India
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: Articles about India, a country with a rich history that many people know far less about than they think they do.
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India is a fun country, with some deep internal strife and colorful history. Basically, being that it was very tribal, classist, and diverse (geographically, and culturally), it had the divisions that comes with that diversity and competition.
One thing I've noticed is that while their culture values family, community and consensus -- based on ancient tribalism. This makes for a great culture with tons of festivals, get-togethers, and families are generally tight. People that belong to any tribe (whether school, sports club, etc) hold those ties strongly. The ones that expatriate to America are especially willing to belong to their new tribes, and when you're inside their circle are wonderful and warm -- but can be less so for those who are outsiders and threats.
The downside is that while Indian culture makes many Indians great friends to have... when their tribalism and consensus translates to government, it creates friction. Government demanding consensus and conformity tends towards bureaucracy, hegemony, nepotism/corruption, and committees. (And a parliamentary government doesn't help moderate that).
So the biggest things that helped India was that they were once a British Colony, and learned British bureacracy, governance, language, and gained in infrastrucutre, it (and their culture) also contributed to holding them back. Their parliamentary socialism has lead them to put up protectionist barriers, and their bureaucracy makes it harder to succeed there, compared to when they leave. Which becomes obvious by Indians that came to America, and greatly out-perform the average American AND average Indian in India. Some of that is selection bias. But it proves that the talent and motivation was there (and has been for thousands of years), and the biggest reason there wasn't more success in India, was that their systems/culture/government was in the way. Many had caterpillars had to leave to become the butterflies that they always were.
Here's a few articles on India:
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- Global Massacres/Mumbai attacks (2008) -
- H-1B - There's a program called the H-1B visa. It’s a complete fraud, that I support. Sorta. But in a perfect world, we'd fix it much better.
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