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Why do Indians hate India?

Whenever I read foreign media outlets, India is the new Asian Tiger that will outpace most emerging economies in growth. But Indian media and Indian people act like India is the worst place to be.

The dichotomy is extremely confusing. Why is it that foreign media coverage on our economy is more favourable than our own hopes and aspirations from this country?

PS: I am really big on Indian Exceptionalism, the belief that India's economic development and trajectory are unique or exceptional compared to other nations, driven by our large and diverse population, thriving middle class, our entrepreneurial spirit, and the emphasis on technology and innovation.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-07/can-india-overtake-china-as-world-s-growth-engine-it-could-happen-by-2028

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Yui

Student7mo

Reservation hta do, baki sab badhiya hai

mangoman

Stealth7mo

Yeh dekho. Just proving what I just said. Reservation hata do. But never get rid of the socio-economic conditions that lead to reservations.

TheAlchemistSun

Deloitte7mo

Can we remove socio-economic conditions to remove crime? Crime will always happen, discrimination will always happen. We have laws against both (including caste based discrimination). That doesn’t mean crime stops magically.
Caste-based reservations is also caste-based discrimination.

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth7mo

Lack of opportunities, too much competition and no support from government (unless you know someone who knows someone)

It is just not India, you speak with natives of other countries they will not paint rosy pictures. Happiest country Finland has such gloom in population and they accept it

salt

Gojek7mo

@BiryaniEnthu Never seen the Swiss and Singaporeans act this way tbh.

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth7mo

Agree with Singaporeans, the level of patriotism is envious. But then the services the government provides, the security- it has its benefits

generalist101

Stealth7mo

Well, because I donate 30% of my salary every month to the government in direct taxes while living in an area with scarce water supply, roads that take 30mins for 5km, will never use government schools, might never use government hospitals, with terrible AQI, not to forget that a middle class lives are basically “anonymous infinite treasury tap” for the government. I love India, but the upside is not convincing enough if I switch off my “patriot button” for a minute.

generalist101

Stealth7mo

Not to forget another ~10% average in indirect taxes.

Bluehaze

Tesco7mo

Donation is the operative word here. People conflate that with "contribution" to the economy. The tax payers in the country are bled to death in this country without getting anything back.

corporateslayer666

Stealth7mo

Illiterate leaders deciding how we live our lives that we work so hard to build.

DeadAffair8

TCS7mo

Not only illiterate but criminal leaders.

Rollo

Unemployed7mo

But people loooove them anyway. Ready to spend hours on social media in support.

Elon_Musk

X.com7mo

People don't hate the economic development. They hate the fact that it doesn't translate to an increase in HDI. The general conditions in the country are still shit. That's why we see tons of rich people leave the country even if they are heavily invested in the Indian market

salt

Gojek7mo

@Elon_Musk True. This is the realest thing ever. It is seldom translating into better life.

Megamind007

Stealth7mo

Look there is always an inefficiency in the utilisation of people's tax money. China being a dictatorship controlled corruption with a single law, we being democratic cannot possibly, given corrupt people thrive. So better to assume that we have less than 50% efficiency of proper utilisation of the entire GDP of our country. That can be seen in infrastructure development, though not as expected. Even with extreme future economic development, we may only see 30-45% effect on HDI.

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