why is India so poor?
Hi I'm from America and I was just wondering why India is such an underdeveloped and poor country if the people are apparently really smart...I mean do they still ride elephants and camels on the streets? Do people own cars? Is there any modern technology in India or do people still live like they did in the 15th century? I've seen so many times on television and movies that there is so much poverty and the culture is really backwards, is this true? Also in Indiana Jones the Indians eat monkey brains which is weird. Why is India like this and how can this type of country be considered a growing power? Thanks...Also India is a really conservative country where women have to cover themselves up and don't get proper rights...Why does all this happen in India when the Indians I have met seem so normal? Thanks
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Hi
Thanks for your concern on us - Indians
Certainly we have become richer and technologically advanced over a period of years.
Today we are not living like what we used to in 1990. Hence, talking of 15th Century is only a wild point of view.
India today is highly attractive business center for automobile manufacturers. Ford, GM, Volkswagon, etc., are targeting India. In fact Hyundai India is exporting its cars to America and Europe
We have very good Information Technology and allied services.
We made America and Europe depend on us for cost effective IT Services.
The TV casts are one sided; probably with a view to make you feel happy that you are blessed with many things which Indians and Africans are not been.
I am not aware of monkey brain being eaten. Being a strict vegetarian; not bothered about it too.
You would be surprised to see that 28% of Indians are strict vegetarians we do not even eat egg.
We have people below poverty line. This is about 20% of the total population.
20% of our population are multi millionaires and 60% are in middle level income.
Please note we are extremely smart that is why NASA has many Indians.
We as a part of tradition focused on long lasting happiness and hence do not focus too much on transient world. Hence we had a life which is more attuned towards nature. Thus there is less pollution, diseases and dissatisfaction.
Kindly note India is not poor in the first place.
Second; we are growing at a faster rate than Americans.
Third, we have not lost our liveliness in pursuit of technology and money
Please note dress is invented as civilisation progressed, covering one completely does not mean one is backward. We Indians worship our Mothers as Goddess. We never insult a lady and see her with just sexy thoughts.Overexposure is always barbarianism and not a part of civilisation
Probably if you come to India you can know things better.
Wishing a happy day
Your Indian Brother
V. Narayanan
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India, despite having all natural resources, physical features etc. are lagging behind. This is because of two reasons. One, the population growth. Two, the corruption. 1. The population growth is indirectly led to illiteracy in india because if people would be more aware they would know family planning. 2. Why does illiteracy exist even with the government launching so many campaigns, you may ask. 3. The ultimate culprit is "corruption". each official is sitting there only to gobble upon the incentives and the bribes, not for serving their country. 4. India can only progress as a rich country when corruption is removed. Half of the ministers are or have been criminals. That is the main obstacle to development of india. 5. thankfully, the government is taking some measures but as of now, they have been big time failures. I do not like speaking in such a way about a country that i am proud of but if you look down THERE, you will realize the naked truth.
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why is India so poor?
Hi I'm from America and I was just wondering why India is such an underdeveloped and poor country if the people are apparently really smart...I mean do they still ride elephants and camels on the streets? Do people own cars? Is there any modern technology in India or do people still live like...
India is a poor country and the reason behind this poverty is corruption hunger of each people in this country our politicians are full of corruption and the financial sources of indians are rarely weakk so because of this problems india is poor and everyone knows no one wantss to blame his own country they all just blamed those people who stand fingers on india...but the real truth can never change indiaa is the country where every source is weak from law to moneyy and now india is one of the place where crime exists too much...i think it's enough to know about indiaa...because positive fictional thoughts have been already told in co-answers
Many issues:
~India gained their independence from Britain in 1947.
( The present Government today is still trying to adapt to its situation)
~The government is corrupt.
( The police stations to the courts are all corrupt. From my experience visiting, an individual can get away with the majority of certain consequences depending on money being funded)
~ Countries outsourcing jobs to India
( Doctors to engineers are all leaving their own country. Economy is heavily based on international companies that provide labor for Indians at low costs. As a result the international market is in control, because they have a surplus amount of labor)
~ India has fought some wars with Pakistan
( even having gained their independence for over 60 years, India has fought some wars with Pakistan, not sure on how many)
The list can go on from India's social roots to the governments role play. America created The Articles of Confederation and that didn't work out so well until they founded our current Constitution. In any case, I blame the government for India's current state. It needs to get reformatted and change their dramatic poverty rates.
I'M NOT A SOCIOLOGIST OR ECONOMIST. So take my opinion with a grain of salt. The reason why India is so poor is due to a variate of reasons; including government corruption, A former occupation by the British, and War. However the biggest contributor in the impoverishment of India may be the "Cast System" and the complexity of Hinduism.
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Most of those tv shows and movies are very old. India today has way too many cars and more current technology than a lot of American areas. After all, they do all of our tech support.
India is very poor though, mostly because they have over a billion people crammed into a very hot, very tight space. The three best predictors of income for a country are, in no particular order, a) population density, b) race, and c) heat. India loses (or at least doesn't win) at all three.
It is due High population
India Make more movie than the US
India Has a Space Technology centre equal to the US (ISRO)
India and China are the next Super power. Thre US will lag behind in the next generation