Comments on: Misconceptions About India and Indians

By: NAZIR-NAND NAGRI

NAZIR-NAND NAGRI — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:20:32 +0000

I NEVER THINK ABOUT-that all d world have any kind of missconceotion for INDIA despite the known that INDIA is a higly devolping country

By: Surya Shekhar

Surya Shekhar — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:23:18 +0000

You are damn right about these, but it should also be remembered that it is us Indians that whole heartedly embrace Westernization and look down upon our own deeprooted and glorious traditions which does NOT include riding of elephants, but science in everyday life (Nearly all superstitions are scientific) and maths (Numeral system, the concept of zero…).
And the never answered question of our great English education! A few days back I was chatting with a Cambridge degree holder on Facebook, and she said “My English is not as good as yours. Have you any degrees in English?” and I could not resist answering “Well I am only in Class 9″.
This misconception (in spite of the fact that most of Indians do not know to write in their native tongue) is something I really enjoy

By: Amit

Amit — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:30:14 +0000

Are these foreigners not literate?? Don’t they know who handle their country’s computer problems, their medical problems, scientific problems, engineering problems. They just know that Indians drive taxis. I would suggest them to sometimes read the data how many Indians are working in NASA, MICROSOFT, IBM, etc…. Just count number of Indian doctors in their cities or count number of Indian millionaires in their city.

By: vish

vish — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:57:51 +0000

the problem with the yanks and others such is that they have had it good for too long and therefore they have grown fat in the belly and in the head. now who ever heard of such stupidity? an average indian immediately googles for an answer and appears smart to the other guy some 8000 miles away. look at them? they still believe hogwash! so let them. good for us ’cause it is easy torule the ignorant one, he can be taught twice.

By: Komala Rangaswamy

Komala Rangaswamy — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:08:23 +0000

hey…
i cud not agree with u more… love the stuff… btw u forgot their opinions on indian movies… that all indian movies are from bollywood and that they are all bout funny looking people running around trees… em in norway for a year.,… its seems like this country is leavin on another planet.. the only thing they hear bout india is bout some indian woman fleeing to their country coz she was raped by her father.. they cant believe that we have cities and that we r much better at computers than them.. i don understand how to screw it in to their pea-sized brains!.. anyways thanks for the stuff… n em sorry… i might be using some of ur opinion in my talk tom.. ( ofcourse with due credit to u)….
keep up the good work!

By: Rita Rai

Rita Rai — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 22:03:40 +0000

yes..they think we do not have washing machines in any of our houses unless it is a very rich person’s house.
ridiculous

They think we have less cars on our roads, very very few actually..
My answer-come n face the mumbai traffic n then tell the same

They think none of us are fair at all. They think i am from ‘other european nations’. I wonder what they will say when they see Kareena n Karisma Kapoor?

They think we are all either thin or slim….lol…..
[ofcourse they mean we do not have enough to eat]

The english speaking question is eternal…everyone who meets , asks the same atleast once.

Will write more when i remember.

By: Greatbong

Greatbong — Tue, 09 May 2006 22:08:35 +0000

Have to disagree with you—Bangladeshis cook way better than Indians IMHO. I have gone to a few Indian restaurants in my life (having met me you know what I mean ) and I strongly disagree.

By: Guto

Guto — Sat, 06 May 2006 16:49:21 +0000

there are a lots os misconceptions about brazil and brazilians, as well.
for example:

1) everery brazilian is an expert in samba

2) you can easily found a snake, a crocodile or a monkey crossing a main street in Rio or Sao Paulo.

3) people walk naked in the streets when in carnival (this kind of things happens only in specific places, an actually great part os the brazilians are moralist)

4) brazilians have an easy way of life (we are so stressed as an new yorker, maybe even more, because of urban security and violence problems).

5) brazilians women are “easy” and good for sex (this one is terrible)

and theres much more, but this can illustrate the situation.

cheers!

By: naiky

naiky — Mon, 01 May 2006 00:30:38 +0000

I would have loved to add to your list but I have learnt to stop myself….

Honestly I work and travel in multiple countries and I have learnt that I am equally ignorant about many things despite being a globe trotter. I hope my hosts and colleagues in these countries are not offended by my stupid questions.

My intentions are good (interest, curiosity) but the impact may be different (anger, frustrated with your ignorance).

But looking for similarities rather than differences between cultures improve your chances of making a true connection with people and the adjustment then follows naturally.

People are the same across the world with a few stereotypes:)

By: iamtheone

iamtheone — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 22:09:15 +0000

Simply amazing! make sure you write remaining ones after sometime

By: jorwon

jorwon — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 03:00:41 +0000

hahaha…dis is jokes…lol…ill job..

By: Rahul Unplugged

Rahul Unplugged — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:57:47 +0000

American Missonceptions about India cleared…

This article over here is to good. Couldn't resist posting it. Misconceptions about India from an American's POV cleared.
Go Here

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By: Rahul Mulchandani

Rahul Mulchandani — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:53:03 +0000

Too Good. Needs to be trackbacked.

By: BangaloreGuy

BangaloreGuy — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:03:54 +0000

From the folks who have seen bollywood but dont know Indians personally:

Do you dance? c’mon, you must dance! All Indians are such fabulous dancers.

The comment on Dubya and stem-cell is priceless.

By: Ken Falco

Ken Falco — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 18:03:17 +0000

Extremely funny post. Out here in the UK (especially in Manchester), if you’re brown you’re first a Muslim and then a Pakistani! The number of times silly white folks have asked me whether i’m a Muslim and a Pakistani is beyond belief. And they get a funny sort of relieved look on their faces when you tell them you’re from India and not a muslim. They can’t get the whole tolerant thing either. Also everyone in India speaks Hindi or Indian/Indi (as some people call it). And all we ever eat is HOT & SPICY Curry which is served in the numerous “Indian” restaurants almost all of which are owned by Pakistani’s and Bangladeshis. Whatever happened to dosas & idlis and of course there’s hardly anything for those poor vegetarian fellas! And Bhajias are called Bhajjis (no prizes for guessing why I immediately thought of Harbhajan Singh when I made this discovery) needless to say much grossness & hilarity ensued!