Originally Posted by ananth222
Wow, when it comes to belittling our own culture, Indians are the best! The belief system in the US is much worse than the Indian one - many people here are quite certain that the earth is only 6000 years old and write books and build museums about how dinosaurs and men lived together. The basic education is so pathetic only 25% of high-schoolers can correctly point Europe on the world map. Many westerners look up to the Indian belief system and education system.
Coming back to the main issue, there is no dearth of talent and creativity in India. Due to the fast marketing of art, only the cheap stuff is sold. Same here with the auto-tuners and cheap rap albums. Both places have good creative artists also, if you look for them. It is easy to complain, but hard to step above the limitations and succeed. And harder still to appreciate those who stepped above the limitations better than you.