IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO

Post by ashleshbiradar » Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 9:16 AM UTC

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To be fair, the Indian education system was crafted to create 'Brown Sahibs' to manage the Colonial Govt., and unlike say SE Asia and E. Asia, the system remains in essentially the same state that the British left it in. Indeed, most 'Indian Americans' are united in their hatred for their home countries IMO. On the other hand, it's very unsurprising that India's greatest export remains Human Labour. For those who don…

That's both a little harsh and doesn't stand up to scrunity. As a counterexample, consider Singapore, which also has inherited and retained the British education & legal systems, as well as standardized on English as the lingua franca despite it being nobody's mother tongue. Yet Singapore has still become one of the world's richest countries, while Malaysia next door, starting from almost the same position (they were…

Post by TuringNYC » Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 9:35 AM UTC

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The language / the cultural barrier isn't as high as it is for an American living in China though. I've grown up speaking English and watching a lot of American / British movies and TV, reading a lot of english literature. I assume this is not the case for most Americans with Chinese culture. There's definitely a culture shock when you first move here and are figuring stuff out - How do you order food at a subway or…

I'm curious, what is a turn-pike?

Post by addicted » Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 10:25 AM UTC

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This feels somewhat strange. A more plausible explanation (one given in some of the sibling threads) is that most of these folks are immigrants, and simply being an immigrant tells you something about the nature of this groups of people. But there is a twist: most of the immigrants from South Asia are also highly educated and here legally. That is quite a powerful combination in itself. Considering the large populati…

Indian Brahmins (the traditionally educated class) mostly getting kicked out of the country and not finding space in its social hierarchy after imposing thousands of years of the untouchability/caste system on everyone else. No other country had as many priests who were suddenly displaced from social hierarchy after their independence movement.

Post by krn » Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 12:34 PM UTC

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The language / the cultural barrier isn't as high as it is for an American living in China though. I've grown up speaking English and watching a lot of American / British movies and TV, reading a lot of english literature. I assume this is not the case for most Americans with Chinese culture. There's definitely a culture shock when you first move here and are figuring stuff out - How do you order food at a subway or…

I lived in both UK and Germany for about 4 years on each. My native language is Spanish (Mex) and I found it more difficult to adapt/blend with Britons than with Germans. Even though my English is Ok and my German is terrible...

Post by mayankkaizen » Fri, Jan 31, 2020, 2:35 PM UTC

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