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What's your background? This is some pretty scathing commentary. If you're from India, I can find it interesting. If you're not, then some of your comments come off as a bit xenophobic towards India.

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I also found it scathing, but I thought it was quite obvious the person was from India or at least had some pretty intimate knowledge about India. While I agree that there is a line to be drawn between xenophobia and criticism I also find it dangerous to say only people from within a society are allowed to criticise it. Are Latin Americans not allowed to criticise the US for example?

Yes, I'm from India.

Other such scathing commentary, if you're up for it:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20497465

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16302042

This is a textbook display of virtue signaling amongst the English speaking elite of India.

Virtue signaling or not, if you think I am elite just because I speak English, you don't know India enough. But sure, feel free to judge away.

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