From: manas@cs.umd.edu (Manas Saksena)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Good /Bad,Love /Hate
Keywords: Indians
Date: 10 Oct 92 04:45:47 GMT
Reply-To: manas@cs.umd.edu



In article <1992Oct9.193131.23667@coe.montana.edu> you write:
>Path:
>In article <1992Oct9.180042.25495@news.acns.nwu.edu> bsind@chinug.acns.nwu.edu
>(Brijnandan S. Dehiya) writes:
>>
>>Don't you ever wonder why is it that Indians  indulge in more India 
>>bashing than anyone , anywhere else in the world?
>
>Yeah I thought about that and I have never been able figure out exactly why.
>But this what I think: 
>		
>		Most of the Indians who come to foreign countries(USA,
>England, Japan, Germany, Dubai, Canada .... ) come out of India simply because
>they can't live in India with money and luxury as they could in all these
>countries(eg. a non-degree technician working in Dubai can get a color TV,
>VCR et all but he/she can't if in India). They come out of India and pretend
>they forgot India and her problems. But in reality they are never able to cut
>off their ties with India and her problems. They want to get back to India but
>money and comfort stop them. 

The money part is true to a small extent only. If you live and work in US for 
say 5 yrs, save about 10 thousand a year, that's 50,000 dollars in savings. 
Multiply that by 30 and you can live in great comfort in India - you can buy
a car, a flat, all the electronics items you would want, and so on. And you 
could have a relatively relaxed life in India, with servants doing work for 
you - you can live like a king. That is not possible in US, you still have to 
do all your cooking, cleaning, groceries and plenty of other stuff if you own 
a house. 

>In the end they don't ever go back to India giving
>reasons to themselves and to others like Indian politics is shit, the government
>is inefficient, poverty is high, unemployment is high, treatment of women is
>poor, cinema is lousy ............... the list is endless. All this is what
>I think counts as India bashing by the Indians.

I think those are some of the more genuine reasons for people not wanting to go
back - and I think they are very genuine and understandable. No doubt, the people
who go back and do something about these problems in India must be appreciated, 
but many of us do not have the energy or the enthusiasm to contribute actively 
for such purposes. And even if one does'nt go back, one could help in alleviating
some of these problems (and people do) in various ways - the easiest one being 
financially. In fact, one could argue that many who have stayed back have served
the country better than those who never got out, or even some of those who came 
out and went back. 

>
>	While all the reasons like poverty, treatment of women are true they
>never ever try to do anything that might help India. Day in and day out they
>are just convincing themselves that living in a foreign country is better.

Maybe true for some people - but definitely not true for everyone. But then again
not everyone is a saint!  And who are you and I to pass moral judgement on some 
third person's decision to stay in a foreign country. Perhaps instead of spending
time and energy on bashing others, it might be a good idea to devote the same 
towards more purposeful activities. 

>
>
>Sincerely yours,
>M.P.Premkumar
>


Regards
Manas Saksena
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian