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.

  • MonkderDritte@feddit.de
    101·
    5 months ago

    Far too overpopulated in most parts, with all negative societal and environmental effects. Huge disparity between poor country and rich city. Has a space programme and developed industry and science. Calls itself the biggest democracy but isn’t one.

    Is this correct?

    We feel like the world revolves around India and our culture is superior to that of others.

    Welll ok, i’m swiss and think so too. Probably most countries/cultures think this of themselves. I know from Manga that Japan and South Korea do too. And from Reddit/Lemmy for Americans.

    • Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      5 months ago

      Probably most countries think so of themselves.

      Funnily enough, Romanians are the exact opposite in this regard. Romanians tend to think that Romania is terrible, backwards, and filled with awful people. That isn’t exactly the case (like any country, it has it’s pros and cons, and there’s a lot we need to work on) but it is how they tend to see it.

        • Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
          8·
          5 months ago

          Lol, took me a minute to figure out you’re literally talking about a football match happening now. I was re-reading my comment thinking “Wait, what’s this got to do with Ukraine? Did the Romanian government do something that hit the news I don’t know about? What does this mean?!?” xD

      • lars@lemmy.sdf.org
        2·
        5 months ago

        This is super refreshing to outsiders.

        Reminds me a little of France. While France has a reputation in the US for being full of snobs and elitists, the French I know might be the first to complain about how awful France is (with an exception for their amazing food and the fashion, both of which, they absolutely are elitist about).

    • Ganesh Venugopal@lemmy.mlOP
      71·
      5 months ago

      Is this correct?

      Yeah, pretty much. I am not sure what you mean by it isn’t the biggest democracy, it kinda is the biggest democracy, but people place way too much emphasis on it. People don’t seem to have a mind of their own, they act in groups and are very tribal, so it’s probably not the most effective democracy.

      Probably most countries/cultures think this of themselves

      being accepting of your own nationality is good, but I have a problem with people being too proud of shitty things. We are too ok with who we are as a country and that’s not conducive to progress.

      • MonkderDritte@feddit.de
        31·
        5 months ago

        I am not sure what you mean by it isn’t the biggest democracy, it kinda is the biggest democracy

        Something i read forever ago, i think about Modi or some other people really deciding things? Not sure anymore. Well, looks like it’s wrong.