Abhinav Dhar

Israel just made it legal to hang Palestinians who have a 99.74% conviction rate in their courts For Israelis it's a 1.9% conviction rate for crimes against Palestinians but the death penalty is still illegal Israel can now kill any Palestinian they accuse

In 1960, the economic starting line for India and Pakistan was nearly identical. India’s per capita income was $84.93, and Pakistan’s was $82.02.  For the next thirty years, the two nations remained within striking distance of each other. However, the data for 2025, where India stands at $2,818 and Pakistan at $1,707, demonstrates the story of "The Great Decoupling."  It is a chronicle of how one nation eventually broke the shackles of a stagnant socialist past to embrace its civilizational potential. At the same time, the other became trapped in a cycle of radicalization, feudalism, and foreign debt. 1. 1960–1980: The Illusion of the "Golden Decade" Early data shows Pakistan often leading India (e.g., 1970: Pakistan $166 vs. India $114). This wasn't due to superior Pakistani productivity, but rather "Borrowed Growth."  Pakistan aligned itself as a Cold War client state, receiving massive infusions of Western aid and military hardware. This created an artificial middle class without a deep industrial base. Meanwhile, India was held back by the "License Raj," a byproduct of Nehruvian socialism that viewed profit as a vice and entrepreneurs with suspicion.  This "Hindu Rate of Growth" (which was actually a Socialist Rate of Growth) suppressed India’s natural mercantile spirit for decades.