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[Go_Ly_Dow]

I am ethnically Indian (sikh), born in the UK and I've only been to India twice in my life (age 6 and 11), but remember the poverty and trash well.

I take no issue with the internet or certain individuals shining a torch on how dirty and backwards many parts of the country is. Whilst also showing how horrific some of the poverty is there. I'm also cool with the Internet discussing issues in the UK and I'll frequently watch vids about the drugs crisis in the US for example.

I've never quite understood why some Indians gets so butthurt about this and want to protect what looks like a failed state for many Indians. If the country is so great then why are so many desperate to leave and leaving in their droves? China and other Asian nations managed to organise themselves out of high level of poverty and dysfunction and build excellent infastructure and much cleaner environment, whilst India hasn't and at this rate will it better any better in 2050 then it is now?

Probably not if Indians think the problem are the YouTubers making vids about it and not the mountains of trash and human excrement beneath their feet.

 

[Days like these...]

I'm not sure what people expect. It's a developing country and overcrowded. It's GDP per capita is like a days salary for a lot of people in the west. Are there other poverty stricken countries with this much crowding that are cleaner and less polluted?

Plenty of underdevelopment countries all over the world none are as disgustingly dirty and unhygienic as India.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

I'll also add, as per many of these videos. You'll see that many Indians, even the poor, are very kind and honest people who will go out of their way to help you.

They deserve a better more prosperous, cleaner and modern country and I hope they get it someday.

 

[falconhoof]

I am ethnically Indian (sikh), born in the UK and I've only been to India twice in my life (age 6 and 11), but remember the poverty and trash well.

I take no issue with the internet or certain individuals shining a torch on how dirty and backwards many parts of the country is. Whilst also showing how horrific some of the poverty is there. I'm also cool with the Internet discussing issues in the UK and I'll frequently watch vids about the drugs crisis in the US for example.

I've never quite understood why some Indians gets so butthurt about this and want to protect what looks like a failed state for many Indians. If the country is so great then why are so many desperate to leave and leaving in their droves? China and other Asian nations managed to organise themselves out of high level of poverty and dysfunction and build excellent infastructure and much cleaner environment, whilst India hasn't and at this rate will it better any better in 2050 then it is now?

Probably not if Indians think the problem are the YouTubers making vids about it and not the mountains of trash and human excrement beneath their feet.

As someone who emigrated myself, I do see a problem with the ease of global mass movement. If place X is better than your home, then you have a choice, help make your home as good as place X or just leave and go to X. The more that happens, the harder it'll be for struggling places to raise up.

The UK drones on about how the NHS wouldn't survive if it weren't for migrant doctors (likely from India), and all I hear is:

"Hey India, thanks for your doctors, sucks to be you, just don't try and get sick ok. Love, UK".

 

[P:axMagellanic]