> being successful in the US gives you lots of leverage and status That use to be the case. The shine has definitely worn off. I would say the work culture in

> being successful in the US gives you lots of leverage and status That use to be the case. The shine has definitely worn off. I would say the work culture in Indian product companies are much more closer to its western counterparts. (Service companies are a different ball-game) > But lets be real, isn't the quality of life much worse In my opinion, India is worse off in 2 things primarily: 1. Population density in cities 2. Poorer govt. Having said that a lot of things have improved in last decade: 1. Payment infrastructure is probably the best in the world. 2. Govt services increasingly getting online and digitised. This used to be a big friction before. 3. Govt services are increasingly streamlined in last 10 years e.g. Huge improvement in passport application/renewal 4. Investing heavily in physical infrastructure. E.g About 36 KM/day is getting added as National Highways [1] 5. Biggest Tax Reform called GST in last 50 years. The implementation is shaky but improving. 6. Incentivising production in India called PLI scheme. It received huge response [2] As far as startups are concerned, the sentiment here (at least for me) is "we-can-also-do-this" and "we-can-be-the-best". This uptick in confidence is palpable (again where I am standing) 10 years ago, I would have never imagined electric scooters/cars being designed (and not just manufactured) in India [3] [1] https://www.news18.com/news/auto/road-network-in-india-showed-substantially-growth-in-current-fiscal-economic-survey-4720484.html https://www.news18.com/news/auto/road-network-in-india-showe... [2] https://www.cnbctv18.com/auto/govt-receives-huge-response-to-pli-for-auto-auto-components-heavy-industries-minister-mn-pandey-12845302.htm https://www.cnbctv18.com/auto/govt-receives-huge-response-to... [3] https://www.atherenergy.com/ https://www.atherenergy.com/ https://pravaig.com/ https://pravaig.com/