A new study from researchers at Michigan State University has ranked the globe’s nations by empathy, or the ability to put oneself in someone else’s shoes.
More than 104,000 people from 63 countries were measured for their capacity to show compassion towards others.
The results come as a surprise even to the researchers, who note that some of the top ranking countries have long been tied to ‘aggression and wars.’
Dominated by the Muslim countries, the list ranked Pakistan above India, declaring it more empathetic than the latter.
India has seen a dramatic change in it’s cultural and global outlook in recent times. Rise of Hindu extremism has ushered in a serious persecution of minorities in India. Dalits, Christians, Muslims and Sikhs in India are living under vulnerability more than ever.
