Why do we Indians suffer from inferiority complex.

We Indians are known for our lack of humor but what is worse is that we have no pride in ourselves. We do not know if it is because we despise our politicians, because we are ashamed of how filthy our country is, because our education system does not stimulate our minds or because we hate ourselves for resorting to corruption in our struggle to survive against a hostile state. Our space research organisation, ISRO is attempting to send a probe, called Mangalyaan to Mars at a cost of Rs 4.5 billion. The carping against it has been as vicious as it has been ignorant. There are those who say that such a lot of money would be better spent on giving stuff to the poor. Is it such a lot of money anyway? The distance of Mars from earth  varies from 401 million km to a mere 54 million km, the average being 225 million km. In September, 2014 when it is supposed to reach Mars it will probably have traveled around 92 million km. If we consider that Jet Airways lost Rs 9.99 billion in the 3 months to 30th September flying on earth which has a diameter of just 12,742 km then the cost of the project seems almost negligible. Then there are those who say that we are wasting time and money on duplicating what others have already done. By that logic all of education is a colossal waste of time and money. How many generations of children have learnt the same tables in maths, the same alphabets and the same nursery rhymes? First, the US may share its data or photos sent back by the Curiosity Rover but is unlikely to share the technical details of the mission which must have cost billions of dollars. They will see if the knowledge can be used by their defence industries or can be commercially exploited. After all, the " terminator technology " employed in genetically modified foods was invented by the US defence department and passed on to Monsanto. Former ISRO Chief and Planning Commission member, K Kasturirangan said," We cannot overlook this aspect in a modern competitive world where everybody is zealously guarding his or her own capabilities and trying to create either a commercial advantage out of that or be militarily stronger by having that kind of extra capability." If this mission is a success we could perhaps earn vast sums by teaching others how to get to Mars so cheaply. Think of how many poor could be helped with that kind of money?