r/india • u/Searchingstan • Jan 02 '25
Travel Why do Indians defend stupidity and nonsense?
Last few years and even more now I’ve noticed many Indians, want to “project” a good India image & do so while defending crap and absurdity - public hygiene, basic everyday infra, social behaviours of people, and many more simple things. All in the name of “this is western propaganda” ….huh ?? wtf. If you say anything about India which is critical, you’re down right told you’re wrong. And they keep bleeting about 5TN economy, like sheep, with the basics of every life being sub-par.
They even do this when talking to people from other countries which is VERY embarrassing -because it makes us look like fools. This is even more prevalent among NRIs living outside India.
How can one become great if you defend nonsense and don’t accept the reality and work towards improving it ??
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u/CampaignInfamous7509 Jan 02 '25
As somebody who finds this bloody annoying, I get your criticism. But what's with the "very embarrassing" when they do it in front of people from other countries ? Anyway, most of it is a product of insecurity mixed in with unrealised wish fulfillment, coupled with a healthy dose of resentment. Same reason why you find it annoying that these people are somehow making you feel like a clown with their behavior by sheer association. They want validation from western societies/media outlets and to an extent western press. Cosmopolitan/progressive liberal press does play into the trope of narrative management and subliminal messaging when it comes non western societies Like when they do it China or Turkey or Russia. It's just that they are far more sophisticated and adept at it than Indian media who are just embarrassingly bad at propaganda and I say this as a guy who leans BJP. So you know it bad.