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submitted 5 months ago by Subject6051@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I am an Indian and I have noticed that Indians are way too proud of their country for some reason and at the same time lack any civic sense towards it, they are extremely loud and extremely proud. We feel like the world revolves around India and our culture is superior to that of others. Also, a considerable chunk of the population has been sold the "India is a world-leader" myth and they think India is somehow leading the world in innovation, science and technology, human development etc.,

Now, I know for a fact that this is not true, when I try to gauge the perception of Indians abroad on Twitter, I get pretty negative results, but Twitter has nothing good to say about any group of people, so... I kinda wanted to know what you people though of India, don't base it upon the etnic Indians who might be your friends and are decent people, but base it upon the news you read, the stories you hear from those Indians, etc.

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[-] Oneser@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

India is a world leader when countries are ranked by population. It's time will come, as the middle class grows and imports from other nations increase, but that is not happening in the next 5 years in my opinion.

India's inability to remove the caste system leads IMHO to an equivalent of middle eastern country's inability to allow women a meaningful place in their society, and is a massive hindrance to reaching its potential socially and economically.

On the positive side, absolutely has the best cuisine in the world

[-] XEAL@lemm.ee -1 points 5 months ago

Horrible place and bad English.

[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

hav darr yhou!? tbh I am working on improving my English much much more, I love the literary works and the poetry and I don't want my English to be a constraint while trying to read those works which require a higher level of English knowledge.

[-] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml -2 points 5 months ago

It's one of the World's Great Civilizations, rather than just a country like Ireland is, it's got more historical importance and influence.

[-] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

I don't understand why people are downvoting you, you are right!

I don't like people taking credit for something that happened in the past (they had nothing to do with it) but you are right in stating that.

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