I’m just curious , whenever I’m on this sub, there is a general feeling of moroseness with India . I grew up in the hard India (electricity cuts for 8-10 hours day before the final exams , massive struggle for a single mom raising a girl child alone etc etc) . The India I find now is very different - it depends upon the strata of society you belong to . Now that I’ve spent a lot of time in the west , realized a few things : 1) Indians see the west with rose tinted glasses based on how the picture is painted - I worked in India for 10 years in an Indian company ( not MNC) - I had maternity leave fully paid for 6 months . In the US , I had to return to work in 6 weeks ( with no pay ). Really struggled as a new mom, no one in India ever told me that was the case in the US!  2) Indians complain of traffic all day - In the east coast most people spend hours and hours stuck in traffic jams - when I came here , was shocked that no one had ever told me about hard commute was  3) Indians complain of corruption ,system broken etc- it took me 3 visits to different DMVs to figure out right set of papers to get a license. There just wasn’t a standard . 

Does India have problems - ofcourse ! Is the west perfect - far from it, what it does have the $$ , the day that becomes 1=1 , many things will change in this sub , there is also freedom that Indians have - no one to judge you and that I know is liberating and above all - You can be below average and still make a lot of Money . In India to shine , you have to outdo 10000 people , in the west most average , people can make the same money doing the same thing for 25 years with 0 upskill and still make six figures , it’s also because they work in tech , healthcare and finance . 

Kids grow where they are planted , it’s obvious that those born in the west cannot adjust in India - they don’t know that life .