What does the world think of India?
What does the world think of India?
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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Wow, I can see why Modi is so popular by your description. Prior to Modi your description would be otherwise true aside from the identitarian nationalism. Now while there is still little civic sense or understanding of the India region's extremely extensive and complex history, there is now some fascism based on ethnic supremacy and mythologizing the past for people who have nothing else to feel ok about. It's similar to how the Lost Cause myth was dominant in the American South for so long after the civil war. Poor people with nothing but bigotry and rich people feeding it because it's to their immense advantage that working people be divided.