JR
Hare Krishna
To me, the answer is 'yes'.
According to my perception, Indians glorify riches and stigmatize poverty and menial labor, much more than the West.
So living abroad for sometime, the main virtue I acquired is *not to look down upon poverty, or menial labor, cultivate one's mind so as to be ready to take up a low-paying menial, blue-collar job as and when the situation arises and never, ever speak ill of those doing such jobs*.
I did do some blue-collar job while I lost my job following the post-9/11 depression such as filing, typing (data entry), etc. My good friend hailing from super-rich family in India did several babysitting jobs. We discuss even to this day, the difficulties we faced and how we empathize with those doing the same.
More importantly, foreign living has enabled me to have a very broad outlook on factors that should determine one's self-esteem and self-perception: namely integrity of character, truthfulness and empathy.
I do notice Indian movies, TV, etc cultivate some 'closed mindset' such as in glorifying the already successful and looking down upon/insulting those who are not doing that well. I think this should change first before even Mr. Modi's campaign of clean-India!
Observations?
According to my perception, Indians glorify riches and stigmatize poverty and menial labor, much more than the West.
So living abroad for sometime, the main virtue I acquired is *not to look down upon poverty, or menial labor, cultivate one's mind so as to be ready to take up a low-paying menial, blue-collar job as and when the situation arises and never, ever speak ill of those doing such jobs*.
I did do some blue-collar job while I lost my job following the post-9/11 depression such as filing, typing (data entry), etc. My good friend hailing from super-rich family in India did several babysitting jobs. We discuss even to this day, the difficulties we faced and how we empathize with those doing the same.
More importantly, foreign living has enabled me to have a very broad outlook on factors that should determine one's self-esteem and self-perception: namely integrity of character, truthfulness and empathy.
I do notice Indian movies, TV, etc cultivate some 'closed mindset' such as in glorifying the already successful and looking down upon/insulting those who are not doing that well. I think this should change first before even Mr. Modi's campaign of clean-India!
Observations?