Indians this Indians that

Oct 25, 2017 14 Comments

Indians blah blah blah. This is the trend on Blind recently.

Generalizing over a billion people is idiotic. Get a life guys!

Like every nation and culture, Indians have postitives and negatives. Take it easy and enjoy samosas and paneer tikka masala and naans and yes, biryanis!

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  • Boxed / Eng
    Bruuuuuuce

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    Boxed
    Bruuuuuuce
    India is cool, Indian food is cool, most Indian people I’ve met are cool, however steamrolling social networks with threads about outdated social norms is not cool. Raising your kids in a situation where they think growing up to work in tech, medicine, or whatever the next grind it out for 6 figures field is, where they think that’s the only way to go: not cool at all. Actually, that’s super fucked up and weird. The consequences of that mindset are extremely evident here. It sucks. It produces a kid who grows up with no sense of the world, who gets frustrated when things don’t work out like they expected. No room for error, follow this path, get married at this age, make $$ or else?

    Don’t pull the racism card, the other 5 continents with people don’t follow this pattern, even most of Asia doesn’t. It’s very concentrated and noticeable.
    Oct 26, 2017 3
    • Apple
      HkunaMtata

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      HkunaMtata
      Very thoughtful and mostly accurate. Only part where you're not accurate- that Indians are the only ones with this mindset. A significant chunk of Asia has this mindset like someone else has already pointed out. If you've ever lived your early life in India/China, you'd probably understand where this mindset comes from and why. Not saying that it's good, but trying to explain its roots.

      India has some of the densest cities on the planet. India is also one of the densest populated countries on the planet. Take that and add the fact that India is a developing country with no social security and no real minimum wage protections (laughable if any), with 10 resources up for grabs for every 100 people. Survival of the fittest taken to its extreme, quite literally.

      All the kids grow up in this toxically competitive environment and out of this rises the rigid mindset about which careers are worth pursuing and which ones aren't, based on which ones maximize your rewards while minimizing your risks. Only 10 resources for every 100 people with zero safety net, remember?

      If you grew up in such an environment, it's hard to simply shake it off and not pass that on to your kids when you're the parent. Ideally, as people grow older, they should realize that their current environment isn't the same one as their childhood environment and so they should recalibrate their mindset. But who has the time to think through all this and fix their inherent biases? It's way simpler to pass on to your kids the formula that helped you succeed, even if the game isn't the same any more.
      Oct 26, 2017
    • Expedia
      rPaG72

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      rPaG72
      Other continents may or may not have to worry about basic needs being met every single day. To think about non survival issues and eventually professions is a luxury not everyone is born with.

      While I agree I would love for my kid to follow his heart and pursue his dreams, I worry if he would make a comfortable living.

      Also, jfyi, in India thousands of people contest for a 100 jobs/college seats. If parents did not instill this competitiveness in us, we would not be where we are. At least I would not have. We got to do what we have to!
      Oct 26, 2017
  • Microsoft / Eng
    pabvhaji

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    pabvhaji
    Found the true Indian candidate
    Oct 26, 2017 1
  • Oracle
    htjd7mx5

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    htjd7mx5
    Nobody said "all" this or that. If something is enough of a trend, people will talk about it. You are not getting to the root cause by blaming observers.
    Oct 26, 2017 0
  • Apple
    ziningxiao

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    ziningxiao
    I have met very good and professional Indian colleagues and I have to say that we should learn from other people’s advantages no matter where do they com from
    Oct 26, 2017 0
  • Ipreo / Other
    W.F.H.

    Ipreo Other

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    Business, finance and sales guy building FinTech solutions in B2B space.
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    Who cares where someone is from, what they look like, or how they speak. Sit down, get your shit done, and don't be an ass to others. I don't understand why this is so frickin hard for some people...
    Oct 27, 2017 0