India Today
I have relocated partly to India since August 2008 and live 80% of the time in this country in the state of Kerala. I have launched a restaurant business here as well. My living in Kerala for the last 5 months has changed my views about India and Indians in a big way. Mind you, I left India in 1995 and was away for almost 14 years save a couple of trips back every year. I would like to share my current thinking with whoever reads this humble attempt of mine to write. I am adopting a 'Before/ After/ What changed my thinking' format to put forth my old and new views. Before: Indians are the smartest folks in the world After: Indians are just average when it comes to intelligence and actually below the average folks in developed countries What changed my thinking: Personal experience employing people with 'good education' in fields as diverse as IT and hospitality. They do not come up with any original idea at all. Nothing worth mentioning has been invented or patented by ...