same thing in Bombay, Bangalore, Calcutta. Essentially first world problems. Though I have to say I always felt that Delhi had a higher proportion of new rich than cities with older wealth like Bombay - and it was something very obvious when you were in the city.
The Problem with Delhi's Rich Kids
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#12Not sure how this is uniquely applicable to Delhi. Sounds like this would be an issue pretty much anywhere in the world.
The rich are more disconnected from everyone else in India than pretty much anywhere else in the world, especially a place like the U.S. that worships the middle class. Many rich people in India don't even think of poor people as human, and that's shockingly culturally accepted.
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#13Not surprised. Humans have evolved during times of scarcity and are most productive and happy in that situation. When one has zero needs, wants, goals, life loses its purpose. It takes focus and delayed gratification to create such purpose, however. These values are not immediately apparent to young people. The article is correct that they must be taught by parents or perhaps even society. That is, if we want well-of…
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#14> “Modern society is rational and rigid, whereas postmodern society is irrational and flexible by definition. Delhi transformed into a postmodern society about two decades ago. Naturally the behavior of kids born in the postmodern era reflects the postmodern culture,” he said.
This quote confused me. I don't want to get into the freshman in a university discussion of the merits of different cultural values..
but when did Dehli become "post-modern"? Is this a phrase people use often? What types of changes happened 20 years ago? It's like this quote is hinting at a much larger social discussion, and then immediately they didn't discuss it.
This article left me completely wanting, and read like some unfinished first draft. Yes rich kids can much more easily get spoiled, and the term "spoiled" does have some literal meaning. It was almost as if the point of the article was to let me know rich people exist in India? Duh?
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#15I grew up in Delhi in a middle class family but I went to a school full of kids from Upper middle class to filthy rich families. The kids who came from old money families were actually fairly down-to-earth and some of them have worked hard to build their own businesses and startup (of course, having a cushion to fall back makes it easy to take risks but still, it still admirable to have the desire to do something on…
> I don't care about their depression problems, a good ass whooping can fix that While I agree that the behaviour you wrote about is reprehensible, please do not trivialize depression. Perhaps if their mental health issues were easier to treat, their impact on the society would be more positive, dont you think so?
I think his point is that these people aren't depressed; they're enabled sociopaths.
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#16I grew up in Delhi in a middle class family but I went to a school full of kids from Upper middle class to filthy rich families. The kids who came from old money families were actually fairly down-to-earth and some of them have worked hard to build their own businesses and startup (of course, having a cushion to fall back makes it easy to take risks but still, it still admirable to have the desire to do something on…
> I don't care about their depression problems, a good ass whooping can fix that While I agree that the behaviour you wrote about is reprehensible, please do not trivialize depression. Perhaps if their mental health issues were easier to treat, their impact on the society would be more positive, dont you think so?
Of course, I definitely didn't seek to trivialize depression. Maybe the comment came across as too dismissive. I meant to apply in this particular context and not to the ailment as a whole.
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#17I grew up in Delhi in a middle class family but I went to a school full of kids from Upper middle class to filthy rich families. The kids who came from old money families were actually fairly down-to-earth and some of them have worked hard to build their own businesses and startup (of course, having a cushion to fall back makes it easy to take risks but still, it still admirable to have the desire to do something on…
"Old money has class, new money is crass."
I've seen the differences in the US as well. It was an interesting being a fly on the wall at a gym where old and nuevo riche worked out.
The main difference was how they treated others outside their class. Old school folks usually didn't flaunt their worth, were respectful, had manners and raised their children as well. Many were willing to offer valuable advice and such once they knew you.
New? Treated people as disposable, parked in fire and handicapped zones, littered, and had a pack of spoiled brats. You could smell the attitude. I wanted to drop them without resources in one of the lower class neighborhoods or a disaster zone for a week, just so they would realize how lucky and fragile they were...
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#18I grew up in Delhi in a middle class family but I went to a school full of kids from Upper middle class to filthy rich families. The kids who came from old money families were actually fairly down-to-earth and some of them have worked hard to build their own businesses and startup (of course, having a cushion to fall back makes it easy to take risks but still, it still admirable to have the desire to do something on…
> I don't care about their depression problems, a good ass whooping can fix that While I agree that the behaviour you wrote about is reprehensible, please do not trivialize depression. Perhaps if their mental health issues were easier to treat, their impact on the society would be more positive, dont you think so?
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#19First world problems... One of the biggest culture shocks I experienced in Delhi was going to the cinema (Die Hard 3, I think). Almost every member of the audience talked on the 'phone the whole way through. The conversations always started, "I'm in the cinema..." and then "deteriorated" into social gossip.
I nearly got into a fight with an Indian, that did not understand, despite multiple official and individual warnings, that talking on a phone in the theater in the US,(except in the hood), is not acceptable behavior... But a pitcher of beer in your lap may be an acceptable reward!
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I don't care about their depression problems, a good ass whooping can fix that While I agree that the behaviour you wrote about is reprehensible, please do not trivialize depression. Perhaps if their mental health issues were easier to treat, their impact on the society would be more positive, dont you think so?
I think his point is that these people aren't depressed; they're enabled sociopaths.
They are still children, that never had to grow up.