There is no money in creativity in India. If creativity brings in the moolah, the artists will come in. Creativity is the opposite of conservatism.
Hacking the IIT exam and getting a job with Microsoft is called "intelligence" in India. The emphasis is on "getting a job" that pays well enough to do all the things a Hindu is required to do. The good Hindu: a) Is an unmarried Brahmachari as a student when he is required to learn from his Guru(s) b) He must then become a "grihasta" who gets married and has children. It is this phase in life that all Hindus aim for. He must marry. He must have children. He must look after his "aged parents". His wife must serve the needs of her husband and her in laws. He must have a house and ensure th education of his children and set aside resources for their marriage. The grihasta must acquire all the current trappings of "modern society" c) The last stage in life for a Hindu could be sannyasa, when he gives up worldly desires. Let me stick my neck out and make a prediction: India's open source boom will come when the early whiz kids of the Infotech generation retire after fulfilling their Hindu duties and reach the sannyasa stage. They will then become productive in contributing to open source. shiv On Monday 14 Jan 2008 10:05 am, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Charles Haynes wrote: > > Could the earning pressures also be different? Is there less tendency > > to measure success solely by how much money you make? > > Well yes .. and in the US, there's always the option of living in a trailer > park and buying food at the local KFC. And you can still own a computer > there without too much of a hassle, and get a cheap internet connection. > > Out here, a PC + printer is a healthy chunk of your monthly salary (or more > than a months salary for quite a few people) .. not $450 with a $25 mailin > rebate like you can get from Fry's or order online from Dell / Gateway.
