India's moral bankruptcy

As a popular saying goes:”When good people look away, bad things happen”. It's true of what happens in India. In the 1950's post-independence euphoria, some people in the world thought India had a moral high ground and that India stood for certain ideals, given the way India won it's independence. Now it's clear that India is morally bankrupt. Indians don't care about standards of any sort. The path of least resistance seems to be the Indian way. This is readily apparent to anyone who follows news from India.

Are Indians more spiritually inclined?

I hate the word “spiritual”. It's a pet peeve of mine. It describes the natural human need to try and explain to themselves who they are. It expresses the need for transcendence over the “human condition”, which is another phrase I hate but still use. People search for philosophies that explain what life is about and explain why they are here. This is clearly not a futile endeavor. But, I hate what it has come to represent. Increasingly, people say they are spiritual instead of just saying they are religious. Otherwise and more commonly people try to occupy the space between religions by not admitting to themselves that they are just agnostic or atheist. But, common to all of these people and most nauseatingly so, people think it makes them special that they are spiritual ,leading to spiritual snobbery. I am spiritual and so a higher being and you are not, seems to be the attitude. To which my first thought is. Please go do something rude to yourself. Of course, since I am a “nice” person I would not say that. Being spiritual is like finding an invisible friend. It gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling that makes you think you found a special something that nobody else has.