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Socio-Economic and Cultural Myths About India

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There is a certain image about India – mystics and snake charmers, poverty, palanquin bearers, slums, child labourers, corruption, hot weather, religious fanaticism, tradition bound women, etc.

Are these myths  or realities about India?

These myths about India may make great conversational topics but just how poverty and illiteracy are realities so are a thriving democracy and economic opportunities for the young.

According to the recent eBook on the Myths About India, http://www.india-reports.com/summary/myths_about_india.aspx , several of these myths have been shattered  and change and optimism are in the air.

Given below are some common socio-economic and cultural myths about India and the real picture of these myths.

The myth about modern India being all about call-centers and BPOs because of the availability of cheap India labour has been proved wrong by many technology and IT majors setting up R&D centers in India due to the intellectual strength of India.

The Indian Economy is not about the IT and BPO boom and prior to this boom itself, India had an established and well-developed manufacturing and industrial sector. India has a strong economy with clearly laid out 5-year developmental plans, a thriving agricultural sector and of late the fastest growing retail sector in the world.

The US is just another economic partner of India, with the biggest investor in India being Japan.

The growth and economic boom has been pan-India and not restricted to select pockets and the myth about the poor having got poorer has been invalidated as there has been a huge growth in the number of the Indian middle class due to entrants from the poorer class.

On the religious front, the myth about all Indians being Hindus is just not true. Hinduism is not a religion but a philosophy and a way of life needing no pundits or priests to guide it. While only 82% of Indians are...