You and the GP are both right. We're terribly insecure, but that is in part fuelled by how much we get looked down upon. The Indian reaction to mockery and rac

You and the GP are both right. We're terribly insecure, but that is in part fuelled by how much we get looked down upon. The Indian reaction to mockery and racism during the British era was pumping up nationalism and self-pride. That was a justified reaction to a truly evil empire, but unfortunately, that culture has not evolved after independence.