I do not understand what is so big to be pride about Indian community in the US or any other country for that matter. You are trying to portray as if Indians are the only people started business in the US and become successful. US is the country of everyone. People are there from almost all countries. More over, US was already a developed country. I do not think Indians have done anything great that others have not done. Most of the Indians are working as cyber coolies. The fact is that it is easy to start a business and become successful in the US. But it is very difficult to become successful in India.
In the 21st century, we still follow pathetic caste system, female infanticide is prevalent everywhere and dowry as well. Let us eradicate these evils first, and then we can talk about our so called pride. Even after working abroad so many years, NRI still follow the pathetic caste system and regionalism in the name of so called culture as in India. They refuse to integrate with main stream and live in isolation. Many people desperately plan such a way that their kids will born in the US so that they will become US citizen. What happened to their patriotism???
RE:What happened to their patriotism???
by Full2njoy on Mar 26, 2007 06:38 AM Permalink
Patriotism is "free loaders" like the ones mentioned above who dont study, dont have jobs, feed off their parents money and are basically losers in life.
But find it difficult to accept that there are people who are in many ways superior to them. It is then that they keep abusing people for making their mark in other parts of the world.
RE:What happened to their patriotism???
by Maximus Decimus Meridius on Mar 26, 2007 09:21 AM Permalink
What is wrong in someone wanting a better life? Like you said, it is easy to start a business in the US and hard in India. So, why would anyone in their sane mind want to start a business in India? If India wants to retain talent, it has to make efforts to do so. Patriotism is all very nice but doesnt fulfill people's ambitions or aspirations. They did what you couldnt do - create jobs in the country of their adoption and contribute to the GDP of this already rich nation. It's no coincedence, by the way. They are rich because they allow people like these to set up businesses with minimum headache.
I dont know where you get your information, but most Indians integrate well in the US because they are all educated. This may be a problem in Canada where the standards are lower, there is no isolationism. Karan Johar's crappy films notwithstanding.
What have you done recently for your country that gives you the right to impune the patriotism of others? The fact that you didnt leave India? Remember that, to a large extent, India's new found frendship with the US is because of intensive lobbying by these people you call unpatriotic.
RE:What happened to their patriotism???
by Anurag Jain on Mar 26, 2007 07:07 AM Permalink
Patriotism is just not being in India and fighting with your neighbors.. it reflects in many other ways as well.. being in US or in hakunamatata does not mean that you can not be patriotic.. I suppose we must appreciate that even being in US for 20 years, he still proudly says I am INDIAN.. lets not talk about the mindless materialistic people who surely does not know what patriotism is.. for that matter many people sitting in India are not patriotic!!
