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To the west India is nothing but a cheap labor centre that is here for the service of the west with its thick accent and bad tech support. It’s difficult to cha
by johnnujler 6y ago
To the west India is nothing but a cheap labor centre that is here for the service of the west with its thick accent and bad tech support. It’s difficult to change it, and you see it even persist in popular culture with the likes of Tim Ferriss glorifying this culture with books like “The four hour work week” asking people to outsource the trivial stuff to countries like India. Accuse them of it and they will evasively mollify the situation by talking about the rich culture(while thinking derisive thoughts about the ever-growing population) and yoga/meditation(while mentally smirking about how insignificant a contribution it is compared to their own). Nothing will change until we change fundamentally in our approach to viewing people.
- anaganisk 6y agoFunny enough, my company. Follows a four day work week here.
- xellisx 6y agoThe comment used the title: “The four hour work week”. 4 day work weeks are common (wish they were more common).
- raminoestult 6y agoBut what is it representative of? The few who can afford to or the 1.3 billion? Until you can bring up the majority to a position where they wouldn’t have to rely on moving to cities like Bangalore and Delhi, there is no point in looking down at people whose wildest dream is to get a Govt Job(still the major job provider in India). You need startups and researcher centres at smaller towns, not everyone flocking to the same select seats in IITs and NITs(which is obviously not enough a number for so many kids that still want a good life) or to the same select cities. If you want to be in Thrissur and create a nation-wide startup you should be able to, but can you now?