Hi,
Many of you may find it a strange question but in my job (working with UN), I come across many foreigners (from various nationalities) and discuss India. Most of the people I meet especially the one who have never been closer to Asia cannot discuss anything beyond, India's poverty, population and all the negatives. Yesterday I came across a guy who was highly critical and kept repeating that most of our population earns less than $1 a day. He wanted to know from all the metropolitans, Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, which one has more slums and poverty. I tried explaining him a lot of good points of India, our young generation, education standards, world class professionals, creativity and the artists (Satyajit Ray, Tagore what Calcutta has given us...because he was highly after Calcutta and its poor) but I think he was paranoid and kept repeating the trains full of people sitting on top of them.
My husband said I should have left the conversation but I could not and till end tried to make him understand that MY home is not what he thinks. My mood and day went off yesterday, have you come across such people, how do you handle them, ignore them, try to explain (like I did but of no use)....or leave the conversation politely?
Jona
next time you try this. Tell them the younger generation abroad are rude to their parents,leave them at old age, and back answer them etc and tell them in India, we slap such children and put them in boarding and you know how expensive boardings are.
In India, we don't change wives/husband's as they change socks everyday, so children are safe and secured and they repsect their parent anyday more than abroad children.The divorce rate is low.
Tell yes, population is more, that is why, all car manufactures etc are making money because of huge market in India.
last but least, tell them, since we asians have money and good saving that is why we enjoy coming abroad and they don't have savings so, they are not visiting beautiful India. That will get you his attention. He/she will scorn at you but you have given him something to mull over for next few days/weeks.
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Originally posted by gopalpai
next time you try this. Tell them the younger generation abroad are rude to their parents,leave them at old age, and back answer them etc and tell them in India, we slap such children and put them in boarding and you know how expensive boardings are.
In India, we don't change wives/husband's as they change socks everyday, so children are safe and secured and they repsect their parent anyday more than abroad children.The divorce rate is low.
Tell yes, population is more, that is why, all car manufactures etc are making money because of huge market in India.
last but least, tell them, since we asians have money and good saving that is why we enjoy coming abroad and they don't have savings so, they are not visiting beautiful India. That will get you his attention. He/she will scorn at you but you have given him something to mull over for next few days/weeks.
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Its really difficult to say how people judge india..i know there are a few people who really admire india..albeit this number is few. I came across this Canadian guy this other day and he was telling me that he watched this show on tv about india that said that the world's best engineers come from IIT. I could see admiration. Nevertheless, the majority of foreigners have a really negative view of india..poverty, unhygieness etc. Whenever someone say anything negative about india i always defend it saying we come from a country with a strong history..we can trace our roots to generations back. We have strong values and beliefs (respect for parents and elders), each state is unique (different languages and cuisines..unlike canada). We are a country that is growing astoundingly, after all we have the 2nd fastest growing economy in the world. If poverty exists it is because of the population.
To be honest I feel that the reason the majority of the foreigners are so critical of india is because they are jealous. Wherever Indians go, they rise to the top and gain recognition, our families despite all sorts of problems stick together through thick and thin. Western culture has nothing that our indian culture has
At my workplace they had the same impression so when I went to India the last time I took a lot of photographs and came back and showed it to them. After that they shut up.
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Originally posted by jonav
Hi,
Many of you may find it a strange question but in my job (working with UN), I come across many foreigners (from various nationalities) and discuss India. Most of the people I meet especially the one who have never been closer to Asia cannot discuss anything beyond, India's poverty, population and all the negatives. Yesterday I came across a guy who was highly critical and kept repeating that most of our population earns less than $1 a day. He wanted to know from all the metropolitans, Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, which one has more slums and poverty. I tried explaining him a lot of good points of India, our young generation, education standards, world class professionals, creativity and the artists (Satyajit Ray, Tagore what Calcutta has given us...because he was highly after Calcutta and its poor) but I think he was paranoid and kept repeating the trains full of people sitting on top of them.
My husband said I should have left the conversation but I could not and till end tried to make him understand that MY home is not what he thinks. My mood and day went off yesterday, have you come across such people, how do you handle them, ignore them, try to explain (like I did but of no use)....or leave the conversation politely?
Jona
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If you have a gun, you can rob a bank.
If you have a bank, you can rob everyone.
- Bill Maher
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Originally posted by gopalpai
next time you try this. Tell them the younger generation abroad are rude to their parents,leave them at old age, and back answer them etc and tell them in India, we slap such children and put them in boarding and you know how expensive boardings are.
In India, we don't change wives/husband's as they change socks everyday, so children are safe and secured and they repsect their parent anyday more than abroad children.The divorce rate is low.
Tell yes, population is more, that is why, all car manufactures etc are making money because of huge market in India.
last but least, tell them, since we asians have money and good saving that is why we enjoy coming abroad and they don't have savings so, they are not visiting beautiful India. That will get you his attention. He/she will scorn at you but you have given him something to mull over for next few days/weeks.
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