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As an Indian living outside it’s great to see us doing well as a group. I think this comes from traditionally Indian families and parents putting extensive focu
by gatorvh 4y ago
As an Indian living outside it’s great to see us doing well as a group. I think this comes from traditionally Indian families and parents putting extensive focus on getting skilled and educated as the focus of bringing their children up.
For non-Indian folks, a few interesting movies to watch that go into this aspect of the culture l:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Idiots https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_Idiots
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_30_(film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_30_(film)
This cultural phenomenon is not unique to Indians though, it’s also seen in China and may be other countries in Asia that I’m missing.
I’m also a little surprised by some of the comments here, I would expect comments on hackernews to be intellectually stimulating and balanced arguments that are atleast with some effort removed of personal biases. Some examples of biases that I see — lumping Indians as a group or general human tendencies quoted as exclusive to Indians such preferring your group over others (in-group out of group mentality)
On the flip side though, I’m not much surprised. As the under developed countries industrialize they’re taking back what has been historically their share of the world GDP. And as a result a larger Indian influence is visible and likely to grow as the Indian economy continues to grow. I think some folks should find it in themselves to reconcile the changing world around us.
- jesuscript 4y agoI think there is a big difference between Indian tech/medical workers and the nearly billion people living in India. Indians will most likely deal with what America deals with, but with even greater contrast between the haves and have nots. The proverbial luxury condo building adjacent to a slum in the third world. It’s funny, I’m not sure if I can claim the last sentence as an analogy because that’s exactly what you see in India. It is what it is.