On Friday 04 July 2008, va wrote: [snip] > Absolutely, we Indians (even those who have left these shores and call > themselves <insert country> citizens are stuck in a time-warp) are > narrowminded, period ; although few will admit that.
What a narrow-minded statement. [1] I too would like a definition of what "narrow-minded" means here. Here are some options - Indians in general choose from a very narrow set of possible bands of thought, and all stick to the same ones. - There is a wide range of bands of thought if sampled across the population of India, but a given Indian person chooses far too few. So which of these are you folks talking about? > There is change but its too slow. Well despite all the connections that India has historically had to the rest of the world, it has always been a somewhat inward-looking culture (like, say China). However, if broadening of the mind depends on engagement with other cultures, the great socialist experiment (and the direct effects, such as the $8 exchange limit of the 60s, import restrictions and so forth) can be blamed and that is changing quickly enough. Unfortunately so far it is largely accessible only to the wealthy (access to global knowledge, leisure time to process it), but I am not imaginative enough to suggest a way to fix that. -Taj. [1] I'm joking! [2] [2] Yay my first silk-list footnotes [3] [3] I want to be just like Rishab when I grow up.
