I think another way to look at it: Many Indians who were legitimately good ended up in high paying jobs where they then used that money and skill to emigrate t

I think another way to look at it: Many Indians who were legitimately good ended up in high paying jobs where they then used that money and skill to emigrate to countries with more comfortable standards of living. In my area, the Indian immigrant community has exploded, and almost entirely within the technology sector to start with, but now rapidly expanding to other areas as family members sponsor other family members and so on. The wonderful halo effect is of course that family members who immigrated with the technical household head, but don't work in tech, are now employed at, opening and running all manner of businesses as well. As a result I have a vast community of new, highly skilled and educated neighbors who are also ambitious and motivated.