I have seen many such threads show up on HN from time to time. I don't understand how anyone can arrive at any such bold conclusions based on anecdotal evidence

I have seen many such threads show up on HN from time to time. I don't understand how anyone can arrive at any such bold conclusions based on anecdotal evidence. I am from India, I have spent some time in the out-sourcing industry. And, I think any generalization is never absolutely true. Like in any other country, there are good universities and bad universities in India, there are smart people and not so smart people, passionate people striving to always learn and do better and people just working to stay employed and get by. And, finally you always get what you pay for. There are out-sourcing companies in India that offer services at low cost ($/man-hours) and there are companies that offer services at higher costs, it's up to the customer to choose what they need. And, in my opinion since the entire model of out-sourcing is based on saving costs and by out-sourcing companies competing with each other, I bet there are more low cost services than higher ones (supply and demand).