Family Comes First in India

A succesful and educated Dress Shop Owner talks about the importance of family in India.

[@Smpk12]

This is what we call a 'Top-tier woman' in India. No fluff No false sense of self-entitlement. No Victimhood mentality. No Discriminations. Just pure love and care for people who matter to her❤️.

[@sandipbiswas766]

Fortunately, in my experience, most Indian women are that way, especially the older women..

[@abhishekpro1]

we got a goddess of education... thats how important it is to Indians

[@RAIRADIO]

both 'goddess' and 'education' being key words.

[@pitco]

What do we not have a goddess for? Money, power, sex …?

[@xxcronomaxx7986]

@@pitco Yeah it's your mom

[@hhnandu]

@@xxcronomaxx7986 Kama Deva & Rati Devi are Gods of love and desire.. it equates to nothing but sexual love.. And don't drag someone's mom into this.. just shows your culture..

[@abhayxo]

Most people in Indian romanticize idea of parents and their love without realizing that not all parents are good; some can be mentally or emotionally or physically abusive. Dont let them bully or belittle you.

[@Thakurrajesh680]

Indian family is changing now.... But still 80% Indian take family First...its our culture

[@torqueRxF]

@J S let's not generalize without numbers

[@jameammarijr.2248]

@@torqueRxF What numbers you have?

[@mimis.5139]

Nah we still prefer family first if we don't find any toxicity

[@miliaurora1038]

That is past now.....next 10 years and there would not be any family

[@whocares3132]

@@miliaurora1038 Yes I feel like In big cities this is the case. Because of western education many people in delhi live in India but mentality is like living in USA. They read and follow everything about USA or UK( not other good European countries like Scandinavians)

[@typicallyrussian]

Lovely woman. Family should always comes first and that one of the thing i love about India. Don't know when world would understand these things. Loved to see this video

[@hindguy]

The govt is giving free food and free marxist education that will turn the tide we need to edit our books here in india or we will end up like marxist thought dominated countries with all kind of rights.

[@sujithkumars4048]

@@hindguy Yeah that's true...But, nowadays I see the change happening in the Indian Society...People are getting aware that knowledge and passion in the work you do is far more important than formal education...Let's hope for the best.

[@joy5320]

@@hindguy Why are you insecure about Marxist thoughts?

[@hindguy]

@@joy5320 because i believe in private property

[@joy5320]

@@hindguy Ok. Keep believing in private property. But no need to discard and discredit Marxism. It is a good system where discrimination on the basis of class is abolished.

[@ashokvishalsr5591]

In any culture, there may be some extreme cases on either side. Normally foreign interviewers will cover only these extreme cases. But this interview reflects the exact mindset of a average Indian citizens. I deeply appreciate Keith Ballard for his efforts.... Being a teacher's son, I can understand his concerns for his American students' future.

[@jalshah9108]

Appreciate your logical thinking..

[@shreyas4142]

They are good in business so don't worry about Americans

[@kunaljanvalkar2850]

I agree on foreigners covering only extreme cases. Real life situations fall very rarely in category of 'we got best' vs 'we got it worse'. This woman seems quite educated, articulate and thoughtful. Not only she describes her situation well, but also provides a context to her situation and also explains why she did what she did. NOT EVERY PARENT IS LIKE HER, HERE. There are lot of parents who are making important decisions for their kids without putting in much thought or without explaining their stand. There are many invisible conflict in our families which stay hidden because we are taught it's disrespectful to express your discomfort. This lady explains she didn't let her sons move abroad because she created good employment opportunity for them right here. That's not case with most of the families. Parents prevent their children fulfilling their dreams without creating optional opportunities for them. All in name of family and love. Lot of love in family that outsiders see is mostly dead weight that stops us from developing. Then someone rejects all this drama and goes out to live their lives and they are labelled traitors to the family. It is very toxic.

[@kunaljanvalkar2850]

@@shreyas4142 Agreed. It's very hard to succeed in India with hard work and labour. So we have to rush for education like madmen. In USA if you can show up to work and put in real effort you can build a comfortable life for yourself. Although that is changing in cities because of big corporations, but in rural US, hard work really pays off.

[@shreyas4142]

@@kunaljanvalkar2850 posting pics on only fans is also hardwork

[@anushsambulkhani9061]

Did anyone just noticed how she savagely said "one man one wife"😂😂😂

[@KeithBallardEdu]

yes - I did visit the IIT in Mumbai and am very aware of the Indian engineer presence in the U.S. CBS TV - 60 Minutes did a special about the IIT's in 2003.

[@SK-ck9qu]

Having talent is not unique to India. There are talented individuals everywhere. What is sad is that IITs produced these well trained engineers and scientists and India could not utilize their skills and talent mainly because of state controlled, socialist style industry that existed till 1992. India GDP at that point was about 450 B USDs. After liberalizing its economy, the GDP increased multiple times to more than 3 T USDs in a relatively short time of 3 decades. India still lags behind the US, EU and even Russia in many critical technologies such as microprocessor fabrication, fighter jet engines, heavy rockets etc.

[@plreuokjhg]

This person is showing good side of Indians and India. Thank you Sir

[@zephyr1327]

This video was made 10 years ago. Now they want to get the 4K ultra HD shots of the slums

[@adityaakshay1]

1 man 1 wife ..... love india.

[@pratikfake5416]

🤣

[@KomalD-cb2bu]

😁😁

[@destro5451]

Why not 1 man n 1 woman or 1 husband 1 wife? 1 man 1 wife😅

[@FabGamer]

That too for 7 births ( 7 janam) not like western culture of divorce -marriage-divorce -marriage.....

[@shoyo6402]

@@FabGamer it's better to end marriage rather than suffer whole life .

[@maddyd1563]

I can't believe this was 10 years ago. Kudos to the lady who reflected Indian mindset 100 percent accurately. It has changed a lot in the last 10 years, not just private schools the government schools have improved a lot in terms of infrastructure, staff quality and syllabus. But there is still lot to be done if India needs to stand tall in the Global race.

[@thebiggamethe1]

after Narendra Modi ji got elected as PM and after BJP came in several states India's growth has been rapidly changing this was filmed in 2011 this was when corruption, scams were at their peak (not the caller scams that foreigners would confuse with but billion dollar scams in several areas like the 2G, commonwealth games scam) not just 2011 but the entire 2004 to 2014 period

[@pqwerty1000]

Not stand, run, win and dominate.

[@TheIndianAnalyst]

I appreciate it for presenting our Indian Women, Culture, Values in a better way. Look at this Indian Women Very Proud, Bold, Strong (Moral, Ethically and Intellectually) and Simple. That is Traditional India!!! Wish Them Good Luck! Hope 21st Century India / Modern India will be a Successful Developed Country / a Global Power!

[@srinusuperwiz9507]

This is India.. She told a lot about the country in less than 10 mins 👏👏👏

[@rohansartist]

Less than 5

[@srinusuperwiz9507]

@@rohansartist hahaha.. You are right

[@IceQeen1011]

Keith this randomly popped up on my feed 10 years later. Thank you for this beautiful interview. Usually India is shown in the worst possible light, with a complete disregard of 1. the violence, horrendous history we had to live through 2. the beauty of current day India. You've brought like to the latter and I have great respect. Thank you

[@KeithBallardEdu]

Thanks - if you see her maybe you can show her the video.

[@viswasviswanath]

my fav videos from ur collection :)

[@bhargavsai5088]

can you tell the place where the video is taken from so that i could let that happen

[@gokulambalavanan3592]

In tamil nadu because I here some murmur's in tamil from the background

[@spr15]

That Aunty was so correct on all the points, especially divorces. you found the right person to talk to. Also, thanks for putting your videos about india 🙏🏼

[@kingslayer7658]

Hey.. Im from Madurai.. Wonderful speech amma.. Great!

[@KeithBallardEdu]

I would like to come back to India but I just finished visiting 34 schools in Europe for a month - I was VERY impressed with what I saw - the videos will be up in about 6 weeks! The Indian government can easily test these regions and get tons of comparative data. In fact, yesterday I was talking in person with the person who heads up PISA for the country of Lichtenstein. When many schools in India lack basic infrastructure - it is difficult to compete at a world level in terms of education.

[@vineet3269]

True

[@swapnilkaushik2565]

Oh my goodness!! Why, then, do you see people of Indian ancestry becoming CEOs of global tech behemoths? Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google LLC and Alphabet Inc. Arvind Krishna is the CEO of the IBM Group. Microsoft's CEO, Satya Nadella Adobe Inc. CEO Shantanu Narayen Mastercard's CEO is Ajaypal Singh Banga. Furthermore, India now has more unicorns than the United Kingdom, and is ranked third in the world in terms of unicorns. The United Kingdom governed India till 1947, plundering the country's resources. According to the IMF, India has surpassed France as the world's sixth largest economy. Also, why do you believe India has been able to achieve such rapid development? It was as a result of India's emphasis on education. Before passing judgement, make sure you have all of the information, and don't base your decisions on the opinions of strangers. India has a lot to develop and is on its way to doing so, and it has done so admirably since it won independence only 75 years ago, despite the fact that Indians are always dealing with terrorism and bloodshed from their neighbours. Before you pass judgement, think about it.

[@keertipandey5740]

@@swapnilkaushik2565 I agree with you

[@sigmameme2762]

That time had gone now sir 🙌🙌

[@waiwai8743]

I know there's long way to go for Indian education system but comparing it with one or two decades back i would say it has changed a lot and is progressing in the positive direction for the future too. Being an Indian myself I see many flaws in its education system but flaws exist everywhere don't you think so? The best thing is the mindset of people of India as now a days every parent aspire their child to become a good human being and get educated enough to take care of his/her future along with many others. Infrastructure is improving, job vacancies are increasing and due to increased competitiveness people are doing great with their lives. As Indian parents are notorious in a way that they desire their children to either become an engineer or a doctor and that's true for sure as I'm a doctor and my brother is an engineer and my parents are in govt services themselves. We can learn from others and others too can learn a lot from India that's how humanity will grow, i think.💜✌🏼

[@xijinping4960]

Aunty ji is speaking English better than me

[@Srinjoymusiclover]

awee she is such a sweet lady :)

[@jam-ss2jc]

When the Brits left, India's literacy rate was around 7 percent. So we have come a long way but not enough (not even close)

[@krittikabiswas8500]

We'll get there .

[@jam-ss2jc]

@@krittikabiswas8500 and i have zero doubts in that :)

[@mistimisti2431]

And what was the rate before that !? Yes we have come long way . But before British what was the case?! (Ambedkar........ Dose one name say some stories?!

[@thugdoge2107]

@@mistimisti2431 we had above 90% literacy before brits came here. They made our education system illegal that's why it fell to zero after their education policy. Sources - 1. ‘The early measures for education in the Madras Presidency - Sir Thomas Munro’s minutes on education in 1822 and 1826.’ 2.History of Indigenous Education in Punjab : Since Annexation and in 1882, 3. Adam reports 4. British india - jhon malcolm ludlow You can read these reports to more details.

[@mistimisti2431]

@@thugdoge2107 not speaking only about Brahmins! Get your facts checked

[@sooryanshnarayan8thc324]

10 years of pure gold🥇

[@AnkitKumar-pi6ey]

Sir you are the great person because it is very tough job to visit India by foreigners. what an English spoke by this lady even i am not sure that could i speak after became a mechanical engineer thanks for supporting India and keep on good luck

[@souravmukherjee4987]

Join spoken english class. www.engconvo.com It is run by a mechanical engineer guy, my friend..

[@quiet7632]

Absolutely. Family comes first. And what we consider family is huge. Our cousins are called brothers and sisters. We have songs about happy trips to see our Uncles and Aunts during school vacations. We call the local shop owners, neighbors, and others older than us: Uncle and Aunty.

[@Slayyyou]

watching this video after 7 years and let me tell you, there is now drastic and dramatic changes in our education system. It's something which starts from within.. social and family culture!

[@mr.raj_esh]

Thanks to KZbin random algorithm this video came into my feed. It's been 10 years the Video is uploaded and i can say the Government Multiple Initiative helped tons of Families to come out of Poverty. Nowadays, You will see such proud ladies all over the India.

[@b_hav_6365]

Yes yes, economy is booming. Rich people becoming richer. Millions of people unemployed. No point in giving education for people to sit at home. Hindu - Muslim is what takes priority for this government. Emotionally charge the people so that their brains dont work. Keep covering your eyes my friend.

[@rikilshah]

Nainaben is badass! Kudos to you kaki!

[@vaibhavsrivastava1116]

Wot a lovely video keith. It reminds me of my own school days. I still remember that school fee was 5Rs. A month in a govt. School when i was in class 7th. Coz my parents couldn't afford to let me into a convent school. I am an engineer by profession today and work with world's biggest power transmission company. It proves that who so ever has will and zeal to excel, he /she can get it. Thanks to my RSS school which helped me a lot. Even the teachers (Acharyas) really put in their hard efforts by taking extra classes and grooming an odd rotten mud like me to a useful thing. Hope to see huge no. Of kids excelling into their respective areas of interests.

[@yashbisht5393]

I respect her and her son that they are doing for their country

[@vignanm1585]

Now it’s recommended by KZbin 🔥

[@dreamstate5047]

Still worth it

[@KeithBallardEdu]

Thanks for your input

[@AyushiTripathi]

There's an American guy by the name Ford Seeuws who lives in India with his family and makes KZbin videos about his adventures here. His channel's name is TheSurfingViolinist's Indian adventures. You should check it out. Btw, loved your videos on India as well!

[@rahulkapur687]

Very nice... Indian family inspiration, education and women power... respect!

[@abhijitsen3143]

Man u digged deep in our culture as well and I say u did right thing because to understand our education system u need to understand our culture, values and upbringings.

[@gitanjalidas5542]

One man one wife.... savage 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shubhamnagpure2412]

Wow the Lady is so Graceful. She summed up the Indian Education System so well in 4 min and it also well reflects in her bahaviour

[@mahamuthafathima12b19]

This lady reflected the exact mind set of Indians, without overdoing it.

[@tanmayjain1584]

1 man 1 wifeand 1 life...it is still relevant and will alway be...here in India..... We are successors of lord Rama...known for his graciousness , elegance and gentlemen nature... A portrayal of an ideal man

[@anoopmohan7727]

1 man 1 wife. Master shot!

[@ketanpatil9881]

for indians family is everything 😉🙂

[@santoshpandit847]

Nice kaki ..thumbs up

[@parnikakulkarni]

One man one wife ! I like the confidence and wisdom of this woman!

[@kashyap5186]

watching this after 10 years we have been pushing our self very har and you may see the change in 10 years

[@thenagabucketlist1992]

Wow... 10 years after, here i am, watched it today, it was such a productive video👍 Wonderful

[@goutamhegde2402]

I am watching this after 10yrs, lots of things have changed

[@shivrajphutane254]

what a nice video...she is gave..very simple and practicle answers to....sensetive questions ...

[@santoshkumarappala6681]

Really nice video of 4 minutes to describe Indian life. Thanks for sharing. In your next visit to India,try to visit Southern Indian State, Andhra Pradesh. Here government is doing good work in Education System by providing various incentives to Students and also utilizing Information Technology efficiently in various welfare schemes. Proud to be an Indian.

[@MsSandhu9]

I think this lady meant 'one house' when she said we all live in 'one room'. She seems to be wealthy.

[@vaibhav3946]

listen carefully...she said roof not a room...its just pharse.

[@bpaddy5433]

One roof

[@shubhamojha3948]

This just made me smile. Positive vibes.

[@Shivsadulpur]

she is amazing.. what a lady..

[@gaurav0883]

This is the favorite video of Vin Diesel.

[@defencebangladesh4068]

Amma you said so beautifully. Be happy always

[@sniper0X]

This guy's reseach on education is next level......

[@shreyas4142]

Education is very very important, just look how she speaks great English with great tune and manners

[@RohitSharma-fi4vh]

And Indian Politician knows it better, family comes First...😁😂

[@KeithBallardEdu]

Thanks fo the info. I am nor sure when I am returing to India. I will be in Canada in 2 weeks studying the schools there. This summer, I will be in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Netherlands studying the schools there also. In September - I head to Finalnd and will finish next Spring in Singapore and South Korea. All trips will be related to studying educational systems. I would love to return to India one day to visit more schools and to see the country. Thanks

[@nilesh9686]

India is much better now❤️🇮🇳 Please visit again 🇮🇳

[@YetSajal]

I got this video recommended after 10 fucking year in march 14 2022😭😭😭😭

[@viralmehta2542]

lovely women!! thanks for the great interview!!

[@majojomajojo8641]

1:06 The kids in the back! I can't! XD

[@KeithBallardEdu]

Great to hear!

[@Nikki20329]

One man one wife that's all! That's wholesome 😌 ☺

[@suhasurubail3846]

Wow.. awesome

[@hsr139]

Gujarati shop owner lady in Southern India...

[@sumanthkumar6665]

nice those are all true facts :)

[@hari7priya]

Beautiful Interview!!

[@abhijithpattanashetti9200]

Aunty was very clear. By her words it was sure that she is very good

[@coolwierdo]

This is true about many other cultures as well.

[@neerajtyagi6470]

Keith u r doin a good job for American students. In India student learn tables till 30, Squres n cubes of numbers till 30. Tables of 1.5 & 2.5 also😀😀

[@vinr1187]

Ketih, Yes as how Lakshmi said. I would suggest you to visit some Indian schools in metropolitan cities too. It can help you in your research . But yes we would like to know whats happening in tier 2 and tier 3 cities as well. But most of us know we still would like to develop infrastructure throughout our country and even the Govt. schools all around.

[@thelonekoala57]

When the algorithm strikes... Awesome video

[@emiranup]

Such a lovely maa.

[@hardesh2011]

Housewives in india running parallel economy and don't rely on their husbands and sons and indian women is as smarter as mens and offcourse the family values is more important and stability in life and low divorce rate is also the reason of india success for past decades....

[@arjunmariyappan7656]

awesome

[@somaiya]

We are proud of our culture. Jai HInd.

[@abhinandansingh7489]

Well this is the exact type of recommendation that in want from YT

[@koshurkot3892]

This was 10 years back in South India Things are changing now

[@krishnanunnimadathil8142]

A fairly accurate portrayal of the average Indian’s attitude towards education. The problem is that this HUGE demand for education is not done adequate justice from the SUPPLY side by the schooling system which continues to be grossly underfunded and insufficiently equipped in terms of personnel as well as quality. Teacher quality is not that great across most of India despite the profession being given a lot of nominal respect, and is seen as a “reserve job” for a housewife who’s been pushed to the edge, rather than as a genuine career and life pursuit requiring sustained investment of time and practice. This is not putting down the countless numbers of dedicated teaching staff, female and male, whose work, essentially, “births” the production line of geniuses India is known for these days. Add to this the incessant political interference in schools, poor textbook material (biased, closed-minded, inflexible and anachronistic) and the lack of teacher independence, and you have a system destined to produce millions of people who [think] they are educated but are in fact not good at all for even the most basic tasks in today’s work environment. People like Nadella and Pichai, who came from this system, are rare exceptions than the norm. Those two sons of that gracious lady - a mech engineer and a computer engineer - both working at a garments retail shop are pretty much proof of the failure of the country’s education system as it presently stands. This is why one of India’s largest imports these days - registering in reverse as students going outside of India to study - is quality education. The paradox is that while the pursuit of education is venerated in India - we even have a goddess for that (and my fav)! - this does not translate on its own to the supply of quality education, which is heavily underfunded, politicised and barebones. The appetite for getting educated and to learn exists in India like it does in no other country. Indian parents as well as their children are grossly underserved. That’s the market opportunity for you!

[@vickymalhotra2267]

I have always seen foreign media always making fun of arrange marriages I don't know why even arrange marriage are more successful

[@sudhabathula1464]

"One man ,one wife " 👏👏👏

[@waiwai8743]

I know there's long way to go for Indian education system but comparing it with one or two decades back i would say it has changed a lot and is progressing in the positive direction for the future too. Being an Indian myself I see many flaws in its education system but flaws exist everywhere don't you think so? The best thing is the mindset of people of India as now a days every parent aspire their child to become a good human being and get educated enough to take care of his/her future along with many others. Infrastructure is improving, job vacancies are increasing and due to increased competitiveness people are doing great with their lives. As Indian parents are notorious in a way that they desire their children to either become an engineer or a doctor and that's true for sure as I'm a doctor and my brother is an engineer and my parents are in govt services themselves. We can learn from others and others too can learn a lot from India that's how humanity will grow, i think.💜✌🏼

[@phoenixj1299]

Well top scientists are saying Indian education system is better than the education system of United States.

[@prudhvibhuvanagiri3990]

Nation needs to come first

[@KeithBallardEdu]

Ali T - you really need to do your research! Google PISA Test 2015 results, and then tell me how great the American K-12 Educational system is. Much of the innovation in Silicon Valley is due to the H1B - Visa - "Americas Genius Visa." You are right, Indias public ed system is not very good, but Chinas public K-12 ed system is veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy impressive!!! India has many great K-12 private schools.

[@Nietzsche_K_Gote]

Do things ever change for India in foreseeable future. I have the same concerns I did a decade ago

[@SouravAcharya9444]

Yup family comes 1st

[@vinr1187]

Ketih, We get strange news from India saying mostly students from villages top the state exams in 10th and 12th standard. What I would suggest is , if you are interested in researching Indian education please spend enough time, as it might take lots of time for you to understand as every state has different approach to educating their population and difference do arises based on monetary status, caste , sex and so. We wish all these change down the track.

[@KeithBallardEdu]

You have basically described Chicago in the early 20th century. In time, India will change also.

[@hiteshgujarathi4636]

You know if newly married couples having any issues we don't go to the so called professionals. Wo go to the elders of the family and sort it out. Family is always important in our culture.

[@Jagddis]

she's lovely

[@arjunlavwanshi1035]

Look how India changed in 10 years.We are westernized.

[@akashgupta-bw5vo]

Free meal in school is unbeatable..in india if u can write your name u r literate

[@SrikarReddy1993]

Dom Toretto would love it in India.

[@KeithBallardEdu]

thanks

[@DineshNuthalapati]

If you got time to visit India again, I would strongly suggest you to Visit Indian Institute Of Technology, The premier Institutes in India Producing World Class Engineers.Many of the Software Engineers working in America(USA) are from India.

[@Karthikeyan-de8xp]

What the west misses -> caste -> A better name is community. The christian west spends more time writing negative about caste has given caste a bad name. It was never caste. It was always community. How do we manage such long list of relationships. We are all in the same community (caste) with very similar rituals and similar beliefs. Even the urban educated indians miss this. They are fed for western caste idea.

[@amrt7755]

10 Years old. damn

[@nitinthakur6569]

Why did I get this recommended after 10 years.

[@skY-ko5cb]

👏

[@somilee8323]

That Lady is nice

[@akshayshukla7167]

Maa ❤️

[@KeithBallardEdu]

Thanks I would not sya that this is true about the American culture!

[@RomitDholakia5]

I don't know how in US people leave their parents and stay separately. We Indians have this culture where our parents take care of us and provide for everything until we start earning. Once children grow up and start earning, parents retire and their son(s) looks after them until they die.