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drucat 2 hours ago

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dwa3592 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

what a weird comment. did you make this account to sway the conversation from the actual article?

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drucat an hour ago | parent [-]

The irony that one of the most equal and seemingly non-violent ancient civilizations turned into one of the most unequal modern ones teetering on the brink of nuclear war, is real even if it makes people uncomfortable.

Modern Indians and Pakistanis are the direct genetic heirs of the IVC. Genetics isn't everything, but it's an indicator that the populations have remained extremely stable (no large scale migrations) while the culture shifted under them.

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cwnyth 24 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

What is "ironic" about that?

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Ar-Curunir 20 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

"Teetering on the brink of nuclear war"

Sorry to be rude, but what exactly are you smoking?

	▲	drucat 4 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/12/how-india-and-... But by late Friday night, as both sides escalated the conflict, it was made clear to the Trump administration that leaving the two nuclear armed countries to their own devices posed a danger not just to the region but to the world – and that the only third party mediator acceptable to both sides was the US, as it has historically been over decades. In particular, the US began to fear the escalation towards a nuclear threat was becoming a very real possibility. That's from The Guardian in 2025, hardly the most pro-Trump source.

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dyauspitr an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Put away your tears. Amidst all the chaos India is doing remarkably well. If it can maintain its current growth rate for another 15-20 years it’s going to be a behemoth. They’ve been able to keep it going for 10-12 years so far so no reason to think that might not happen.

The amount of infrastructure being built right now is incredible. Thousands of miles of roads and railways per year, hundreds of new airports, many terawatthours of new energy generation, lots of skyscrapers, large scale urban metros, a dozen new planned cities, hundreds of millions of people worth of poverty alleviation, free healthcare for a large part of the population, rapidly growing GDP, a dying caste system in urban areas, women emancipation, dams, huge megaprojects, the beginnings of semiconductor manufacturing, rare earth mining, military exports etc. There are a lot of wins, it’s going to take time.

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satvikpendem an hour ago | parent [-]

That's what I've been hearing for the last decade or two but so far I haven't seen a huge change, especially compared to China.

	▲	mlmonkey an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		China had a ~25 year head start. A lot of the work going on currently (rail electrification, dedicated freight corridors, highways, deep water ports, etc) will pay off in the future.
	▲	SanjayMehta 28 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Where do you live? The city I live in was connected to the next city via a two lane road. Now it's a 6 lane expressway way with service roads on either side. The infrastructure between cities, including roads and airports has been drastically improved in the last ten years. The cities themselves are not improving at the same pace. Corruption, especially in the money making states like MH and KA, is still rampant.
	▲	dyauspitr an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		China is in its own league but a decade is roughly right. Dive into it a bit, there’s a lot of good going on and I’m a cynic.