amitkosa53872 жыл бұрын
When you read history from RSS source. The prithviraj story of 17 time he defeated Gauri was a fictional story written in Prithviraj raso. that was written centuries after the incidents of prithwiraj-gauri. Anyway 1st invasion started by Aryans so I don't know if this man is even considering that as an invasion.
@sabrinashahab7957 жыл бұрын
I don't know , instead of following true western values , most of the world is following consumerism ( decendant western values )
@raju2utube6 жыл бұрын
very true
@nasreenebrahim22206 жыл бұрын
That's why all the problems in the world
@justicefreedomsoveriegntya35336 жыл бұрын
Western Values committed Genocide against Nations around the World, Committed Brutal Chattel Slavery, and Colonized, Exploited and Subjugated Many more
@leaveme35596 жыл бұрын
@@justicefreedomsoveriegntya3533 dude do u even know what Western values r?
@makarandkhare84975 жыл бұрын
What do you mean by this?
@roshant69645 жыл бұрын
The attitude of the western nations that JayLakhani talks about actually comes from the Judeo-Christian tradition of these nations
@keshavray32325 жыл бұрын
Sir it's true but situation is improving ....
@RajKumar-bf3wd4 жыл бұрын
As an indian, what he says definitely makes sense
@gireeshneroth71276 жыл бұрын
Because we don't posses beastly hearts and minds nor were we meat eaters.
@rajivsinha9815 жыл бұрын
Sorry.....During Vaidic period, meat eating was common.....In Ramayana...Rama killed a deer...for what? For eating or for fun? Stop buying BJP bullshit
@jatinmukkawar16405 жыл бұрын
We possess...we've been conditioned in the last 400 years to believe we're weak. That's what you're trying to to do...break the cycle
@sameerthakur7204 жыл бұрын
@light yagami Dude, read more of Savarkar about meat-eating. Savarkar was in favour of eating meat. Read the Artha Shastra of Chanakya. It recommends the punishment (a fine) for butchers who sell meat with skin (cheating the customer).
@Chicodon0084 жыл бұрын
And your Temples, Universities and culture was destroyed because of that mentality.
@rajputchauhanwarrior26373 жыл бұрын
@@rajivsinha981 rama killed deer bcoz for shikaar not to eat go and read ramayan .only rakshas had meat
@adirajkumar Жыл бұрын
Really a good answer to the blunt question🙏🙏🙏🙏
@Enlightenwithshubham6 жыл бұрын
This man make me think about India with new perspective
@mlal834 жыл бұрын
he wants us to look at India in the ancient perspective
@triton67172 жыл бұрын
Becz they accepted it,even alexander pissed off of Indian king when Indian king refused.
@ajayajay-is7xb4 жыл бұрын
(poor)🦁akash🚩 + rice bag 💶 = antony 🐏🤸
@sheregrewal91826 жыл бұрын
So beautifully said sir.. Great..
@naren2k66 жыл бұрын
Mr. Lakhani your 1101% spot on.
@DipakBose-bq1vv5 жыл бұрын
India was attacked by the Muslims first in 670AD by Mahallab. In 1192 Turks occupied Delhi and the Gangetic plain. In the 16th century, south India was occupied by the Muslims but in the 18th century, they lost Bengal first and the gradually all of India with the help of the Hindus.
@rajivranjan63736 жыл бұрын
A powerful analysis, not perfect but still with a lot of truth.
@sunilvaidya17515 ай бұрын
New Central Government had done a change in hygiene of Indians by Swachha Bharat Abhiyan. Toilets for all, clean roads & public places are seen now.
@workhardt27 жыл бұрын
Good point on karma. Karma states every action has a reaction. Where we are tomorrow will be determined by the decisions we take today. We reap what we sow. Astonishing how this good though turns ugly.
@Summarisation5 жыл бұрын
No...If you want good karma, you even help the low castes, like in Mahabharata and Gita. Humans destroyed India, not its culture. Bad humans exist, and they always will.
@SudeshChouhan5 жыл бұрын
Lord buddha was an avatar of lord vishnu. Buddhism is a part of Hinduism. Lord buddha name is Siddhartha Gautama. Siddharta means one who has accomplished a goal", derived from Sanskrit सिद्ध (siddha) meaning "accomplished" and अर्थ (artha) meaning "goal". Gautama, meaning the enlightened one, The name Gautama is one of the ancient Indian names and is derived from the Sanskrit roots "gŐ(गः)" and "tama (तम)".
@zaheerpatel9706 жыл бұрын
Awesome!!!! Thank you for the truth Sir. God bless you
@Ajay-jf6vx Жыл бұрын
Indians were divided by caste system and forgot the teachings of equality and fraternity in the Vedas. United we stand, divided we fall.😊
@chandrabhanmorya39503 жыл бұрын
Respected Sir Every single word of yours is soo true.
@subhradev31833 жыл бұрын
Perfect Explanation, Sir. Absolute TRUTH. Jai Sita Ram Lakhsman Hanuman Jai Radha Rukmini Satyabhama Jambavati Mitravrinda Nagnajiti Lakhsmana Satya Kalindi Sri Krishna Jai AdiShakti Shiv Jai Lakshmi Vishnu Jai Saraswati Brahma 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🔘🔴🔵♾🌈🔱🔆☯️🕉🔅
@robhurst87526 жыл бұрын
5:50 Brutally honest about rising India What world power if your 40,60 % don't have access to even clean water
@human32134 жыл бұрын
Yeah then why are you crying What is Britain more than pile of murdered shit hole .. England's rape rates are the highest on earth So stfu
@ashishadroit4 жыл бұрын
Hope you now like India better than what you thought of it 6 years back. The Leadership here is much authentic Hindu then it ever was in last 70 years
@ravindrabhagwat62575 жыл бұрын
Instead of pointing fingers at India by living outside India if you had remained in India and did your bit your words would have carried more meaning.
@harkal22785 жыл бұрын
that's very truthful comment god bless u
@Nat-og5jd5 жыл бұрын
exactly
@sramesh68054 жыл бұрын
we have to look at his words, not where he is. Poverty is there in India. I and you, everyone knows. But if someone points out, why don't you agree?. First we have to accept what is wrong within ourselves, otherwise we don't even try to correct it. Be it a person or society.
@subhajitsaha60523 жыл бұрын
Terrific explanation !
@sheikhrishad8794 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful explanation sir.... Really amazing❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@bally1asdf2 жыл бұрын
Because you do not believe in history but myths. Prithiviraj defeated only once. Indians believe in myths not history.
@yatishsingh18016 жыл бұрын
Good day Sir. Well said and I hope your words have not fallen on deaf ears. What you said is the hard truth. God bless you
@PrakashSingh-wp6wt7 ай бұрын
India treated invaders as vip. We followed rules, But invaders followed vultures character.