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The recent school shooting in Connecticut looked like a tipping point in U.S. public consciousness.
Americans have been asking themselves some tough questions: why does this happen so often and so much more in America than in other countries? What does gun violence say about us as Americans and what measures can we put in place to stop it?
A similar bout of public soul-searching was on display in India recently. Across the country, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to express outrage over the rape and death of one unnamed woman.
The national attention over her death is shedding light on how unsafe Indian women actually are. According to the national crime records bureau, there were more than 24,000 registered rapes in 2011. That's one rape every 22 minutes in India. And those are just the ones we know about. By some accounts, only a tenth of all such crimes in India actually get reported.
Why such a shockingly high rate of violent crime? Indians are debating the reasons.
The reality is this: This is one more example of a government that simply does not deliver. India has a broken public safety system, little to no public surveillance and CCTV systems, and a corrupt police force.
According to the U.N.'s Office on Drugs and Crime, South Asia has one of the lowest ratios of police officers to civilians in the world. It also has among the fewest prosecutors as a percentage of the population.
There could be other factors. India has a demographic crisis. According to its 2011 census, there are only 9 women for every 10 men in urban India. That's one of the worst sex ratios, and that doesn't happen naturally. It happens because tens of thousands of Indians opt for abortions if they know they're having a daughter.
But these conditions are not unique. Some of them exist elsewhere, too. Perhaps, most of all, rape happens so often in India simply because it is allowed to happen. There is a culture of impunity. After 600 rape cases reported in Delhi last year, only one has led to a conviction.
That's why the current set of sustained protests are something of a silver lining.
People are genuinely upset. The rise of India's middle class has activated a powerful civil society. One that is now demanding better government. It did so a year ago regarding corruption.
Now it's asking for basic rights for women. In a way, this is India's Arab Spring. But it needs to sustain itself and to lead to real reform and change. This Indian spring will only work out better than the Arab Spring if its national leaders recognize the need for radical and thorough change in their country.
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It never qualifies to be called as INDIAN ARAB SPRING because,this incident is an isolated one committed by the heinous uncultured ones. India has started to take drastic steps to prevent these incidents in the days to come. Having said that,I would also we have a long way to go and politicians' mindset must changed or they should be thrown out of their positions gradually. All the Arab countries which has had/have protests have one reason in common – Authoritarian regimes which was killing it's own people. In India's case.it's different.
You have No Idea what you are talking. There is no Democracy in CORRUPT INDIA
Wrong. India has been a democracy for almost seventy years. This is NOT an "Arab Spring."
When is America's Gun Arab Spring starts ? You can't do anything. Right ? In India, the best democratic system in the world, has the toughest gun law. And you won't see anywhere small children walking with guns or anybody except military. So when is our Arab Spring of Gun starts
What? India is not a democracy? Ignorance sucks.
Don't believe everything your Church tells you.
I agree, there is no democracy in India. Some demagogues and the top 0.1% of elite smartly using the word "democracy" to avoid out-side interference. There is no law in the country. People are being exploited thoroughtly. Probably taking the current political layer out may slightly remove some dirt and clear the air !
Indeed women in India do the right thing by demanding better law enforcement and protection. Safety shouldn't be something affordable only to rich daughters and wives, who surround themselves with minders etc. As more and more women in India work and contribute to the economic growth, the state should provide for their safety and respect their integrity.
Sorry Lea, you seem to be ignorant about India. It IS the largest democracy in the world. Unfortunately, there are violent elements everywhere in the world.
Corruption happens everywhere too... if you had any money invested in the markets, the scandal(s) of 2008 would have hurt your portfolio. If not, just to refresh your memory-this was the wall street scandals/housing crash orchestrated by the topp brass of wall street and the banking/insurance industry....
So please dont make ignorant comments... read up and be wise
totally agree.. it is run by mafia, goons and thughs... unfortunately an average Indian could not care less by electing these idiots ...
i have no idea where u frm and nt even interested to knw abt tht...b thing is tht what role was played or playing by western countries in arab spring is well known. these governments are just hiding their real foreing policy and in india's matter we know how to deal with the position and well educated but we just need bit inspiration and we dont need it from u pple who r dying for pennies and cents...just concentrate on europeon and american economy and stop interfering in others matters...fu**ers
Of course there is democracy in India. Democracy is somewhat corrupt in India as it is in the US and in every democratic country, but it is still there.
@Lea .. LMAO.. Was ignorance on sale this holiday season..???
Agreed there is a lot of corruption, but its every where to some degree and this needs to be addressed by the younger generations to come..... No offense but Just curious are you educated?? please don't pass this on the next generation....
Mr / Ms Randhawa or what ever you name may be , please do learn to spell right prior to putting up a post on reputed websites,or are you one of those who land directly from Indian Punjab into North American , like thousands of your fellow Hindu / Sikh Punjabi's who do not care to learn a word of English as a token of respect to the vibrant community and economy whose part you seek to be , instead import turban wearing culture wherein it is not sought to spread awareness of same while crying foul at the slightest mistake of the generous host country who allowed you to set foot in North America in quest of economic prosperity ,reminds me of a place called "South hall" in London , UK. I am sorry if i may have offended religious sensibilities.
Wow, Byron. Xenophobic much?
I know PEA, but you? Are you from oppressive China?
Come on, don't show your ignorance here. India is a multi-faceted country with great freedom and diversity of cultures co-existing peacefully for decades. The only problem is the muslim of course but then they are a problem all over the world and is nothing new. India has its problems just like other countries and it needs to up its responsibility in many spheres but it is in no way comparable to the muslim dominated countries which are the dustbins of world.
There's no democracy here, either. Guess we're all effed.
I don't understand how the entire country of India, and all the Indians living in India and abroad are collectively assigned the label of whatever crimes some lunatic(s) have perpetrated. By that standard, there is not a single nation on this planet where there is no evil, and thus, not a single human being, including Americans, Norwegians, and all the folks from the western democratic countries that are not criminals. People, before you lump everyone together in one bucket for the crime of others, just think clearly, and reason it out, whether it makes sense to call every Indian and the entire nation of India, all the bad words.
And finally, to those of you who are here to point out grammatical mistakes made by an Indian writing in English, you all seriously need to get a life. Unless you know everything about everything (there is no such thing btw), you have no right to tell others, especially on a forum like this, to point out mistakes of others.
JUST CHILL PEOPLE!!!
We Indians rather have a corrupt democracy than an honest dictator. India has always been a democractic, tolerant and non-violent culture. This led to the country being the birthplace o the largest number of faiths than any other spot inthe world and also the most diverse cultural spot too. A little corruption does not really matter to us. We have freedom of speech and religion and that is what matters. I bet many arab countries would give their life and soul to have a piece of our government. But that does not mean that corruption and lack of law is something we can tolerate. Our nation is still young, overpopulated and poor. We need time but the people will change the country.
Most of you don't understand what democracy is, including some people here who think India has been a democracy for 70 years.....sorry to tell you India invented democracy with it's panchayat raj thousands of years ago.
Secondly, I have seen and participated in multiple democracies – Indian and American and chaotic is how democracy is suppsed to be. If you want perfect order visit China or Syria where the government forces you to behave as they want. Democracy is always going to be chaotic but that's the beauty of it – there is value in the chaos as the best (most effective) idea wins. There are bad people -corrupt, rapists, theives, looters everywhere and that is not a problem created by democracy. It's a society issue – once the mindset of people in this culture change things will change – don;t blame democracy or the Indian version of democacy. There is no perfect way to rule unless you want to be ruled by Saddam or Gaddafi.
India is a demography bomb whose roots originate from their cast system. This problem is not the same as 'gun violence' we are witnessing in America, cast system is based on religion. Anything based on religion is difficult to change because religion is based on Dogma.
The artificial ratio between males vs females in India will result into more males' primitive behavior in the society. India's judicial system also being dis-functional does not help to solve the abuse of women its in a way making the problem even worse. To me unless Hinduism undergoes an evolutionary process as it happened to Christianity the problem can be reduced by making India's political parties much more circular than what they are right now.
There is a Pakistani troll on the comment board posting under different names
There is a Pakistani agent, posting anti-India spam and lies under different names.
are u telling me corrupt nations cannot be democratic? Look around u- u don't think we have corruption in US?
There are no arabs in India and it is winter not spring.
Gun lobbying in US will be Arab spring in US
Arabs suck balls. So do muslims. Any questions? Yeah I'm racist against them.
India is cool, eff the middle east. Torch it. Burn it down.
correct, only holy land USA is flawless with EU where banksters hold public to ransom and simply take their money to splurge and avoid taxes with help of government. See that is not corruption. Remember from Enron to banking crisis, only other countries are to be blamed not the banksters and CEOs, not to forget Wal-Mart
Well Byron, or whatever your name may be (do you not know the stereotypes your own name is associated to....(toothless inbred in a trailer maybe?), learn to type properly punctuated sentences before criticizing others' spellings.
India is a democracy, thats what they say and tell everyone. Ask the people of the lower castes and the women....
Dont generalize everything CNN tells you , they hand pick stories that can be sold and can keep their jobs. The people on TV and the hosts all are paid to accomplish this agenda. Good luck.
How much did CNN pay padma laksmi . Nothing. She got free coverage, You could feel she was making things up and generalizing things. The chef is gaining popularity and sell her books better. CNN host has a job to spend time on
India has a democracy.
Personally, I can see ignorance rolling off the words of a lot of the people who have commented on this post. I'd like to point out a few things and hope you are open-minded enough to take a few minutes to consider what I'm writing.
I don't remember who said it, but there is a quote that says "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others." Broken down, it means that a perfect government is impossible and a democracy is in no way perfect but it's the best we can come up with presently. However, this does not mean that people should not try to reform every aspect of their lives, including government.
India in particular has many problems that could contribute to the current situation, including its culture (I don't mean that the Indian culture is a bad culture, but the fact that their traditions cause them to avoid giving birth to girls because of financial issues is a problem), overpopulation, and government. You can't point the finger to only the government or only the people or any other singular factor.
What really caught my eye was the racism towards Arabs and Muslims. This really shows a lot of ignorance. I'd like to point out that most of the Arab's problems are caused by foreign interference. Not all Arabs are Muslims, and Muslims are very much misrepresented in the media.
You are the most stupid idiot – India is the largest democracy-we do not have dictators that tell us how to live. Even mentioning ,Arab spring is a shame. Who ever you are with a pseudoname-you reveal your stupidity-buffoon.
If India was a civilized and free country as you described, there would have been millions of Americans in India, not the other way round. I am not counting tens of millions of Indians who are doing American jobs from India in the name of offshore outsourcing.
Does that have to do with the strength of the economy and high paying jobs rather than the political system?
If Indian was uncivilized they would have nuked their neighbors by now.
India still have the Caste system, generations comes and goes working as servants. yes there are improvements but very slow and only a small % of populations benefits from the recent economice boom. I wouldn't call it a Huge Democracy. go ask a regular kashmiri under occupation about how Indian democracy is working for them. Poor Kashmiris are executed, imprisoned. It India was a democratic country, then they will allow kashmiris to hold a referendum for self determination.
if india nukes their neighbor someone else will nuke India as well. It is easier said my friend. I guess you are in a dream world. get a life.
Anoori don't believe every thing they tell you in the Pakistani madrassas.
this might kick a bit of mud... but hell, Indians can abuse , degrade among themselves. Hierarchy is very deeply routed. There is a Hierarchy where ever there are 2 or more people/groups. Indians managed to divide and subdivide people into as many number of groups as possible.
Then came western culture and questioned the hierarchical system. The people who have enjoyed this age old system are not willing to give up and that is where the root of the problem is. Sadly it is easy to abuse the weak. Indians are masters in showing power on weak, it is a sad truth many do not want to accept. Now many Indians rather than accepting the problems and try fixing them will say Western news papers are exploiting India and showing bad news... See the Hippocratic nature there.. They are willing to mask the problems and deny existence of problems than fixing it. Fixing problem starts with accepting the problem... Sadly most of them are happy pointing fingers. .
I always find it funny when people tell other people on internet discussion boards to "get a life." Yeah, I'm talking to you, Tom. You are a ninny.
If doing a job is the only measure of well being for you, then you are wrong! The americans are suffering running their "Empire" taking the rest of the world to insanity too...
There is a Pakistani troll on this board, posting nonsense and lies under fake names.
India tried to Nuke its neighbour Pakistan, when the BJP newly elected to office threatened Pakistan with disaster and tested 5 Indian Nukes, 7 days later Pakistan responded with 6 of its own Nukes, shutting you Indians up, so dont try to fool the world.
India is NOT a democracy, they have not allowed Kashmiris to decide their future besides promising to respect UN decisions, the UN has declared there be a plebiscite in Kashmir, but India refuses.
India is ruled by a majority violent gang of Brahmin thugs, it is a democracy in name only.
The Sikhs want to be free, Assam wants to be free, the Nagas and others want nothing to do with India, but it is forcing everyone together by the courtesy of the gun.
Haha India is a democracy for only those who have no choice. It is a farce.
do u see millions of americans in each european nation..??? u moron....or do u think even the eurpoean nations a re not civilised...india is a rising superpower...its one of the four BRIC nations ..with fastest rate of economic growth...US and other civilised nations run to india for investments and its huge global market....indians in US are the most affluent class...
This is indian winter for the national congress beseached with corruption, scandals, etc. No way that it can be rectified. However, there is an old story that no one rules delhi for over a 100 years. Spring cannot be far behind. Best luck to the mango people
There is a Pakistani troll on this board, posting anti-India nonsense under fake names.
totally agree, the fake "gandhis" who move around in bullet proof BMWs while the fakir walked barefoot, the saint who cleaned his own and people's toilet vs the new monarchy whose toilets cause more than 35 lac rupees, the old man who walked within a sea of humanity only in lion clot and a walking stick vs the rulers who move around with a posse of 500 security personnel of Z class, time for people to decide
There is a Pakistani troll posting on the comment boards, under different fake names.
It's CNN... it's a wonder they can tie their shoes in the morning. They keep peddling to the lowest common denominator, not realizing they are IT.
Oh, please. The media is always grasping for ways to create a "hook" fort a story. What's next? Is raising awareness of some issue n the U.S. going to be labeled an American Arab Spring?
Bozos abound.
India is stupid....there are 90% pf them are il·lit·er·ate....yet they keep claiming they are this magnificent democracy...!
Naomi: 90% of them are illiterate?? Where did you pull that statistics, out of your behind? There is no country in the world with that kind of illiteracy. Go back to school or better yet, just shut your trap about things you don't have a clue about.
Naiomi,
Who are you? Get some education before proclaiming the 'lack' of education of others!! Have you ever been to India or researched its education system?
How can you call a country 'stupid?' That's like saying that the Earth is stupid. Duh!!
NAIOMI IS STUPID PAKI
There are Pakistani trolls all over this comment board, posting nonsense under different fake names.
Agreed, calling it an "Indian Arab Spring" is completely misleading. Calling it this discredits the long way India has come socially and politically.
My thoughts exactly! It is extremely ignorant to ignore India's history and its independence from British rule. Well said!
Not to mention being a slap in the face to all the Arabs who are currently fighting and dying for their freedom from oppressive murderous (sometimes genocidal) regimes. What a pathetic piece of "journalism" this article is!
There is a Pakistani troll, posting anti India nonsense under different fake names.
u r living in sheer ignorance. India never got Independence.it is joke from gandhi & nehru.Before British rule now corrupt Italian rule.
Sonia Gandhi is an Indian citizen. Calling it Italian rule means you are a racist.
That's a pretty Old story mate. If you like BJP that's ok with me, even I don't really like Sonia led Congress party but I think this italian crap should stop now. I mean whatever be the case, the lady was married to a former PM of India who was blown up,still stayed in India for decades , has learnt talking in local dialects, wears sari and so on. I can show you a huge number of fellow Indians who speak only in foreign dialects, eat only foreign food stuff and wear only foreign clothes etc etc but still get to be called 'Indians'. So please let us stop this racist claptrap, and show the lady some courtesy. Don't vote for her party if you don't like her but please don't drag her racist origins.
right show courtsey to family which gave india 2 supreme courts, one for jammu and kashmir and one for rest of india, show courtesy for license, permit and quota raj, show courtesy for people who go to foreign lands for treatment while real Indians keep waiting in line, show courtesy to family which maintains posses of up to 500 personnel and that too with imported weapons while rest of police posts remain unfilled and they do not have adequate weapons and ammo, after all, only they laid down their lives in freedom struggle, rest all like Bhagatsingh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, Tantya Tope, Laxmibai were fools, correct?
"So when is our Arab Spring of Gun starts" This is how you form a sentence and you wish to be taken seriously?
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Disregarding the posters semantics, he does have a valid point however. Whilst India's civil society seems to be awakening to the injustices that abound them, our society seems to be in a deep somnolence. I am willing to bet that despite our recent spate of horrific mass shooting of kids and invalids, high unemployment rate and fiscal bankruptcy, nothing will really change in our nations legal & political framework. Look at what the Canadians, Europeans, Australians et all have to say about us – we are in serious denial & it's not pretty.
God bless the internet, it just might do what Gandhi couldn't. Internet is the ultimate stage for peoples will. There is no dictator or establishment that can withstand the mighty power of a free floating zeros and ones!!! Only those who blocked the internet completely can get away with crimes against humanity, North Korea is one of those places.
Funny you should say that. google's CEO is in North Korea as we speak.
Don't fool yourself into thinking that ANY modern government (including our own) can't "pull the plug" in a heartbeat at any given moment. The so-called "progressives" in this country have been quietly setting up that scenario for a decade now in the silly transparent guise of "internet equality". The right wing is doing the same through silly transparent guise of "increasing security". Representatives of both extremes are (of course) completely full of s$%t, but that doesn't change the fact that they're winning.
YOU ARE THE ONLY SENSIBLE PERSON HERE
Why is this even called an "Arab Spring"?? Indians are not even close to Arabs? To some Indians it might even be an insult to label them Arabs. This is just like calling Chinese Koreans or vise versa. Go educate yourself before putting out ignorant articles about something that you don't understand.
no one is calling Indian Arabs, Arabs spring is the rapid political change that happened in 2011 and continues in Syria, read the article again dum dumb.
Arab spring quickly turned into Arab radicalism and theocratic rulers instead of dictatorships. It is just being replaced by even more oppressive regime, with even less allowance for minorities, gays, women rights. Until Islam is fixed and neutred, muslim countries are going to go through dictatorship or theocratic cycles. This evil virus must be eradicated if they want to fully evolved as a 21st century human beings.
Completeltagree with you on this.Please stop labeling Indians as ARAB we are not.. Like the lady in NY who pushed and killed the Indian at subway station. PLEASE DONT LABEL INDIANS AS ARAB ..PLEASE DONT LABEL INDIANS AS ARAB.. PLEASE DONT LABEL INDIANS AS ARAB... PLEASE DONT LABEL INDIANS AS ARAB
India have been raping/killing/occupying Kashmiris for decades. I wouldn't call India a democracy, far from it. thank you and come again.
Did you forget your Thorazine med today?
Did you just say thank you can come again for raping Kashmiri.s.
ANoori, Please remember that Indian Taxpayers have given more money to Kashmiris to build there state. It is by their own choice that prefer Talibani culture. So 99% of incidents happening in Kashmir is self invited by kashmiris.
And the next thing we need to remind you is that kashmir is only 5% of Total India. So here we are talking about the incidents in the rest of India excluding Kashmir. Please donot Poke ur nose on this forum if Kashmir is your only interest.
wwiii will start in kashmir – i don't know why
i could be wrong of course – it was a thought out of nowhere once many years ago – and has stuck with me ever since.
politics and violence should be handled with the upmost care in kashmir – my humble opinion
YOU ARE A PAKI. IN MY HOUSE, MY WIFE RULES
u r absolutely correct, that is why v will put a new formula, expel second largest minority from India to Baluchistan, FATA and NWFP of Pakistan, the most peaceful places on earth where daily firework shows are put on and take less than 0.1% of population of Pakistan's remaining minorities if they are alive at all, even graves are not spared (Ahmadi graveyard lahore) fools
There is a Pakistani who is posting anti India nonsense, under various fake names.
PS: India built roads and schools in Kashmir.
Pakistan offers nothing but terrorists.
India is a democracy on paper. but there is no law or order. Money and political clout talks. Human life has no value if you do not have money or are from lower caste or other religion. Police and even judicial systems are rotten, inefficient and corrupt.
Whilst it is not quite as bad as you make it seem, there is some truth to your assessment. One point of disagreement however, based on my travels to India is that money talks regardless of ethnicity, caste, religion and gender in India. You will be respected and valued if you are wealthy in India, regardless your religious of caste affiliation.
Who do you think bankrolls the senate and house in America? It is called lobbying look it up. You can dress a pig in nice clothes but it is still a pig.
Sounds like you're describing the United States to me.
Tom said: "Money and political clout talks." Wait, are you talking about India or about Washington, the Koch brothers, and Super PACs, and Citizens United/"corporations are people too"?
While you are correct about the caste system, on the other hand, the government has taken measures for a while in the form of "affirmative action" for the historically "lower caste" people in areas such as academic opportunity. The situation on the ground varies depending on which part of India you are talking about. Not a problem among middle to upper class, educated Indians. However, I stopped accusing developing countries with high rates of illiteracy and abject poverty "backwards" when I found out that here in our "first world" good ole' USA, about half of the population still thinks a god created the world in 7 days, and many consider global climate change and evolution and science in general are all a hoax.
I don't think you understand that this is a euphemism
Yes it will not happen because you need testosterone for this to happen.... and for some reason brown skin lacks it...
common over
I wonder where Fareed plagerised this idea from. Amazing how this confirms that the left can do whatever crimes they want and be forgiven. FYI Fareed...India is the world's largest democracy. What exactly is the "spring" about? Protest about handling of a criminal act isn't a revolution in the way being run by a dictator is.
I think I have all right to call you a FOOL.
I agree with Kashyap. The mindset of politicians need to be changed foremost. But, it is really the show and display of disdain and discontent by the public that can change the mindset of these politicians. Also, the corruption of the political class is fuelling acts like this because they are not directly affected by this horrendous deeds.
This is more interest : http://www.yaplakal.com/forum1/topic523842.html
This incident is not about regimes or something, is about the education that makes the way of people thinking , living, treating others
Like many other Muslims born in India, Zakaria too has anti-India phobia and often put in writing indirectly telling us the the recent revolt is borrowed idea.
India now is too free democratic that the Islamic militants can bomb religious places, lower caste people can join Govt and politics without any qualification and can rule, vote bank politicians can occupy public offices, morality and bad karma roaming on streets. Hindu culture is hiding in woods but democracy is corrupt to core.
You did not convince me about "drastic steps'
I agree with you Kashyap. It is a complete mischaracterization of the protests in India by Fareed, who being an Indian, should know better. Yes, we have lots of problems in India including corrupt and ineffective police force, corrupt government and so on. But it is we the people who let it happen because we tolerate these things. Unfortunately we Indians try to break or find a way around every single law in our day-to-day life. Unless we the people improve our behavior, start respecting and obeying laws regardless of what others do, this situation will only continue. When we change, our government, our police force and our society will change for the better.
Why are so many people opposing the term "Arab Spring"? Note the expression in quotes dumbheads? That means the comparison is not supposed to be taken literally.. just like the Arab spring was a turning point in national politics fueled at the grass-root level by people who had had enough, this we hope is a turning point where civilians demand and get better government, dependable police forces, and safety for women. This is exactly the analogy I would have used, so I think Fareed is right on the money. Look at the bigger point he is making!
Zakaria, the muslim bigot deliberately misleads his audience.
Here is the difference.
Arab/Muslim world – theocratic, tribal, authoritarian regimes with puppet dictators and " bedouin royals" who still live with the rules of the 7th century.
India – the world largest multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, Secular, Parliamentary democracy.
Hahahaha! I laugh my head off and almost thew out my breakfast with so many postings by Indians here saying their country is the best democracy in the world. Yo Indian boys, after centuries of Indian raja reign and decades of British rule, u know nothing about democracy, not to mention about your caste system. Still beleive you have real democracy? If democracy means millions of people who own nothing except the loin cloths which cover their bottoms, what good was Indian democracy to the country?
There is a Pakistani troll, who is posting anti India spam, under various fake names
The author of this article is addressing other problems in India. It is misleading. Women india legally have equal rights. Men in authority in India still have the mentality that men are superior in the society. This is due lack of understanding of women's biology over the centuries. Unfortunately, some of the abilities of women for example being able to give birth, the processes women's body goes through in preparation of that are viewed as a weaknesses rather than strengths. The youth are trying to communicate issues via protests expressing their anger.
To Kashyap,,,, I think you are only trying to defend India's corrupt democracy rather than be honest about the harsh realities the average indians are living daily. You missed the point of the article. The reference to "Arab Spring" here is only symbolic and not necessarily to draw similarties. The idea behind "Arab Spring" is that it brought a change and therefore it should be applied to what's happening in India. Indian culture treats women terribly. This is never highlighted enough in American and Western media; they only show the untrue face of India so called "Democracy". India is neither Democratic nor Free. When women are treated harshly and unfairly in a society, this society is neither free or democratic. Democracy is supposed to bring prosperity to the people. In India most of the population is poor and suffering... Society is divided into classes. When a society is composed of classes, there is no democracy.
The leader of a major Hinduvata party BJP and its factions (VHP, RSS, and others) maintain that women should stay home. This is such as shameful vision of BC era leadership and insensitive comments to every women in the world.
Remember, Rahul Gandhi the great grandson of Nehru Gandhi said, the biggest threat to India is from Saffron Terrorism and it is at peak now. These are Hinduvata type extreme elements that corrupted the young and old minds. They flooded the social media with trolls writing in favor of them and disparaging anything else.
This is the time for Indians from all flavors to come together and fight for Women’s right, freedom and true democracy. “Arab Spring” is just a phrase for young & old to bring change.
There is a Pakistani troll, who is posting under various names, his usual anti India spam.
How can India possibly be a true democracy when a 'caste system' mentality is so deeply ingrained in society, culture, and the Hinduism faith? On top of it, in India a woman is only beautiful or worthy if her skin complexion is 'fair' or white.
you need to travel the world
The only thing going to happen to India is that things will get worse until a major catastrophe wipes out more than 50% the population. The Europeans got away to Australia and the Americas when their time was due. For the Indians, there is no where to run.
you are an assO
Ralph, if the Europeans came to the Americas or ran away to Australia, so can the Indians. None of these countries, or any other for that matter, are open only to the white skinned people for immigration.
Padma lakshmi does not know what she speaks, she is living in an illuision and lying
The minorities in India are not safe at all. They live in fear in the cities as well as in the suburbs. The politicians have never delivered and they are the biggest hypocrits. Law and order situation is worst. The political parties have armed wings and they do killings as directed by their leaders. It is much more than the above stated facts.
You mean 'Pakistan'. don't you ?
When Indians discover a deodrant, it will be considered civilized......
How can you have democracy in a nation that has a Caste system?
How can you have a democracy in a nation where religion rules?
Male reproductive organs seem to over compensate as this is a by product of our bumpy evolution on this planet. Sorry if this seems faux pas, but Hugh Hefner has granted the best short term solution as male physiology adapts.
What are you babbling about? Put the bottle down.
Not the real palintwit ^
Wow. Those noises in your head must be BRUTAL.
India does need an "Arab Spring" and their home grown Maoists are the people who can lead it! They, like us, need to rid themselves of these right-wing fanatics who care nothing for neither women's nor minority rights! They think that "Macho makes right"!
India needs an arab spring??We have too many right wingers??Look who is talking.....remeber Todd Akin and Mourdock?? 47% of you americans voted for the party these guys belong to.
What made you assume the poster was American ?
Yeah, but that party is still going down the tubes, and those two idiots were drummed out. Seems like democracy in action to me.
[They, like us, need to rid themselves of these right-wing fanatics who care nothing for neither women's nor minority rights!]
The problem, sadly, is that neither do the Maoists.
I'm a fan of Zakaria, but I think we should resist making the term "Arab spring" too malleable. The actions associated with that moment were revolutions, not in a symbolic sense, but in fact. The Arab spring involved arms, death and overthrow. India is a stable democracy, where such is unlikely. A social revolution is not the same thing. Zakaria, a native, knows this but mustn't assume that most Americans do. They will come away with the wrong idea of what is happening there. Similarly, the U.S., like India, has a "broken" government. Sweeping social change may happen to correct that - but it wouldn't be an "Arab spring."
Excellent comment – wish I could vote it up to the top.
I got the same feeling! After reading this article. Excellent comment!
Cant agree more. Indian Arab Spring... is a bit too far fetched for this issue, probably people wanting to write something to make news can use that, but Zakaria.... thats cheap or should I say he was short on time to write an article and came up with this one.
Excellent comments! I am a fan of Fareed as well, however by him making the statement 'Arab Spring' is not the same.
Well said, this is the most sensible comment here. India is going through something akin to the Civil rights movement of the 60s & 70s. I must point out however, that there are many urban Indian families that value and respect women, I wouldn't make very sweeping generalizations in a country of 1.2B people. Of course rural India still has ways to go in terms of gender equality, looks like the ball has been set rolling.
I concur. Also the term Arab Spring had been used very loosely. This is protest without violence in mind. Cannot say if that changes. Americans did something similar called Occupy Wall St. I think that wasn't termed America's Arab Spring either.
Just wanted to say this but I couldn't write any better. There is no co-relation, Period. Hope this doesn't misguide people.
YOU ARE DEFINETLY NOT A PAKI
I'm extremely happy to see people of different races and religions coming together for a common cause in India. They are setting an example for the rest of the world.
There will be ni arab spring in India, because indians are the MOST passive people on the planet and they have very shoprt memory
That short memory is very important feature in this crazy world. you don't want to lingering on issue that your grandpa had. I want to forget all past and live in current or future. If you remember all 2000+ years back history and you keep digging and you not solving a problem.
There will be no Arab spring in India because there aren't many Arabs in India! Ha! On another note, you can't label Indians as any single thing because there are billions of them.
Well if your definition of passivity is non-violent protest i.e. no use of weapons for demonstration. Then for your kind information, India achieved stable democracy using these tactics more than 70 years ago. Also check the history properly, all wars creates is demolished world and unstable government. It only produce anger, hatred and evil..
Its not like Arab Spring – its social spring , India needs to focus on its broken social infrastructure – train and engage police force , monitoring system more to bring confidence in public. Women still treated as 2nd class citizen – burden of family. Its male dominated society where woman is deemed weak , they need explore the best in Women power .
Women in India wish they were treated as well as 2nd class citizens... the truth is that they're treated like property. Much worse.
Have you ever traveled extensively across India to qualify to make that statement? India has every variation of the gender equality framework that you can think of, from purely Matriarchal women dominated societies – in the southern states of Kerala & Karnataka – to very patrician systems in the Northern parts. Please don't repeat propaganda that you hear at church, it is ill informed and biased to say the least.
you are wrong, In India woman are respacted and valued same as Man by most people and that you have Woman Priminister elected. Not only once, again and again. Which is rare in other major democracy including USA..
Stephen hope you are not confusing India with your home country Pakistan.
you must be a paki
Like ISLAME will "fix" women's rights!!!! NOT!!!!!! Hahahahahahah
lol. What an ignorant Islamaphobe (redundant).
India is Hindu. As if it was even relevant to the topic.
The Chinese are right, India’s democracy is manipulated by a small number of elite and interest groups, Just 1% are covered with it, take a note of this 60% of Mumbai's population stay in 7% of mumbai's land, 60% of the population live less than 2 dollars a day
How can India ever have any kind of 'spring' when every politician/policeman is a former rapist or a thug?
i wouldn't say every politician. i am sure there are some decent guys but unable to do much to bring change.
Other than that, you nailed it!
India has given the world Buddha, Ghandi, and not much else in the last 2500 years
And calico, and silk, and high technology, and Nobel Prize winning authors, and curry, and Ravi Shankar (and his daughter Norah Jones), and....
South Indian food....best in the world.
So lets all eat South Indian food, sing Hare Rama Hare Krishna and be happy as if assaults, murders, corruption does not happen in India.. Way to go guys...Why don't you stick to the topic under discussion.?
Thats all you know about India. Its not India's problem. Its your problem.
Tell me what you gave to the world in the last 2500 years. Don't claim the inventions and discoveries by the immigrants. You cannot claim Jesus. I am pretty sure, he is not American.
You don't even study American history properly in schools. I question your knowledge for you asking about the rest of the world.
Krishna, I'm an Indian immigrant inventor in US and I find your comment disgusting. What has America given the world? Electricity, airplanes, IPhones, silicon, just to name a few basic things. A vast majority of these groundbreaking inventions were not made by immigrants. And you gotta give America credit that is the only country in the world that has the vision and guts to let foreign inventors in and advance their economy.
If anyone here has the courage, expose yourself. Are you a PAKI???????????
Dave, read up. It doesn't take much to find truth now a days, e.g. google.
Here are some, the decimal number system you learned was cooked up in India, many of the mathematical theories were invented in india (Europeans and Arabs copied many of them and stamped their names)
Yes, I agree with you on one thing that after the 1000 years of slavery under Muslims and Christian Colonists, India did lose it's immense wisdom. But as the 1000 year slavery didn't eliminate their values, I am pretty sure they would bounce back sooner or later.
Yeah one more thing, LEARN to spell Gandhi.
If you know the significance in technology "Zero" comes to mind.
Dave, Actually there is a history of Buddhism in India ( ancient kingdom of Magadha) , however most Indians are Hindus (80%). And btw if you browse using google chrome, it spell checks automatically, helping you to not look like an uneducated idiot.
Which religion do you think Siddhartha Gautama belong to before he was recognized as "Buddha"?
Who do you think Jesus was before he became "Jesus" the founder of "Christianity".
Why do most Indians specially in the U.S jump to facts to what India has given the world. That's not the discussion here. We need talk about social changes and not try and prove what came out of India every time some journalist writes about out social or economic failures. Lets face the present instead of trying to make India look better in the past.
Buddha was born in Nepal, Not in India.
You mean Jesus was not a Jew?
Zakaria is completely off his game on this one. Arab Spring is a genuine, POLITICAL upheaval long overdue in the Arab world to overthrow their puppet dictators. Glad it happened.
To confuse that with an outrage and protest by rising middle-class Indians over the delay and lethargy to deliver switft justice by the Indian government bureacracy (due to an over-burdened Indian court systems with 12 million civil and criminal cases pending in all its courts), is to trivialize and belittle the Arab Spring. Sure it pays well to fill in the 24/7 news on CNN because you were born in India. But in the spirit of journalistic integrity, falls way short.
How about a few.....Math – The decimal number system, Medicine – Surgery, Ayurveda and Siddha, Well-being – Yoga, Advances in Astronomy, City planning – Harappa and Mohenjadaro etc..
Your entire 'western world' is standing on the shoulders of those early achievements that was passed on to the west via the middle-east.
India, an inherently secular culture due to Hinduism and it had gladly welcomed and allowed all other religions (including your Middle-Eastern desert cults) to prosper unlike any other country over millenniums. In turn what it got in return? It was taken advantage of and came under foreign occupation by the 11th century first to the Muslims and then to the British in the 16th century as a colony who looted and r -aped the country for its resources and made its society to undergo devastating social, political and economic degradation which it still suffers from and mocked at.
If you have the courage to burst out of the massive bubble created by the vicious Christian missionary activities and the power of British government propaganda since 1857 (first Indian soldiers mutiny against British rule) which forms the bedrock of all western false notions towards India, who knows you might finally 'learn' some 'truth'.
All that is in the past. Look at the present and future.
You are PURE PAKI Nirvana
individuals and groups commit crimes (violence against women, mass shootings, bank robberies, etc) because they do not have the correct set of morals as their compass for how they live their lives. They are doing what is right in their own eyes. They sin because they are sinners without good morals to restrain their actions.
RESTORE DEMOCRACY IN INDIA
And when was it removed in the first place?
it is time you went back to your madarassa , dear PAKI
India's ARAB spring? What an ignorant phrase to coin. Since when are Indians "Arabs"? How about "Indian Spring"???
Being that Fareed Zakriah was born in India and educated at Harvard, I'm assuming he's well aware that Indians and Arabs are not the same people. Referring to an Arab spring is the pretext that a sensational personal tragedy caught major media attention and led to massive protests and demonstrations against a social injustice. In India's case, it's against a legal system and aspects of the culture that allow these types of attacks to take place. It's not the same case as in Tunisia or Egypt, but one can draw a comparison.
Indian Summer sounds even better.
Mr.Zakaria, the muslim bigot showing his true colors.
Arab/Muslim world – theocratic, tribal, authoritarian regimes with puppet dictators and " bedouin royals" who still live with the rules of the 7th century.
India – the world largest multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, Secular, Parliamentary democracy.
Fareed Zakaria is Muslim, but you do know he's also Indian, right?
Welcome to new world of Freedom.
This is the time for Indian Women to voice and come out in large numbers in every city and stay on the streets.
You guys can do this.
Author is failed to recognize that INDIAN protest are not Arab spring. In Arab spring, they are fighting for freedom, IN INDIA people have DEMOCRACY(TOO MUCH OF IT..) and it is not accountable. The main reason is 30 to 40% voters never vote(almost all of them are highly educated) and other 60 % votes(mostly uneducated people, vote for good talk or one million negative reasons like caste, religion, group or flat out sell their vote for money ) has been split by at least 5 parties. So if anybody manages to get 30% votes, they are getting elected to rule the state. Politicians are clearly driven by these numbers, that’s why they are always divide people on emotional issues and try to get mileage then real governance. It will be changing but it may take at least one generation from now..
I think it is wrong to send our jobs to a country that can't even provide flush toilets for their people.
as long as it doesn't interrupt my supply of illegal viagra I get from India
In as much as I am a fan of Mr. Zakaria, I believe his analysis of this situation as spring upraisal is a misnomer.
India had proven to the rest of the world that It is the largest democracy in the world.
If women in India were able to get carry concealed weapon permits... this sort of thing would not occur as often
Another right wing gun nut troll here. BTW, what's next – arm every kid here that goes to school? Do you have any idea as to the self perpetuating cycle of violence, that this gun culture breeds? The US is undeniably the most violent and brutal developed nation in the world – statistics don't lie.
I am not surprised about female infanticide. Why should any sane family decide tobring a daughter into a society that treats their women so badly. What confidence do they have their offspring will be treated worser than a pet dog? We need to improve security for women and give them their due place in society on equal par with men. Only then can we fight female infanticide.
As long as there is a caste system in India you will never get equality outside of the workplace. As long as social striation exists and creates groups such as the untouchables there will always be victims that no-one cares about. Period.
And what, if anything at all, has the caste system got to do with the present incident?
Go educate yourself. Don't go on blabbering whatever your ignorant local church tells you.
@Stu Let me kindly remind you of the Civil Rights movement that our nation suffered through in the 60s & 70s, which is not too long ago by the standards of recorded human history. I think it would be redundant to point out that African Americans and women were denied basic liberties in our esteemed society for over 200 years. And do you truly beleive from the bottom of your heart that we offer the same dignity and opportunities to recent immigrants – especially if don't happen to be Caucasians? Like Jesus said, he who is without sin shall cast the first stone. Let's applaud the efforts of the Indian masses in raising their voice against the injustices in their society, and pray that we continue to do the same in ours. Amen.
To the posters suggesting that the term "Arab Spring" is not used in proper context here. The term "Arab Spring" is only used metaphorically here. Although, I think the use of social media in public protests is probably a lesson that us Indians have learned from the Arab Spring protests. Let's hope this awakening of masses helps make improvements in public safety and governance that are so desperately need if India is to take the next step toward becoming a world power.
How this COPY WRITER still in CNN. Oh CNN is so wasted.
His term is to destroy India's spiritual image.
Arab spring? Expected more from Fareed Zakaria. Didn't realize you are this much ignorant about India. We have had some bad apples. just an FYI.. We have long equal rights. Never compare my country with Arab countries..
Of all journalist, I didn't expect Mr Zakaria to make such mis informed headline. Yes, people are angry with govt regarding some issues. But let's not forget, last month two Indian states successfully went to polls and their was a record voter turnout of about 70%-80%......without any violence........
People in other parts of india are busy with their daily lives. Example stock exchange , IT industries, Preparations for Vibrant Gujarat Summit are going on.....
"In a way, this is India's Arab Spring."
Well, except for the fact that Indians are not Arabs, and mostly not Muslims, and their society is nothing like the Arab countries that have recently experienced upheavals. But otherwise, it's exactly the same.
Your comment is nothing less to an Oxymoron.
The Author has no Idea what he is talking about,
It might be Corrupt
It might be Polluted
It might be Populated
But it is Democracy – India doesn't need another Arab Spring we have done that way back in 1947 – What is happening is a fight between quench for a higher level Democracy and The Indian Politics
This guy's a westernized Arab I think.
It seems he'll do anything to ingratiate himself with his American masters. That includes distorting the truth and peddling their propaganda. What a disgusting human being.
YOU CAN'T FIX STUPIDS. ARE YOU KIDDING ? REALLY !!!!! ARAB SPRING IN INDIA ? WHERE ARE YOU FAREED ZAKARIA. YOU GOT THE HIGHEST HONOR FROM INDA (AWARD) AND YOU ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT ARAB SPRING IN INDIA. IF THERE WAS A NEED OF ARAB SPRING IN INDAI. YOU WON'T WRITE LIKE THIS.
Subtle point. Indians are NOT Arab!
Arab Spring, indeed. Just another term from Obama the charlatan
Your comment is not only absurd but lacking in anything resembling intelligence.
That's funny! When these massive protests started up it seemed kind of fishy, it's like the whole thing had been engineered. Not the western media starts promoting it as an Arab spring in India! I guess my fears are now confirmed.
Your tinfoil hat is slipping.
Arab Spring?? You mean the take over of a county by radical, terror loving islamists so they can shove sharia law down people's throats? Not likely in India, which is not arab and not primarily Muslim. India is a democracy and, albeit challenged by having many poor, a civilized nation. Backwards as to women, but may I remind you of Indira Ghandi. They had a woman as a leader a generation (or more) before us.
How dare you !! You lump the nation that gave you the ablility to think to call it "ARAB".
SHAME on you Fareed Zakaria.
There are so many Indian celebrities in the US , where are their voices on this matter? They could do so much, instead its a complete silence from them..
Mass murder in schools doesn't happen more in, or so often more in, American schools than any other country. Mass media including CNN simply fail to cover killings in other parts of the world. Do the research!!
There's a slight, subtle difference.
When mass-murders do occur in other parts of the world, we usually label them as backward societies.
Fareed is from a political family in India. India has never and will never make radical changes because of one mass protest or other. She is slow and measured, as any huge democracy will be. Justice system is slow, has to be fixed and will be fixed. Not by show boat trials or speedy trials where justice is not served.
Changes will made thru debates in the parliament by learned experts.
[Changes will made thru debates in the parliament by learned experts.]
As a former Indian, I was almost on verge of agreement with the comment, till I read the last sentence.
Very funny.
India is not arab you freaking idiots. Protesting brown people does not equal arab spring. May Walter Cronkite return from the grave and eat your faces.
Being that Fareed Zakria was born in India and educated at Harvard, I'm assuming he's well aware that Indians and Arabs are not the same people. Referring to an Arab spring is the pretext that a sensational personal tragedy caught major media attention and led to massive protests and demonstrations against a social injustice. In India's case, it's against a legal system and aspects of the culture that allow these types of attacks to take place. It's not the same case as in Tunisia or Egypt, but one can draw a comparison.
Who writes these headlines? India has a rich and consistent history of protest.
Epic fail CNN.
Do not be naive, this is not the start of another Arab spring. The plight of women will worsen, not get better....just wait and see.
Mr. Zakharia, please please dont make these kind of head line to get TRP ratings.
This could be India's American Civil Rights movement. This could be India's Mexican Revolution. This could be India's 1960's American social revoluation. This could be India's....Can we stop trying to define others and allow them to define themselves.
They Arabs?
The Americans have a right to call this an "Arab" spring because they engineered it , as they did the uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Lybia and Syria. The govt of India should act to punish the animals who attacked this woman. But they should also make sure that there are no google inspired insurrections in their country.
This is no way like arab spring.
India is a functioning democratic and peaceful county. Politics are slow since India has multiple ethnics,languages and religions and every body has a opinion.
" Americans have been asking themselves some tough questions: why does this happen so often and so much more in America than in other countries?"
How naive is the above statement?
Only America asks tough questions of itself?
The internet extends beyond the USA: use it to go read a paper outside the USA.
And the gun control is not a tough question. It's a simple one.
But one that you own people can't get out of.
Can it not just be called a Hindu spring being that most of the protesters are Hindu? And to compare the substance of the Arab srping to this is kind of dumb. They are two completely different yet important things.
This post is so dumb... you know there are folks other than Hindus who live in India right?
Thank you Mr Zakaria , dont discredit a democratic country by calling a non violent protest of its citizens , on the subject of women safety. Nobody is looking to rebel or overthrow the government through revolutionary means. This govt will be removed from its position via democratic means. We are not an 'oppressed' people under a dictator. We are just badly governed.
Arab spring ?? KISS MY BROWN ASS
It is a mistake to compare civil action seeking to protect the rights of women with a series of revolutions where many of the actors seek to enslave women. Indian, valuing democracy and discourse, is not the same as Arab and Mr. Zakaria should take pains to maintain this distinction so that his American audience is not led to conflate the two very different societies.
Indian uprising?
What we see here is the empowerment and emboldening of the government powers by the people of india to act against the perpetrators of the law rather forcing the govt to shed its powers – what a contrast to the arab spring.
Fareed sucks!
Publish something controversial and claim it as a popular article. Plain bad journalism.
On the other note, CNN allows Fareed to write articles because he is Gay. Just saying..
Mr. Fareed Zakaria, this is not "ARAB Spring". It is neither "Arab" nor "Spring". It is sad to see you draw comparison between these two events and at the same time it says so much about your subconscious school of thinking. Like you, I too wish you were not born in India. It'd have saved both of us that shame. Yesterday was the last day I would ever watch your show.
I liked Mr. Zakaria's articles but this article has pushed me to comment this: Either he has lost his mind or has become too greedy like rest of the CNN to come up with catchy headlines...
I expected better reporting from a reporter with was born and grew up in India. Does every protest lead to an "Arab Spring", that too in a democracy? Was the "occupy" movement in USA supposed to lead to "American Spring"? People are demanding better governance in India, not a governance paradigm or even a regime change.
CNN need stop spreading lies and there is no such things as arab srping in Inidia. Zakaria is a inidian born hypocrat where is want to promote socialism.
hopefully something wonderful comes out of this disgusting act. The unimaginable suffering of this poof girl and her gentleman friend can hopefully save countless others.
of course the corrupted and evil minded will always make it a hard path.
Women should be given there right as human beings not as an animals which they are not.Treat every woman as your sister,respect them as your mother and love them as your wife you shall successed in life as a man that doeth this.
All rights should be protected.
Don't call it 'Arab Spring' that make you an ignorant. India is the largest democracy on earth for last 65 years. It does have some serious issues like other developing and developed countries that must be addressed.
Nice try at making 'Arab Spring' into the new -Gate (as in Watergate). Is anyone else tired of the hackneyed catch phrasing passing for wisdom? Please kick the can off the [fiscal] cliff and jump after it...
I'd vote for the "Hindu Winter of Discontent" rather than Arab Spring....
Fareed Zakaria needs to rethink his words. India has never been under dictators like Hosni Mubarak or Muammer Qaddafi, except for a short 3 year period under Indira Gandhi's emergency rule – but even then, it was not comparable to what has been the history of Arab World. To compare a Democracy like India with Arab dictators is stupid at best and outrageous at worst, and I am a fan of the guy.
Indian Govt and Police are corrupt, yes, but what is happening in India is what happens in a democracy. People are protesting to force the govt. into action on a specific issue. They are not rioting to gain political freedom Mr Zakaria. There is huge difference between Arab spring (remains to be seen how far it goes and what is the end result). Indian Govt. is not firing live ammunition on its citizens. Not yet anyway, so please save the comparison for a little bit longer.
Fareed Zakaria is a Muslim first and foremost..... May be at the 100th position a former Indian.
Any chance he can get to try and equate the sorry state of the Muslim/Arab world and the degraded treatment of its women to other cultures, he will jump at the chance regardless of its relevance.
Without any shame or understanding of Indian society or social status and with one sweeping comment he claims that ALL Indian women are servants (just now on TV). May be in his Muslim household his mother was treated as such. That could be the reason he fled to the US.
If only my mother or grandmother or any women in our household heard of his comments they would cut his nuts off.
These are times where you can see the true color of people in full display on where their allegiance lies.These are true snakes in disguise.
Gee, CNN... I didn't know that India was an Arab country? The more you know, I guess.
The problem isn't the right wing as any right wing system would have severly brought the hammer down on this kind of crime, but rather the Shiria system where crimes by men and women are judged unequally and crimes by men against women are not judged at all. America doesn't have a right wing punishment system as it takes can take years to prosecute someone and then they are placed in an insitution of free housing and food.
what the issue if some one call it Arab Spring? and he is just trying to educate mostly American readers thats why he needs something to comapre....use your energy on positive things guys...
Well .. Fareed is totally off with the topic this time. India is the best showcase of democracy in the world. Hosts more Muslims that Pakistan (maybe .. not sure), states of India are so varied that I myself sometimes feel alien. Still it holds extremely well as a single country and elect leaders by elections bottoms up. With only ~60 yrs of independence what I think India is going through is a "social evolution". Guess it will take few more decades to settle down ....
Arab Spring? in India? Too bad the "Arab Spring" in the Middle East wasn't more like this.
The difference between this and the "arab springs" has to do with the fact that Indians do not need to force out their government, just vote them out. This would take a much higher level of political awareness and discontent.
God bless the internet, it just might do what Gandhi couldn't. Internet is the ultimate stage for peoples will. There is no dictator or establishment that can withstand the mighty power of a free floating zeros and ones!!! Only those who blocked the internet completely can get away with crimes against humanity, North Korea is one of those places.
Fareed -You being a Muslim can only think about sharia, terrorism and arab spring and paint india in those terms. Shame on you. Can you show me at least 3% Hindu Indians of more than 80% Hindus of india want to subvert democracy and bring in another system? Except muslims, all (Hindus, Christians, sikhs etc) are for secular democratic India. What we are fighting for in India is not arab spring, it is for reforms in police, judiciary, anti-corruption law, election reforms, governance reforms also political reforms. This is obvious and natural demand as people expectations are high. This is natural evolution as India progresses as rise of middle class and educated class rise.
Thanks, Venkat, you touched on all the basics in one paragraph. That's a hundred times more straightforward than what Fareed ever said.
"Being a Muslim..." So are you saying only Muslims can think about is Sharia, terrorism ect...that is one of the dumbest comments I have seen. Well done on your ignorance.
SOOOOOOO, if this was not compelled to be on the news, how many more thousands of years would the image stay that the ARABS ARE VERY VERY VERY ABUSIVE TO WOMEN AND THE REST OF HUMANITY IS NOT ........... IF YOU PEOPLE HAVE ANY CONSCIOUS YOU WOULD KNOW THEY ARE THE LEAST ABUSIVE , your so called WOMEN ORGS have agendas and are behind such lies
"Lipstick on a PIG", is a well known American expression. In India, a similar expression in called" INDIA Shining". From what is becoming clear there is a lot of ugliness under Shining INDIA that our Western Media needs to expose.
There is seriously no new information that western media is "exposing" in this article, if anything this article only shows the ignorance of the author by such passing comparisons ..
One word: CNN is going thru Arab spring. Soon it will be NNC
I guess Fareed is so used to plagerising that he doesn't even know what terms mean. Arab Spring is a phrase coined as a uninformed riposs of the Czech Spring (an actual democracy movement). India is currently the worlds largest democracy. Fareed should be fired.
Ben: Define democracy. What India has are corrupt politicians and Bureaucrats. Do you know what percent of indian members of parliament (MPs) have murder, assaults and corrution charges against them? Their cases will never be heard in courts and if they are, they will be acquitted. No justice will ever be done to their victims. Their children will grow up to take their fathers place in politics and the cycle will continue. Is this your definition of democracy?
Sarah Palin is the only one who can heal and re-unify our country. But first she must return to her motorhome and resume her cross country tour. She will have to visit cities both large and small, speaking only to "real Americans", dispensing her sage advice and folksy, homespun common sense solutions. We can be a great nation once again but we must all follow the "Palin Path".
lol "Palin to the Pedal"
Kudos to Palin
A A terrible thing happened to this girl call “Nirbhay” I wish it never happens again. Having said that I want to pick every educated Indian – wake up and take your country back from these rascals, Gunda Elements, Bus Drivers and conductors, corrupt politicians and ineffective and most corrupt police.
I have some regards for Judiciary, but lower level of court system is rotten and corrupt.
Have you noticed none of the politicians like Rahul, Sonia ever showed up. What ever they say is all lip service.
Now you have started this spring – take it to the full extent – get the entire 6 hung by their private parts – even the so called 17 year old – is old enough to understand what is what. Don’t leave him
Anybody ever seen Fareed in a debate match in front of an audience? You can see him in CSPAN's archives filed under Iran Nuclear Bomb. Fareed is insolent, interrupting his opponents not just repeatedly but running on continuously, even though they are polite to him and afford him time to talk. I didn't agree with either side in the debate. But all Fareed's got is talking over his adversaries. He's got nothing else. He brought no tested research to the debate. He's a charlatan. To talk about "India's Arab Spring" in today's article is a slap to Arabs, Muslims, India (A DEMOCRACY FOR OVER 60 YEARS), and the very concept of civil electoral process which was dearly purchased by India's citizens at its founding. Maybe he insults the season of Spring too, he puts forth such an insipid idea. Yes, India has a lot of problems with violence and so does the U.S. But both countries have the electoral structure to make concrete and lasting changes.
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India IS a democracy. But India does need a social revolution to irradicate all aspects of social injustice and corruption at all levels of governments. The current political system simply ignores the poor and the downtrodden and stomps on them. Majority of the well off and the yuppis, are quite happy with their lavish lives and have learnt to live with the corruption. It is not an Arab Spring, but a healthy sign that a social movement/uprising is coming.
This makes no sense to call anything that India people do as "Arab".
How asleep at the wheel is CNN? India is a democracy already. The Arabs on the other hand have not figured out democracy yet. Too busy with Jidhad, killing each other and non-believers, surpressing women and other religions I suppose.
Arab spring? Are you serious?? India is actually the biggest democracy in the world. Its a developing country and like any other country has a lot of issues, corruption and law and order being the important ones. Internet and the media has done an excellent role in this case. Hopefully, it will bring some good results and Fareed chooses the right words next time.
Hopefully this is not their "Arab Spring", because 1. They arent Arab, 2. They arent muslim and 3. the "arab spring:" brought a bunch of radical islamists to power. That wouldnt go over very well in a Hindu country.
I noticed that the term "Arab spring" has become a term for any culture that is breaking out of its backwards ways.
Too bad that the "Arab Spring" has been and will continue to be run by those wishing to go further back in time.
I know people want to pretend the "Arab Spring" is 'democracy in action' and 'progress' but it is not and was not when it happened.
Fareed, I often watch your excellent programs on CNN and respect your opinions, but do not agree with you about India's "Arab Spring". Only about 25 to 30 percent, if at all, of the Indian population lives in urban areas and the rest of the people reside in rural areas. The last time when any big change came to India was when Mahatma Gandhi mobilized the entire population (urban and rural) to drive out the British. I migrated to India around 1966 and often heard about the corrupt politicians, government officers, bad infra structure and so on. It is 2013, after almost 50 years, I still hear the same complaints. To bring change in India one has to mobilize more than 70 percent or so of the population, but I think people who would like to do so end up struggling because everyone has his or her own axe to grind. Besides, communication is still an issue in India – less than 15 percent of the total population has access to the internet, Facebook or Twitter and those who do understand the use of this form of communication live in urban areas. In general, people in India are too tolerant. I can go on, but do I need to say any more?
Arab Spring in India?? Who are the morons that type and approved of this 'article? The Huffington Post???)
India is majority Hindu, not Arab.
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ndia has had a representative government for about seven decades unlike the Arab countries.
Are we now hoping for an "Arab" uprising in the winter that will mimic the 'spring' in the Middle East that has put women and minorities even father from protection than before the uprisings?
Women have equal rights in India, as they do in most democratic countries in the Western World. The real problem is that India doesn't have a 'death penalty' to adequately deal with these murderers/rapists.
"Women have equal right" does not mean they are allowed to exercise the rights equally. On the same token the politicians (and now I am bigening to think even the people) are supposed to be honest, but are they?
Arab spring in India ? lol.... most of us are lazy to change anything. This is yet another incident that will be forgotten in couple of weeks...we adjust with everything and get over it. We are world's largest democracy, ruled for most part by one family. We are one of the corrupt countries, yet we live with it.
Exactly, after 2 weeks most of these protestors won't even remember the name of the lady that was killed. People move on with their lives in India no matter what. At least I'm happy that something good will surely come out of the current protests.
Indian Arab spring? Hahaha.
it's not just the govt that is corrupt there, it is all of society. The only thing that could tame India is if women started to outnumber the men, but since over 50% of females are aborted before birth, that will never happen.
ANOTHER PROOF OF MY POSTS , KILLING GIRLS BCS THEY ARE GIRLS
There is a Pakistani who is posting anti India nonsense and spam under different fake names, on the Asia comment boards.
It seems like CNN is coining terms all the time. How about Indian Winter?
I really don't understand CNN's fascination with labeling this a "India's Arab Spring", the Arab spring was meant to overthrow authoritative regimes. These are peaceful protests demanding better rights and protection for women, fight against corruption etc. Being a very open democratic country, Indians have always held the right to protest on any particular incident if they feel it was handled wrongly. Go look up any Indian media site, they are projecting this current protest as one that will finally wake up the Government regarding women issues in the country and all protests have largely been peaceful. The term "Arab Spring" is really inappropriate in this situation.
It is not CNN.... It is Mr.Zakaria showing his true colors.....Any chance he could keep the heat off of his sorry Muslim/Arab world and how his brotherhood treats its women among others, he will gladly jump on it to malign other cultures. No matter the relevance no matter the context.
Arab world – a theocratic, tribal, authoritarian regime that still lives with rules of the 7th century.
India – the world largest and secular Parliamentary democracy.
CNN would love it if 90 million Hindus were killed in the obligatory Muslim overthrow.
Gun violence doesnt happen in the US more than anywhere else in the world. The US is smothered with reporting and media. Many countries dont have that in place and keep things more quiet, meaning the crimes arent reported. The problem is the people not the guns. Liberals are such fuking morons it hurts.
I despise this slap on journalism by this word playing idiot named Zakaria. I wonder who edits/audits at CNN for this to be published? Comparing world's largest democracy with dictatorships and no one raises an eye brow at CNN? What a shame that people have to live with this. This is what encompasses the world and people with ignorance and hatred.
May i note that usually public outbursts in form of continuous protests usually are "aided" by funding from Organizations which are fronts for political parties , because the common man has a job to go to every day or a lecture at the university , and if scores of people turn up continuously – that is uncommon . I am apolitical however unfortunately the opposition party BJP and its fascist allies who dupe people in name of communal agenda are the only one with money and muscle power to "morally aid and abet" such "socially enlightened" protests. No doubt the crime in question was indeed horrific however the response was not commensurate. I am sorry if i may have toed a line which may have hurt peoples political or religious sentiments but in an Emerging economy with a social structure like India – no one leaves his job or lecture to head out day after day on the streets – The public bonding isnt that strong – as the populace is strongly divided on lines of relegion , caste , gotra , social status etc , so next time you see mass protests you may be right to imagine a fertile source of funding via non social actors.
Verbal diarrhea, huh ! Take some Mylanta.
Byron,
I agree with what you say now and also your earlier post. but the way you put it, was just wrong....I'ts just like someone from India thinking everyone I america is either a redneck or an in-bread moron, which is not true. Also take it easy on correcting people with their English... not a lot of money in being an English teacher
i'm sure I offended you without even mentioning religion here.....
Here are the top 5 American universities in the order of their ranking:
1. Harvard
2. Princeton
3. Sarah Palin University
4. Yale
5. Columbia
OK. I know what all of you are thinking. How did Yale get on that list?
Stop referring to people of India as arabs. India should not loose its hindu culture. A culture that has a deep respect for women.Their goddesses are women. Its the muslims, and christian invaders that are removing one of the purest religions on the planet from a beautiful country. stand up Indian women save your hindu culture.
Another mindless jedi mind trick by this idiot Zakaria. He has no insight, no perspective, no real grasp of the world, but has a overused penchant for catchy headlines. What a waste of bandwidth.
There is a Pakistani posting anti India nonsense, under different fake names.
I'm not always politically correct, but when I am, I post on CNN comment sections. People in India, or those that would call themselves Indian, are (for the most part) NOT Arab.
Wrong and inappropriate headline..I thought CNN was well headed news site.
Indians tolerated British rule for more than 200 years. It will take them atleast another 200 years to realize that they are being ruled by corrupt, selfserving political class. I really don't see "Arab Spring" happening. Wait for another 140 years..Just see how effectively the politician nutrilized the threat of Anna Hazare's movement..They will do the same to anything that challenges status quo..
Fareed – Did OWS (Occupy Wall Street) become American Arab Spring? Then No India does not need overthrow of the Government that is democratically elected, please dont misguide the American people about India.
how many times do i need to repate this russia needs to nuke ireland dublin cork and ghana kumasi and accra then drop a nuke on basque country of spain cut down the filth.
India is a democracy ....
India is mainly Hindu, not Moslem or ARAB...
You people in the media have your screws loose!!
Arab Spring was to throw out the dictators and get democracy in its place. I thought India was and still is a democracy.
It wouyld have been more appropriate to call the "Arab Spring" an "Indian Spring". India went through its period of civil disobedience and protests 70+ years ago and threw out the British. This protest is about a specific situation, not replacing the entire government.
Yes its not exactly the same as the Arab Spring. But it is a massive public movement to action to make change for the better. I presume Fareed was directing this to an audience who already knows the obvious.
Arab's Spring is a movement of demanding Democracy. India is already a democracy, how can it has Arab's Spring in the country.
Seriously? Arab Spring ...?? And you are associating that with India.... that's the best you could come up with ... if I could reach out through my computer, run through the ethernet wire and slap your face silly...there would be an arab spring in your face when you looked at it in the mirror.. you clown!
Loved your comment, exactly what I was thinking.
Thanks... and this guy is apparently Indian... it baffles me... this obsessive desire to generalize everything and give it a label... Fareed Zakaria (or whoeverve does his ghostwriting for him) .. must have gone.. oh look vigils with candles and lots of brown folk with turbans and beards, chicks with tunics.. lot of signs with god-knows-what-script... oh snap..yeah man lets call this an Arab Spring! Yeah man Arab Spring is probably right. Send that copy out the door and we can go right back to our bong hits!
Arab Spring is the name of a soap that Tea Party Patriots like to wash with.
They aren't Arabs. Give them the respect you all think you have for them and call them what they are.
"why does this happen so often and so much more in America than in other countries?"
Why do other countries have revolutions and riots that kill upwards of THOUSANDS of people? We don't seem to have a lot of that in OUR country. Most of those countries outlaw guns, except that the U.S. supplies the chosen side with whatever they need. As bad as CT was, and it was as bad as it can possibly get, how many would trade for the unrest and killing elsewhere in the world? Mr. Zacharia, please get some perspective.
real world experience required here and not just the google search or reading thru the books only, there is sheer lack of experience added with the imaginative diatribe contorts about the writer that how badly he lacks the desired qualification to be cnn-headline writer . i think cnn should send him for a extended india tour because any conclusion he is drawing about india is becoming more nightmarish for him. i like this young journalist to expand his horizon but he needs to be trained first.
CNN please stop these nonsense articles. No wonder CNN is losing its appeal.
Not only is Fareed a *****, but there are Pakistani trolls all over this board, and other posts.
The Pakistanis are posting anti India hate speech as SPAM
Are Indian's Arabs??
Correct, but as per the ignorant western media probably all asians are arabs.
It is very disgraceful for a premier outlet like CNN to lets this kind of article publish.
India is gross, it had a nice culture, until the population exploded and it became a breeding ground for superbugs. They are dirty, it is the only country you need a plague vaccination to enter. It needs to collapse, so it can start anew with a cleaner more efficient society.
So how long has India been around?? A few thousand years so far and a billion people . The U.S. is a little over 200 years 300 million population . So far they seem to know what they are doing
India = open sewers = diarrhea = filth & disease = tea party
This article is utter non-sense .. it's a a gross misapplication of the term "Arab Spring" simply to sensationalize a news story for the American public .. India is a stable democracy on the path to prosperity .. having a public rally does not mean people want to overthrow the political structure ..
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Yes, India is a big country and yes they have democracy. But to what extent?
1) India has democracy but they created this cast system... Untoucheble class – they are discriminated every single day... – is this demorcracy?
2) Rich are the poor people left right center – is this demorcracy?
3) Women are burned to live by her in-laws because of the dowry – is this democracy?
4) Girl baby get killed even before she comes to this world – because she is a girl – is this demorcracy?
5) No basic toilet system for over 60% of indians but they are sending to Mars... – is this demorcracy?
When it comes to India – It has everything...
Culture, Beauty, Rich, Poverty, Religion, Faiths – But the problem is that – EVERYTHING IS EXTREME...
It is very hard to find "MODERATION" in INDIA...
They believe in EXTREME...
If you have a child – they have to be a DOCTOR – not a nurse...
If you want to be a rich – you are filthy rich
If you are poor – you are damn so poor
If you are dirty – you are damn filty dirty
EVERY INDIANS MUST CHANGE if they want to compete in this world....
Most of the call centers are going to India
@Canadian
While you are making an expert comment, I am assuming here that you have spent at least a week in India.
I must say that most of the items that you have listed are true. India being a huge society, does suffer from pressing social issues. But again they are SOCIAL issues, not political issues. Democracy is a political system, not a social system!!
"No basic toilet system for over 60% of indians but they are sending to Mars." Do you really think India should not developing space program till rest of social, political and infrastructure issues are resolved? Indian being a $1.8 trillion economy only spends only $1.2 Billion on space program
@CommonMan,
I understand those numbers... But I was in a early morning (6:30am) train from Delhi – Agra. First Class. 90 mins train ride. I CAN NOT EXPLAIN the smell – and CAN NOT EXPLAIN the view – People are toiletting all over the place – along the train ride – people do not care you are in the train – They are just squatting... and do their things...
You see, does not matter how much money you bring by exports – If you can not support your own people with basic necessities, it does not make sense.
Space can wait – but people dying of malnutrition and bad water can not...
@CommonMan
"I must say that most of the items that you have listed are true. India being a huge society, does suffer from pressing social issues. But again they are SOCIAL issues, not political issues. Democracy is a political system, not a social system!!"
You see, in my view, a good democracy works great when people are happier. When people needs are met. You can define the Democracy in many ways. But the thing is though, when the POLITIANS are CORRUPTED, it does affect the social issues. Politicans priorities goes somewhere else...
I think Democracy is over used here.
Wrong.
The caste system is illegal. One can not discriminate on the basis of caste.
There are 350 million middle class people in India.
99% of Indians love their girl children and raise them well.
People are absolutely free to point out all the problems in India ... of course we need change and people need to improve .. but the term ARAB SPRING undoubtedly refers to change from dictatorship to democracy .. Hence, use of this term is completely inappropriate in the context of recent rallies in India ..
krm is a Pakistani troll
I would categorize the recent violent events in India more of an “Indian Implosion” rather than anything else. This repulsive practice of bashing up women is deeply ingrained in Hindu psyche/culture and has been ongoing for centuries. The sad part is that they have been getting away with it. Why the human rights organizations kept quiet for so long and why the women’s organizations looked the other way is incomprehensible and atrocious at the same time!! Needless to say, it became difficult to keep the genie bottled up any longer. The reason that the media decided to air this out at this time is, in my opinion, tied to the shifting sands in Washington as to the future direction of American foreign policy post Afghanistan. And that does not bode well for India as the outstretched begging bowl dries up, if you will. The future lies in USA and China moving together as partners thus reducing global tension, achieving economies of scale and intellect.
At best, India is a bully and a trouble maker in that region. It has kept the neighbors behind due constant bickering. India has always lived in the shadow of Pakistan and has been forever defined by Pakistan. Blaming Pakistan for all the ills in Indian society. Let's face it; India is a decadent culture and economy on the verge of collapse. India has become a dinosaur. A specimen best displayed in the Tower of London. Like humpty dumpty even USA, NATO and the entire free world are having a tough time holding it together.
krm1007 is a Pakistani loser troll
Excellent comment.
Great Observations !
You are a Pakistani troll, posting nonsense under made up names.
You fool no one.
Go back to your madrassa, loser
Paki troll
The victims lay by the side of the road for nearly half an hour and many vehicles and people passed by and saw them but none stopped to help. These are the same people that later went and protested and lit candles and did prayer vigils and got into violent confrontations with the police. Let a couple of years pass and put these same people in the exact same situation where they see a couple of victims naked and bloodied and laying by the side of the road and guess what, they will just pass on by. Something very, very fundamental needs to change. Or else it is back to the same.
cell phones and cops and ambulances and hospitals, etc. would be an improvement in these type situations.
huh? Cell phones and cops and ambulances? They have those there. It's the incliniation to use common sense and do what needs to be done and to be civil while you're at it is what is lacking.
For God's sake, India doesn't need a "Arab Spring". What has Arab Spring achieved for Women of those parts?? Even the state's very own existence has become fragile there and medievel ideologies are taking root.
Atleast Indian state has done plenty of things for women in past (atleast on the paper) despite pressure from conservative parts of the country – equal rights, 50% reservation in local bodies, anti dowry legislations and so on for example. One must face the facts- In a poor traditional society, executing social reforms is extremely difficult and lengthy process. What we need is peaceful social revolution at the grassroots, in our villages/small towns/slums/poor illiterate neighborhood/conservative parts of middle class and not do anything to wreck the very state in one of the most volatile parts of the world. Life could become far worse for the women and men. So let's just stop playing this revolution-revolution thing and get back to honestly executing what's already there on the paper.
CNN can give big coverage on attack of Indian Soldiers to Pakistian soldiers where one Pakistan soldier was killed without finding the truth. CNN should know that Pakistan Soldiers are helping terrorists to enter in to Indian side and also Pakistan is dumping fake Indian Currency and Drugs to India. Pakistan is known terrorist coutnry in the World. There is no need for CNN to take their side. CNN knows all the facts and still taking side which is shame! Pakistan soldiers have many Indian Soldiers in the past. Where was CNN then?
Last I checked, the terrorists were financed by India. Procceds from cricket gambling were being siphoned off via Singapore for this purpose.
What arrogance. How can you be so utterly naive and brainless?
I'm so amused at how my fellow Americans just love to hate on other nations for seemingly no logical reason whatsoever. Yet when I think about it, it's quite pathetic and shows how terrible our own nation has become to be full of such vile and arrogant filth.
"Is this the start of India's 'Arab Spring'?"
NO, this is not the start of India's Arab Spring. Don't get too excited...
Indians are protesting because most of them want to appear on TV, some of them want to collect water from the water cannons, and many of them simply want to vent.
Here's an expert writing about India's future while sitting in front of his computer terminal in ... USA? How many times have you actually been to India?
India's civilization(!) is thousands of years old as most Indians will proudly say. Now, these cultural ills are also thousands of years old. If they have not been fixed yet they never will be. The cat is out of the bag now. The only way to solve this problem is to enfranchise the people and divide India into independent states along ethnic lines yet ensuring economic viability.
Dream on!
I smell a Paki muslim rat!
why should india be spared what the rest of the earth will be going through? at least the hindus have barbaric behavior and lack of respect for females in common.
Here you are making a generalization based on stereotypes. It is insulting to millions of people. If you do not have solid proof you cannot make these false generalizations
at least hindus have basrbaric behavior and lack of respect for women in common with islamists.
Why is this troll roaming around freely in a public space? Are there no moderators on CNN?
India isn't really a democracy. Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, Canada, Finland, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland, Austria, Germany, Malta, Czech Republic, Uruguay, the UK. Those are all of the countries that have a higher Democracy Index value (a measure of civil liberties, effectiveness of government and political participation) higher than that of the US. To name the countries that scored higher than India, I would have to list some 20 other countries, including the US, Israel, Botswana, Estonia, Costa Rica and South Africa.
There may be a facade of democracy there, but they have a long way to go, and to call them the world's best / biggest democracy is just plain wrong.
Democracy: A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. In India elections are held every year and the people vote for representatives in order to carry out what they want. It is certainly not the best democracy, but there is no denying it is the biggest.
nonsense
Why Indian incident is characterized as the start of Indian Arab Spring? Along the parallel lines, why Newtown incident is not characterized as the start of US 'Arab Spring'? GPS needs to clarify it. GPS staff has a double standard.
It is Zakaria's double standard. Remember, he is a Muslim and always will be first and foremost. Any chance that he can try to somehow equate the sorry state of the Muslim world and its treatment of women to other cultures, he will be jumping at that chance.
cnn is Anti-India. They even hired that b!tch Cristian Amanpour who said during bombay attacks that it was JUSTIFIED because of what Indian Army was doing. She is married to an Arab so that surely explains why her head is screwed up.
Common man, don't relate us to middle eastern or Pakistanis, we are just Indians. Add any other bad work in front of Indians but we hate to be called or compared with Arabs or Pakistanis...
It is Intentional comparison bro. Fareed is a Muslim and wants to cause even more linkage of Indians with Arabs when there is none in reality but the ignorant Americans already cant tell the difference. I know as I have been living it in US for the past 10 years.
Get a life ! , this is INDIA . You need to bribe the corrupt politicians before you could pass any reforms through. /this is their culture
Verbal- diarrhea also needs to stop now
Zakaria is completely off his game on this one. Arab Spring is a genuine, POLITICAL upheaval long overdue in the Arab world to overthrow their puppet dictators. Glad it happened.
To confuse that with an outrage and protest by rising middle-class Indians over the delay and lethargy to deliver switft justice by the Indian government bureacracy (due to an over-burdened Indian court systems with 12 million civil and criminal cases pending in all its courts), is to trivialize and belittle the Arab Spring. Sure it pays well to fill in the 24/7 news on CNN because you were born in India. But in the spirit of journalistic integrity, falls way short of target.
Another blow to Zakaria's image after his humiliating admission of plagiarism .. If CNN is really not run by morons, Zakaria should be on his way out ...
This r- ape case is a very rare vicious assault on a woman by a group of illiterate slum dwellers (migrants from State of Bihar) on a late-night binge-drinking spree in a deserted area inside a private chartered bus (the western media never mentions this once) committed that heinous crime.
How many Indians can truly recall a r -ape followed by such a gruesome, life-threatening attack in their lifetimes in India? My best educated guess is there was some verbal altercation that would have taken place between the woman and the drunken low-lifes which quickly escalated to a life-threatening assault with a weapon in the drunken mental state that those men were in. Again those reasons and context will never be investigated. Good for the media filled these days by female journalists who will jump and typecast a billion people no matter the context.
The Indian people who are protesting took this opportunity to highlight the delays and lethargy in the over-burdened Indian court system (12 million civil and criminal cases pending) for speedy justice.
The western media is having a field day as usual to blow it out of proportion due to the magnitude of the protest which in reality is mainly targeted towards the enormous slow-moving Indian government bureaucracy in this chaotic worlds largest democracy.
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Hello Zakaria,
Arab/Muslim world – theocratic, tribal, authoritarian regimes with puppet dictators and " bedouin royals" who still live with the rules of the 7th century.
India – the world largest multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, Secular, Parliamentary democracy.
Dont ever equate one with the other you Muslim bigot.
Indians are still SLEEPING and have not yet recovered from the EXITEMENT of the CRICKET WORLD CUP they won in AUSTRALIA 30 years back
I dont think it is a question of a lack of democracy or lack of laws as such. India, on paper has enough laws, however they are outdated and need to be updated in keeping with what is happening in the nation. However, the bigger problem that needs to be addressed is the cultural thinking. The statements given by politicians, religious leaders (well, one for now) makes one wonder whether there is an inherent thought process that women are subservient to men. The whole thought process that women should dress in a particular manner to 'avoid' unnecessary advances by men, should not be out after a certain time to avoid being 'labeled' as one without morals, etc is nothing but an example of how men think in India.
And it is not just men, it is women as well who share the thinking. It shows that no matter what, the thinking that boys will be boys and girls/women need to be the one who should lower the gaze and stay away from places is the one that is also promoted by women of the house , be it a mother, a grand mother etc. Every household has possibly a mother, a daughter/sister, a wife/aunt, a grand mother – then how come we are condoning the acts and not just condoning take pride in showcasing the progress done by a male child and suppressing the girl child.
Unless the cultural thinking shifts, there is little to no chance of a substantial change or an 'uprising' happening in India. The insensitivity of those who left the victim and her friend bleeding and pleading for help is something to be questioned as well.
It is said that a 'auto-rickshaw' driver refused to ply the victim (before the incident). That is another story altogether – the high handed behavior of auto-rickshaw drivers and taxi drivers across the country mostly who decide if they will take the passenger or not. I am sure the auto-rickshaw driver will have to live the rest of his life thinking what if.
Initially there were 6 rapists, how come the nuimber came down to 5?
Who is the sixth one that Indian politicians are protecting? And why?
6TH IS THE MUSLIM THEY ARE PROTECTING BY CALLING HIM A JUVENILE. Muslims are Congress favorites
FAREED, YOU HAVE LOST YOUR MIND !! FIRST THE PLAGIARISM, NOW YOU ARE TRYING TO RUN YOUR ANTI-INDIA PROPAGANDA IN US WITH MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD? #1 - YOU ARE CONNECTING ARABS TO INDIA FOR THE ALREADY IGNORANT AMERICANS .... #2 - INDIA IS A DEMOCRACY (EVEN IF NAME SAKE) AND YOU GIVE THE IMPRESSION THERE NEEDS TO BE A FREEDOM MOVEMENT??
CONGRESS AND GANDHI DYNASTY IS THE ISSUE. NEHRU WHO WAS PRIME MINISTER FOR 17 YEARS AND RUINED OUR NATION IS THE ISSUE. POLICE FORCE THAT IS CORRUPT BEYOND WORDS IS THE ISSUE. POLITICIANS ARE 99% THUGS IS THE ISSUE. CALL IT THE "HELL WITH CONGRESS SPRING"
Fareed
You said india had a female prime minster by vote
Sorry if Nehru had a son would it happen
If indria was not nehru's daughter would it happen
Thought for all
It will never be an Arab or French or Russian uprising here. It will be Indian uprising because the society here is made of different cultural, economic, religious and spiritual ingredients which have made it a far more rational and strong society which includes all people of all religions but with a similar outlook deep down.
An "Arab Spring"? So overthrow the Democratically elected government and replace it with what?
That's typical CNN crap about INDIA.
Appending the term "Arab Spring" to protests occurring in a non-Arab country makes about as much sense as the practice for years after Watergate of appending every scandal in America with the word "gate".
The Arab Spring fizzled.
The African Spring bloomed.
And India has been free of dictators since 1947.
Zakaria: you could have called it Indian Spring, but, you are a plagiarism artist, so why not. But, on to the subject. India is an absolutely corrupt state, disguising itself as a Democracy. It isn`t. It is an oligarchy run by corruption regime. Do you need any service? Bachshish is the answer. Everything is for sale in India. Most people have no culture, so they act like animals. They are well trained and can perform very well in the market place, but have no culture or respect for others. Women are considered burdens, and are treated with absolutely no respect. Any hope for India? Yes, with a lot of work and a totally different political system, one that will try to improve culture and cut corruption. Until then, India is just make believe.
actually thats right...six centuries of foreign rule in india made 'evolve' indians to sheep herd..
Hindus were sheep to begin with to allow six centuries of slavery and now by multinationals.
and your hole into a sheep ass
Very poor choice of words. All the previous "Arab Springs" have ended badly – replacing repressive dictatorships with equally repressive theocracies.
To call anything an "Arab Spring" is to say nothing has changed.
We all missing a point here, Indian Society is changing. They are more aware and vocal now. its going thru' transformation.
I understand "Arab Spring" is not apt , but transformation is happening for good you like it or not.
its ridiculous to call "arab spring" in inida....there were mass protests in USA too ex.occupy movement..do you call it "arab spring of USA"?
Zakaria meant to say African Spring, but he's confused.
krm is a PAKISTANI troll
who is posting nonsense
under different names
The statistics are”astounding’ and far worse than I thought previously. Per CNN, 20% of women in India (140 million !!!!) have either been r-aped or groped. This is about half the population of USA !!! UNBELIEVABLE !!!! Where has the world been? Why have all the news agencies been ducking this issue? What gives? This is indicative of a society that has broken down over the centuries and probably is not curable anymore. India now needs to be imploded and from it independent nations need to emerge that are more manageable with a culture that is more gentle.
krm1007 is a Pakistani TROLL
He is a liar, posting nonsense, under different names
And you need a lesson in etiquettes
correct bro, standing by u, after all v have still only reached raping and groping stages, looking to our big paki brothers for raping even young girls and then killing them in name of honor, and then also tell us how to dig up graveyards of minorities and send them to hell. Wait, if anyone leaves country, will definitely ask them to contact paki bros for lessons in killing girls in foreign lands and not to mention their own wives (beheading seems the current flavor) and then running off with kids to Pakistan. I really like u after u have the courage to show ur women their place in abays, nikabs and purdahs and lol they also work like slaves and are stoned to death by hudood ordinances, man my respect to u
Man...you need an anger management therapy.
. 60% of men or 420 million men in India think that domestic violence against women and wife beating is acceptable.
. Only 10% of r-apes in India are reported.
. Only 0.002% reported cases are convicted
There is a deep rooted decadence of cultural malaise in India that is providing a source of inspiration for all terrorists in the region.
...and India is a thousdand times better than an Arab country.
Is that a joke? Most of Indians are working as laborers in Arab lands !!!
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Let us be very clear. The root cause of terrorism in the region, including Afghanistan, is INDIA. With such "Dark Age" culture still in existence in India how can the world be healthy and the neighbors prosperous.
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you must be severely jealous of india's progress? there there its ok, we will throw a few bread crumbs your way
Enough about what's going on in India already!!!
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We have invested a lot of resources in India over the past two decades and given a lot of aid to prop it up. There has been no investment on this return. Instead India has squandered all the resources in building nuclear weapons while poverty remains rampant in the country. Terrorism is rampant in the region in part financed by Indians. We need to revisit our relationship with India. American taxpayers will not tolerate this anymore. We need to take care of our own populace going forward. We cannot be exporting jobs to India or giving it financial or technical handouts. It has become too big to govern or create any value for western countries or even for its own population.
We need to take care of Americans. No more aid money for India..the r-apists
Shouldn't it be called a Hindu Spring since Indians are not arabs?
Why not? Arab invaders to India travelled with African slaves in ancient times. Hindus are an offshoot of the illegitimate children born out of these african slaves. The dark skin and body odor of Indians today are indicative of the DNA of these slaves. Nothing personal...it is all science.
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so true, this will be the level of knowledge when u r beaten and subjugated by a religion devised by goat herders, who maintain extensive harems and countries ruled by children born to white women, who pay big money to fools to go and die while sitting in their lavish homes, just c pakistan, people digging graves to eat flesh, karachi war zone, Baluchistan, FATA, NWFP, Gilgit-baltistan, and wait, if all else fails, army can move in and kick every body's behind and lecture others about democracy and human rights
Exactly. Just imagine 1.4 biliion in India (who knows how many....so many !!) and no contribution to the world...except r-apes. That is their culture, national sport and recreational pastime. Bravo India !
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We remain extremely appalled and highly concerned about the continued medieval cultural and barbaric social practices prevalent in the name of Hinduism in India. Much to our chagrin, the human rights organizations are either turning a blind eye towards these injustices or are being paid off to look the other way. We are particularly aware of the victims of such practices, namely, young children and women especially those women who are pregnant and are bearing a female embryo. They are being mistreated or simply sacrificed in the name of their deities. To the civilized world such atrocious behavior is repulsive and is condemned in the strongest words. We urge the Indian Hindus to immediately cease and desist from such unacceptable norms. To them we say the world is watching and will see to it that justice prevails.
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Cut off all aid to the beggars in India
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The world cannot afford to feed India anymore
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sounds like the satanic versus to me. perhaps you should raise this with allah on your day of judgement! (its ok, ill hire a fancy dress gown to dress up as allah when you die, in case he doesnt show)
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So???? This is a free world.
The arguing over the term 'democratic' here is ridiculous. There is a mix up – India is indeed a democratic country with all the attributes. Corruption there is on the line with corruption in the most of Asian developing countries. However, the Indian society is NOT democratic. India is a very old civilization that had most of its history very un-democratic and/or tradition-based rule, especially on a local level. Ask any Indian coming from a small village. This lack of inner democracy, self-respect and respect to women in people and in society is the reason of what has happened.
We have seen what India is like....AND...we dont like it a bit. So dont give us your rubbish.
We as a civilized society need to take immediate action to safeguard the region and the menace emanating from India. India is dragging the region down. Furthermore, these wife beating/domestic violence oriented Indian men are spread throughout the world and pose a danger to these societies in USA, EU and elsewhere. They are potential sleeper cells of violence, if you will, similar to Al Qaeda.
Folks, ask yourself this. The gang raping has been going on for centuries in India so why wasn't anyone protesting till now???? Because Indan hindus have been caught with their pants down and are putting up a show for CNN consumption. Why? Because they dont want USA and EU to cutoff aid to India.
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paki...what about suicide bombs and daily drone hits on ur soil..?? what about daily shooting of girls on way to school or honor killings
The hub of all terrorism, hatred, racism, women bashing and demeaning is India. The inspiration of all terrorists is India. Whether it be the Talibans or the Norwegian massacre or the Jewish holocaust. Yes siree, rub your eyes.....INDIA. The question now becomes how do we damage control the fallout from India so that it does not further engulf the neighbors. That will be the challenge that we will need Senator Kerry to focus on.
you are a paki-100, all else never speak like this
You hindu r-apist?
So true. India has become a big problem and its imposion needs to be managed.
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In 2013 we will need to focus on India and its irrelevance as a nation. With a population of over 1.5 billion people there is no value that this nation brings to the table and has become a burden on world conscience and resources. India has lost its bearing and its soul. From brutal gang r-apes, genocide in Kashmir, ethnic cleansing of Sikhs to financing and sponsoring terrorists it is far too big to succeed. It is too huge to govern. It is too bloated to be fixed and is on life support systems in Singapore. Some may sense it now and some may have to look in the rear view mirror to figure it out. India needs to be taken out of its pain and there is only one way.....subdivide it into independent nations that are economically viable and along ethnic lines. In the words of Mies Van Der Rohe, “LESS IS MORE”. How so true!!
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Your pants on fire, dude? Are you Indian hindu?
Where is my reply India is great guys please wait and see what happens next.
Fareed Zakaria, here's an idea for your next article: "Is the Sandy Hill USA's Arab Spring?"
cnn has some journalists who always focused on writing baseless articles, comparing india with arab is heaven and hell difference, why don't they start writing articles on american spring for reducing crime in high crime areas in communities like camden, newark nj, bronx ny, the list goes on and on, people have lowest life expectancy in this area, i won't take a risk of visiting this areas any time in my life, try to clean up your home first than try to focus on other's property.
Indian troll who does not want to look in mirror and face reality of the debacle in hindu culture
i always look into mirror even if i am not looking good that really does not matter to me, i believe in the quality things which i do, the way you comment it shows how illiterate you are, please start watching msnbc crime shows you will be probably get aware of what kind of crimes is happening in america, i have worked in the fortune 10 companies with successful american managers and the quality of successful people, the way you commented seems to be like you are a trash in america, i do not want to comment on any religion every religion has there own importance, even if you born in developed country if you do not have a quality you are like a trash on the earth
We have seen and heard what the Indian men do to that innocent young girl in New Delhi...gang r-aped the smithereens out of her and killed her in the most heinous way. These same men from India with similar DNA are living in your neighborhoods in USA, EU...doctors, lawyers, bankers, motel men, janitors, restaurant dishwashers etc. Homeland security be aware.
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Comparing India with Arab? I am an Indian & offended by such comparison. Arab would take 2000 years to get where India was 1 million years ago.
The leader of a major Hinduvata party BJP and its factions (VHP, RSS, and others) maintain that women should stay home. This is such as shameful vision of BC era leadership and insensitive comments to every women in the world.
Remember, Rahul Gandhi the great grandson of Nehru Gandhi said, the biggest threat to India is from Saffron Terrorism and it is at peak now. These are Hinduvata type extreme elements that corrupted the young and old minds. They flooded the social media with trolls writing in favor of them and disparaging anything else.
This is the time for Indians from all flavors to come together and fight for Women’s right, freedom and true democracy. “Arab Spring” is just a phrase for young & old to bring change.
Rahul Nehru can talk? never heard him, always assumed that he is with his Italian girl friend in his house, which they were supposed to vacate some 20 years ago – staying high....
USA, please worry about issues in your country. When the "Arab spring" starts in the USA regarding gun control, then you can worry about India's "Arab spring".Recently a NYPD officer was arrested for involvement in a plot to kidnap and cannibalize a young woman! Start your "Arab spring" for that first and then we will talk.
Nirbhaya, the daughter of India has become the symbol of years and years of victimization of women in India. I don’t think Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and countless other freedom fighters fought for this state of Bharat MA.
Women are being victimized at every stage of their life. Everyone is well aware of abortion of female fetus. Even though there is ban against sonogram since there is no basic for the law and the thought of the girl as a burden on the family the abortions are still widespread. They are being victimized at later stages of their lives by withholding their education, inheritances and even health. The Indian women sometimes are not even given decent end of life options. The female soul deserves equal love, equal respect and equal rights in health, inheritance and education. It should be tracked and reported.
In my humble opinion there are two faces to the problem. On one side she has next to no support at home to thrive (maybe some families do but it Is next to nothing in a population of a billion) and on the other side when she steps out of the home the law is not held up to support her rights.
Our country’s leadership has become an item number. They are a shame. We need to revamp law and order. We need to throw every so called leader into jail who has even been suspected of broken the law of any kind.
We need a revolution.
We need a revolution in every woman, man and child of Indian origin to bring back Mahaan Bharat by bringing back the respect for Bharat MA.
Call for a revolution on 26th January 2013 – 30th January 2013
Join all hands, call for meetings, non- violence, non-cooperation movement, Satyagraha, remember Mahatma’s words
Spread the word.
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Nirbhaya, the daughter of India has become the symbol of years and years of victimization of women in India. I don’t think Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and countless other freedom fighters fought for this state of Bharat MA.
Women are being victimized at every stage of their life. Everyone is well aware of abortion of female fetus. Even though there is ban against sonogram since there is no basic for the law and the thought of the girl as a burden on the family the abortions are still widespread. They are being victimized at later stages of their lives by withholding their education, inheritances and even health. The Indian women sometimes are not even given decent end of life options. The female soul deserves equal love, equal respect and equal rights in health, inheritance and education. It should be tracked and reported.
In my humble opinion there are two faces to the problem. On one side she has next to no support at home to thrive (maybe some families do but it Is next to nothing in a population of a billion) and on the other side when she steps out of the home the law is not held up to support her rights.
Our country’s leadership has become an item number. They are a shame. We need to revamp law and order. We need to throw every so called leader into jail who has even been suspected of broken the law of any kind.
We need a revolution.
We need a revolution in every woman, man and child of Indian origin to bring back Mahaan Bharat by bringing back the respect for Bharat MA.
Call for a revolution on 26th January 2013 – 30th January 2013
Join all hands, call for meetings, non- violence, non-cooperation movement, Satyagraha, remember Mahatma’s words
It is the culture that is the problem. That could not be changed for thousands of years. Doubt it can be. therein lies the problem.
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Fareed, really Fareed? most disgusting article I've ever wasted my 5 minutes of life on.
For a nation where discrimiation is established by birth based on the ugly "Cast System", why would India not benefit from a revolution – irrespective of what metaphor one uses: "Arab or Indian-Spring"?
My thanks to Fareed Zakaria for a very insightful article. As an Indian woman I bow my head in shame that our women are being denigrated in 2012 and have no one to stand up for them ... all this while the country is busy sending men to the moon?!!!
L, Fareed is briliant isn't he. I made friends with a large extended Indian family-sect here in the US. They still practice arranged marriage via a "match maker". But the folks were not forced to do so (it was up to them). Also the women were not sublect to discrimatory deviation from the men (as far as I saw). In fact the "leader" of this family was a matriarch and was a Registered Nurse that supervised an entire small hopital. East Indian people are the most gentle folks and culture I have met here in the US.
This clip says it all: Indian women, go to Canada!
The Problem is Indian Hindus didnt believe in Abraham, Mosses or even Jesus and still belives in Idols and animals, therefore they continue to degrade women. Whats the common ground we can find to talk to them. None.
If any women rise against this 5000 years old traditions of brutality against women, it will surely be an ARAB SPRING in India and new Era for Women. I hope they do.
Ugh, is every cultural revolution from now on going to be called an Arab Spring? Are journalists really so devoid of any creativity?
It's not an Arab Spring for several reasons:
1. NOT SPRING!
2. NOT ARAB!
3. Not the overthrow of a totalitarian regime
What is happening in India is a call for social and gender equality and a cultural change in how women are viewed and treated.
Its as obnoxious as every kinda scandal getting "gate" added to the end.
Please for the love of intelligence stop making false equivalencies with these stupid naming conventions.
Will the Arab Spring be followed by one of Joe's "Recovery Summers" ?
Hey Zakaria, Dont u fuking dare to compare India with Brbaric, backward, religiously fanatic Islamic countries, there is no analogy u idiot muslim
We as a civilized society need to take immediate action to safeguard the region and the menace emanating from India. India is dragging the region down. Furthermore, these wife beating/domestic violence oriented Indian hindu men are spread throughout the world and pose a danger to these societies in USA, EU and elsewhere. They are potential sleeper cells of violence, if you will, similar to Al Qaeda.
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Stop Islamic immigration to West, u will regret westerners, Discrimiantion against muslims is absolutely importan and canot be undermined as , islam hates non muslims for no reason. Beware. press your non muslim polticinas for preventing islamic immigration to west. I want to war u or u will regret
We as a civilized society need to take immediate action to safeguard the region and the menace emanating from India. India is dragging the region down. Furthermore, these wife beating/domestic violence oriented Indian men are spread throughout the world and pose a danger to these societies in USA, EU and elsewhere. They are potential sleeper cells of violence, if you will, similar to Al Qaeda. Homeland Security...please take note.
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What a useless article. Indian Arab Spring? It's like something a high school student would write.
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TERRORIST GROUPS IN INDIA
• RASHTRIYA SWAYAM SEWAK SHANG (R.S.S.)
• VISHWA HINDU PARISHAD (World Hindu Council)
• HINDU MUNNANI
• ARYA SAMAJ
• SHIV SENA
• BHARATIYA JANATA PARISHAD
• SANT SAMITI
• HINDU MAHASABHA
• BAAJRANG DAL
LEADERS: L.K. Advani/ Ashok Singhal/ Bala Saheb Devaras/ Bal Thackeray(EXTERMINATED)/ A.B. Vajpayee/ Savarkar/ Baikunnth Lal Sharma “Prem”/ Balraj Madhok/ The Shankaracharya of Puri, Niranjan Dev Theerth/ Rama Gopalan/ Variyar – Vishwan Hindu Parishad/ Dharmalinga Nadar/ Cho Ramaswamy
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What is Obama waiting for.....drone 'em !!!!
These groups are Internationally funded by NRI’s residing within and outside of India, businessmen, bollywood (film industry) actors, politicians and even average Indians. These are the most atrocious and extreme terror elements of India with iron fist on criminal , judicial , political and administrative systems.
Sorry, i didnt see allah's name in the terror list? Thought allah was the lone satan!
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Hare Krishna... Hare Ram ...Hare Ram ....Hare R-apistan Hare Hindustan (India)
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allah-hoo-monster. you must be from terroristan (aka pakistan)!
Per CNN statistics, 60% of men in India think that domestic violence and wife beating is OK. That is about 420 Million men !!!! That is more than the population of USA !!!!
This is the same Pakistani, posting nonsense,and meaningless rants.
What right does India, a country of 1.5 "BILLION" people, have to exist when it cant even treat its injured in local hospitals? Is this the civilization that has existed for thousands of years? Is this the same country that was touted as superpower just a few weeks ago? Is this the economic powerhouse that was the panacea to all the problems in the world. Well, I am afraid that right now this country is nothing more than a hair across a donkeys @ss. Its people the butt of jokes across the world. Its culture a medieval and primitive manifestation of cult like rituals inherited from African tribes. India is like a tubeless tyre with a flat that cannot be repaired. A deflated prune.
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India has 1.5billion more reasons to exist than you and your pathetic family!
Oh good. The media has latched onto a new word.
Everything is going to be "Spring."
It's an improvement from ending everything with "-Gate".
Reading through these deeply hateful comments, it was apparent that the next Terrorist ground is India, with all the extreme elements dominating nationally and globally. I surely welcome Arab Spring.
So, how many names is the Pakistani troll posting under?
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Time has come to take India to tthe woodshed andtell them them to shape up fast or face the wrath of CIA
I am sick of hearing all the atrocities in India. Cut that monster up into pices. End of discussion. Do it !
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It's about time that India has done something like this in regards to protests. But citizens of India have got to get the politicians out to make India a better place to live. Not until then will India ever be a great country that it could be. Remove you corrupt politicians and India could flourish!
Highest abortion of female babies is due to the Social security system in India.
First born son is an asset,the 401k account. Educate him and he will take care of you.(At least they believe ).
Even the royal blood of England is based on the first born son theory till today.
Girls are viewed as liability . you have to provide security and keep her safe. Whatever investment like education will not be helpful for the parents when they grow old.On top of it, dowry issue..
When Govt implements Social Security and creates infrastructure for old people live on their own and speeds up the judiciary system, women will be safer in India. I see that happening in year AD 3013
India is like a rotten egg that is trying to be painted in nice colors. IIT DOESN'T WORK !!! A rotten egg is a rotten egg.
I love how people are complaining that Fareed Zakaria is being too harsh. If this were a Muslim majority country (it has the world's second highest Muslim population, but not majority) or an Arab country, Zakaria would've been lauded for saying what he did. However, the reality is that India is one of the top 5 worst countries to be a woman.
it would be interesting to see where your stats are from. India as one of the top 5 worst countries to be a woman? are you f'n kidding me?
India is THE worst country in the world in every respect. 1,5 Billion neanderthals !!!!
India is slipping into China , North Korea like regime with secracy and Human rights issues. They do have 1 billion people posting messages all over internet.
Two Indian soldiers were kidnapped and beheaded (Mutiliated) by Pakistani Army. Why CNN does give any coverage on this?
Only two? That is peanuts with a population of 1,5 Billion useless people. They should have done more.
A gang r-aping nation like India should be vaporized
Padma lakshmi and Fareed Zakariya smell like masala farts
India's "Arab Spring" occurred during the 1940s when they kicked the British Raj out of India.
Thanks to M.A. Jinnah of Pakistan....hindus got their independence !!!
It was no Spring. More like a regression or winter. The countries have switched to more repressive regimes more intolerant of minorities and more backward then ever before.
What on Earth is this about?!! There are no Arabs in India, nothing there has anything to do with the Newton school shooting, Americans are not soul-searching about women's rights in India because it's none of our business! Geez. Farheed, write about whatever you want, but don't try to make irt seem that everything is a global issue.
Pray tell, what has the US media's concoction,"Arab Spring," accomplished thus far for women's rights, universal suffrage and democracy?
I think the Arab Spring analogy just refers to the rising political/social awareness amongst the masses, that up until the last decade was completely disengaged from the political process. The analogy does not equate the amount of political freedom in India to that in the Middle East. For those of you claiming that Fareed Zakaria is anti-India (since he is a Muslim or otherwise), Zakaria is one of the most pro-India international journalists. If you do not believe me go check out the video him interviewing (and sometimes heckling) Pervez Musharraf.
I agree. Mr Zakaria takes great pride of his Indian heritage. But it is not that Mr. Zakaria is a pro-india journalist, he is a true hard core journalist and asks the right questions. In my opinion just because someone is speaking out against the Govt. of India or asking tough questions of it, would not make him anti-India just as if someone is not asking hard questions of the Govt. where it should be asked, would not make him pro-India. I think all Govts. are answerable to its people no matter where they are. If Mr. Zakaria were to ask tough questions of Indian Govt. will certainly not mean that he does not pride in his Indian heritage, which most definitely does.
In the end us women will be forced to wear burqas like Muslims. We are not better than the middle Easters. How can our country praise women in Hinduism, yet hurt them so much.
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Sadly, we are nothing but Bhikaris,
Sadly, we are nothing but Bhikaris,
We take the Americans to Heart,
But get nothing in return except a F@rt,
So we tend to kiss the American @ss,
Again, we get nothing in return except the American gas,
We are nothing but Bhikaris and are Indians No Mas.
Definitely not an indian arab spring. We are not fighting for freedom or liberty both of which we have had for millennia (except briefly when we were ruled by the british). Our democracy (inspite of all its corruption and nepotism) is still better than many so called democracies that the US has helped develop in the middle east and in Pakistan(if you can call that a democracy). Hence not an Arab Spring.. but perhaps an awakening of the soul and rewriting our moral codes on which our society needs to develop further on. So in that respect, we can call it a Male awakening.
Who are we kidding! India is no democracy. All these years after independence, we are still ruled by the one family. With over a billion citizens, dont we have a single capable person other than Rahul Gandhi who can lead our country out of corruption and poverty in the new century?
We are better than a lot of countries , true! But do we want to compare ourselves to the likes of Pakistan? I think not. I look forward to the day we become a true and mature democracy. I look forward to a day when Manmohan Singh can do his job without being a hand puppet of Sonia Gandhi!
You are right in that the true comparison of India is to the likes of Bangladesh.
The real risk in an Indian "Arab Spring" is war with Pakistan when the protests and response turns ugly, which it will.
The problem is that Pakistan has a 3 second strategy to strike and wipe out India.
India has failed as a nation.Does not contribute enough to world prosperity. Darwinism imples implosion of India.