Due to our Colonial history, the hankering for "International Recognition" is very strong in Indians. NASA has been turned into a "Brand Name" and bright (not n

Due to our Colonial history, the hankering for "International Recognition" is very strong in Indians. NASA has been turned into a "Brand Name" and bright (not necessarily qualified) kids want the stamp. Hence lacking accessibility/resources/education they can only invent an imaginary persona for themselves and advertise it with the Internet. To them it is more akin to status posturing/posing within a group. With the rise of Social Media it has gotten much much worse since there is no longer any difference between "Fame" and "Notoriety"; everybody wants to be "Noticed" and become an "Influenzer". PS: One of my classmates(an average student) from college had a interest in Astrophysics and would often checkout the books of Arthur Eddington/John Wheeler etc. It was evident that he was fascinated by it but simply wasn't suited/qualified to read much less understand it.