Why do Indians have an Inferiority Complex ?

When the Indian urban elite go for an exotic holiday in a rural village, they are secure in their own identity and sense of superiority and are merely seeking a temporary 'experience'. They are not moved by any anxiety to become villagers.
Far more insidious are other expressions of difference anxiety, such as isolation, wherein the westerner appears to tolerate or even respect the difference of the other while actually refusing to engage with it.

[@shyammarndi3980]

This is why reaction channel are booming

[@darshantipps]

Yes Seeking approval from foreigners

[@ANONYMOUS-vd8dy]

Yeah and tbh i hate not all but majority of foreigners making content about India like u will sense the feeling that they r just milking u and my dear fellow Indians just foolish enough to comment this that etc etc but some of them r good sometimes

[@aakashmathur228]

My recommendations are becoming better day by day

[@ajaysinghsolanki1312]

And also this inferiority complex has been hard coded into Indians from childhood..like saying 'hindi udaana' to imply insulting someone..without even realising that we are insulting ourselves..it's only now (post 2014) that many Indians started realizing these things like how such things are normalized in our society (thanks to Modiji and all Indians like you on Social media for making many of us aware)..even feeling inferior to westerners had been normalized so successfully by these anti India and anti Hindu forces from outside and from within India..very soon most of us will come out of this complex..Jai Hind.

[@NativeVsColonial]

Before 2014 India was like Africa, now after 2014 it has become Europe (excluding non-BJP ruling states) all thanks to Modi Ji😊

[@movietonight7148]

I am from South.

[@noedits5543]

​@@NativeVsColonialbefore 2014, Hindus were like " hum chu-tiye hai kyun ki that's what all Abrahamic religions tell us. Ai Hume Maro" After 2014 "hume brainwash mat karo. Hum bhi insaan hai" That's the Modi difference. Still a big percentage like Dhruv Ran-dys are akhand chut-iyas 😅

[@endisnear306]

​@@NativeVsColonialindia is not like europe.. Europe focuses on development and education and they r turning atheists.. India under modi are turning terrorists

[@Rajusharmal]

​@@endisnear306modi government want to keep india illiterate as possible

[@Rishabh-Dev]

Lack of Honor, pride, integrity, morals and sense of irresponsible behaviour.

[@NationalistBhartiya]

🤌🤌

[@movietonight7148]

Like when Indians(us) will understand that we had great history at past but now we have to focus on present and future.

[@ajaysinghsolanki1312]

Focus on present without forgetting the past (real history) is critical for any civilization..those who ignored any of these two no longer exist..

[@noedits5543]

​@@ajaysinghsolanki1312exactly. Learn from history, mistakes of others and us and make sure not to repeat them in the present❤❤❤

[@ajaysinghsolanki1312]

@@noedits5543 👍🏻👍🏻

[@endisnear306]

Yes india has a great brahmin kshatriya past.. The rest like lower castes wouldnt want to remember their ancestor's past

[@onlymylovable]

@@ajaysinghsolanki1312but you know what else is important.. knowing you aren't your great past anymore and moving on.

[@user-bk7pg1ny5l]

Lord MacAulay's address to the British Parliament 2 February 1835: I have traveled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief, Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such calibre, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their self-esteem, their native self-culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation.

[@technicalist101]

he did not really say that

[@nitaseely6830]

He did not really say that lol

[@kumar4768]

@@technicalist101 just google it.

[@smallcube-zn2mm]

India was already fallen by 1835 When Marathis tied up with British to get power on India and defeat Sultans, Indian subcontinent started to decline.

[@sharmismroy]

He did say that. There are official records available

[@SombraDespachante-uo6ld]

You are a great civilisation far older than Britain, Germany, Russia… you are our older brothers, you are leaders and must know that. Jai hind From Brazil 🇧🇷 ❤ 🇮🇳 May Prabhu bless our union in BRICS

[@sivami777]

Love you too Love u all 💙💙💙💙🇧🇷💙💙💙💙 from 🇮🇳

[@user-nw9j]

Macaulay indian colonial education sytem introduced in india that made indian think their slave master were superior and indians are inferior. Unfortunately this mindset still rife within secularists and mass conversions

[@CelinTonny]

Most of colonized countries feel that way

[@firstpostcommenter8078]

This is bound to happen when English is the highest status language of India be it in Central government, Judiciary, Higher education, Jobs, Banking services, etc. The country does not even have footpaths. Court cases takes decades (even divorce cases where a person can act like psycho and prevent partner from moving on with their life. And laws are bad which government is not fixing. There should have been time limit after which no-fault divorce is granted if necessary). When India has such bad regressive laws, we are indeed inferior

[@kumar4768]

all such laws were written by the British and continued by their servants whom they gave power namely the Indian congress. Now we are getting free under BJP. But still along way to go. Currently 4,00,00,000 crore cases are pending in courts. The object is to deny justice to the Indians for problems created by british laws and make them suffer. british revenge for kicking them out of india.

[@doverh3]

"But hold on to your pajamas" Okay, I chuckled.

[@keshavfulbrook6698]

On the level of individual psychology within a culture though, Indian culture is very into comparing everyone and judging who is better or worse. So-and-so’s beta is always doing better than someone else’s beta and this sense of constant competition is ingrained in Indians from a very young age. In my opinion, this primes anyone for an inferiority complex and feeling the constant need to prove oneself.

[@nabilah...6493]

Dude, not only indians are like that. Chinese parents are also like that. In fact, they are more like that than indian parents. Yet they dont have any inferiority complex. Parents comparing their kids with other kids has always been there around the world especially in asian and middle east countries which is not a good thing at all. But than, why dont all those people have an inferiority complex unlike indians? Despite them being raised like that more than us? What im saying is, youre wrong. Parents comparing whos beta doing more than whos beta is not the reason for this.

[@sujoydutta6260]

Best solution is to not care or give undue attention.

[@veev237]

When u r ruled and oppressed for 250yrs by Britisher and before that Mughals and Europeans it becomes a habit. When they degraded and discouraged us by letting us know we r nothing bcas of our simple peaceful living u start imagining that way. Years and years of it been drilled into us effects ones upbringing. Our ancestors suffered through it all and it is a subconscious thing. Also the concept of untouchability was significant in those days in our society between the Rich high caste and low caste people. Confidence comes through success and power. Most Indians r frm middle class family so they is some feeling of inferiority still. But it's changed now bcas India is leading in everything not just world economy. Everything takes time but we will soon shed the inferiority compkex, no worries.

[@Noneofyourbusiness-dp5gu]

True dude 👍

[@writereader]

why stop there. when a group of people accept ideas as godly that label some human as inferiors and skme as superior, then thats a mess up. why didnt indians throw colonisers off ? because they lack courage. and they lack courage because they fear death. leave hinduism, its road to entrapment.

[@inmyworld97]

Untouchability was british concept not ours. They imposed this on by changing the narrative. The problem is not with them problem is accepting the twisted narrative of theirs as ours.

[@frankiestein8482]

shows you dont even know your own history . The resistance of Hindus across 800 years of attacks and oppression with the maharata Hindus destroying the mughal empire in the 18th century while all other ancient civlisations ended up in the museum is something to be totally proud off . And nothing to do with caste either which is itself missionary properganda

[@mordfustang3794]

​@@frankiestein8482No hindus resisted the colonizers and abuse. The hindu kings would rather subdue their population to slavery by invaders rather than lose their throne. They made deals with the invaders where the mughals would still let them have some high position under the mughal empire but would have to "sell" the population in return. Why do you think with all the the kings and population; a handful of mughal barbarians succeeded in conquering India. All the different hindu kings would rather be commanded by mughals than come together and fight them back. The only reason why marathas decided to go against the mughals is because the maratha kings were seeing themselves lose some part of position when mughals would deals with other hindu kings. We can fool ourselves but the decline of hindus is because of hindus themselves. That's why hindus and hindu culture are declining day by day. Ego and cowardism.

[@human8454]

As an indian i agree with you ❤

[@regal_lane]

What's wrong in that? We need to accept that those nations are lightyears ahead of this rubbish country, although we were the best in the past.

[@INDmapping500]

Lightyears

[@Namish-yv9mz]

Accepting that improvement is needed and we can be better than others is one thing. Accepting that we are poor, helpless and always had been like this is a different case. Both have a hell lot of difference. Do you realize that ?

[@abhishekmhatre1554]

The fact that we are less developed doesn't mean we should we ashamed of our languages, accents, music, literature, clothing and unique aspects that make us who we are. Wearing a three-piece suit doesn't automatically make us more developed. Nor does wearing a dhoti make us automatically undeveloped. Indians need to understand the difference between modernisation and Westernisation.

[@qwertymehta8342]

@@abhishekmhatre1554 Fr, ESPECIALLY with clothing. I wish many indian men would stop with the shitty western clothing - ugly shirts and tight ass jeans - wearing curtas will make us look 1000x times better and is actually compatible with the climate

[@nabilah...6493]

This country (India) is not rubbish. Do you know there are countries that are far more less developed than India but ive never seen anyobody of that country calling their country 'rubbish' for it. For example, look at african countries. Im not saying africa is bad or anything, but lets be honest, African countries are way less developed than us. They are more poor than us. And thats a fact. But do you see any african insulting their country or calling it 'rubbish'? Nope. Also, if you feel your country is poor and blah blah you should be feeling to change it and make it better. Not calling it 'rubbish'. Thats what normal people do. What you are showing here is inferiority complex. You just dont realize it.

[@kingkobra1956]

It's because they understand themselves.

[@ImKAAFIR-eh7ej]

JAAGO HINDU JAAGO 🙏

[@sumandutta4834]

Rajiv Malhotra is a gem.

[@human8454]

Simply the reaction channel prooves it

[@nabilah...6493]

How? Those reaction channels dont even have that much views from what i see recently.

[@dad-ms8mz]

i am indian and i dont think i have any such inferioty complex.....

[@PowerfulVillain]

You do. You just haven't found it yet. This is even more significant if you were born before 2000. Surely things have improved a lot, but with India racing forward to become the most populated country on the planet, there's little to no hope.

[@nabilah...6493]

​@@PowerfulVillainshut up. 'Theres little to no hope'. If that is true, than how come before this, China who is more populated than us, more developed than us? And now, still, when we are more populated than China, still they are more developed than us. How?? Population dont have anything to do with development. Its just that poeple of thqt country should have brain and use it properly.

[@anony5021]

If he said he doesn't then he doesn't stop pestering

[@user-hq4jc9iw8j]

poor nearly vegan diet (no protein or good fat except some milk) only carbs...

[@khanshiranyor3974]

We Indians need to treat ourselves better. Someone may not like religion but we do need some sanskar in our life.

[@alberttanner408]

To the Brahmins European Aristocracy are untouchables.

[@CSGOCOMPILER]

Maybe it's not a complex.

[@nsawatchlistbait289]

Same thing I've observed with the Hindi people when they meet other south Asians who don't speak Hindi. Come on, you are not inferior or superior, just be you

[@drakecliff8378]

casteism plays an important role in this because a lot of indians from the lower caste feel like they've been disenfranchised.

[@chanduaggarwal5025]

🙌🙌

[@peaceseeker9927]

Often westerners do not engage hands-on with cultural practices of other groups because they don't see how it can help them, therefore they don't relate to it. This happens between Africans, Southwest Asians, and Europeans as well, and other cultures. What's most important is that basic respect is shown between both sides and they don't unfairly discriminate against each other.

[@writereader]

when you fall for everything you stand for nothing.

[@rahulghosal5893]

Stupidest line I ever Heard

[@KG-xf9ew]

Well if you guys would let anyone get a word in edgewise when they are trying to talk to you it might help your cause.

[@mukundha7621]

I think in congress era present the secularist with western ideology and insecurity while the native people present ecosystem with de-colonization by you know who is making great strides i see people being in i am indian we are Hindus

[@williamrockwell9705]

The most smug arrogant people around have an inferiority complex? Are you sure you know what inferiority complex means?

[@Genlogsgaming15]

No i am an indian i am king

[@poojalive14]

🙏

[@All-purposefacts]

All faired skin people ruled india. Aryans (muslims mughals britishers brahmins) Almost 3000 years of aryan rule. Why most indian muslims are faired skin ? Answer : - Look around yourself espically northern india, in mughal persiod many brahmins and kashteiyas converted to islam thats why modern day muslims are fair. Orginally patangali book described brahmins as faired skin with brownish hair. Look kashmiri pakistani ...... Except babr other mughals started looking indian itsef becoz mughal king marriages with rajput women. Rajput itself was faired skin khastriya. (High cast) Like this conversations happened. All these higer cast hindus for power money other religious believe left hinduism and converted to islam. First lower cast was ruled by upper cast hindus later these upper cast hindus converted to islam and again ruled lower casts. This is the reason i dont want to look back at history.

[@zabag]

Well, the caste system is still around so…

[@greatkaafir7478]

Caste Is Portuguese Word Drive By Casta " Nothing To Do With India, ✌️

[@zabag]

@@greatkaafir7478 LOL OK. If you say so

[@rahulghosal5893]

Cast System is there in India But only on the lips of delusional liberals and communist.

[@helo4318]

​@@greatkaafir7478hahaha so funny kabhi varna ka naam suna h

[@All-purposefacts]

All faired skin people ruled india. Aryans (muslims mughals britishers brahmins) Almost 3000 years of aryan rule. Why most indian muslims are faired skin ? Answer : - Look around yourself espically northern india, in mughal persiod many brahmins and kashteiyas converted to islam thats why modern day muslims are fair. Orginally patangali book described brahmins as faired skin with brownish hair. Look kashmiri pakistani ...... Except babr other mughals started looking indian itsef becoz mughal king marriages with rajput women. Rajput itself was faired skin khastriya. (High cast) Like this conversations happened. All these higer cast hindus for power money other religious believe left hinduism and converted to islam. First lower cast was ruled by upper cast hindus later these upper cast hindus converted to islam and again ruled lower casts. This is the reason i dont want to look back at history.

[@stephensonakpotu8356]

Most of them certainly do. Always comparing themselves to Europeans.

[@huka2890]

Casteism is the main reason for that. We are degraded in our own country thats why we have inferiority complex

[@kmax214]

'Promosm' ☀️

[@indulgentquagmire]

Historically, classism in Indian society based on caste etc. has always put those with lighter skins at an illusory higher pedestal. This ingrained behavior over 100s of years among our ancestors has been passed on across generations. So, when it comes to worshipping colonialist overlords, we have still not gotten over it and possibly contributes to the perceived complex.

[@bhootbhagao5716]

I would say it is the other way around , white colonisers inculcated this inferiority complex in 'not so white indians' , we just weren't powerful enough to stop this and later accepted it.

[@indulgentquagmire]

@@bhootbhagao5716 There are texts and proof written before English colonizing which celebrated light skin and showed that this was prevalent much before. It originated in caste system. Not the other way round. English definitely used the prevailing mentality to their benefit.

[@bhootbhagao5716]

@@indulgentquagmire No 🤣. If you think otherwise give me proofs of those texts .

[@indulgentquagmire]

@@bhootbhagao5716 I'll try to paste hyperlinks in the comments below. KZbin doesn't allow it. One of them is an article called "pre-modern conception of whiteness" in India in wikipidea, you can easily find that

[@Heretic-007]

Lol stop regurgitating Regressivist Rhetoric. This has no evidence. Colorism is a creation of Abrahamic Colonization. There is no primary solid evidence for significant cast Discrimination in ancient India, however the Colorism introduction by Abrahamists has truckloads of evidence

[@Mindfookfilms]

One way to deal with it, speaking from experience, is to wear your attitude on the sleeves of your kurta. When I go out with my European partner to Indian restaurants in Prague I always make it a point to eat with my fingers and speak in Hindi with the restaurant folks. Not even English, no, just Hindi. I have seen if you feel and display pride and confidence in your culture they sort of swallow up their own sh*t, albeit with a bit of annoyance. Once in Poland I was harassed by an entire table of Poles calling me indirectly a third worlder. I told them we got nukes and missiles capable of 5000+ km range which makes us third worlders perfectly capable of nuking them poles out of their frozen potties. I kid you not, I went to bed with one of them blonde that night. True story, even if it sounds cocky. You gotta be brash to put them in their rightful place. It works. Also speaking clear, neutral English helps.

[@RandomGuy..192]

You need to be upgrade yourself with time. Eating with hands is gross and unhygienic. No wonder why Indians are known as dirty all over the world. You should learn good things from every culture just like whole world do Yoga without thinking if it's their culture or not.

[@regal_lane]

Correct, but is Hindi the national language of India? You have portrayed Hindi to be superior, although English too is an official language of India. Ok, why not Odia, Bengali, Tamil or any other language which is completely indigenous, unlike Hindi which doesn't have a rich history and is an outlandish concoction of extraneous dialectical hues like those of Arabic, Persian, and Urdu.

[@himanshukuanr7832]

​@@regal_lane Hindi is just Hindustani+Sankritised Words..Urdu is Hindustani+Semitic/Arabic/Persian-Sanskritised words.. Both originated in India.

[@Rolando_Cueva]

मुझे यह मज़ेदार लगा कि आपने हिन्दी में बात की, लेकिन यहां आपने अपनी टिप्पणी अंग्रेज़ी में लिखी।

[@ChefbyMistake]

The reason is very simple Indians were always ruled by Aryans ( Brahmins, Muslims and Parsis) since they never ruled themselves in the last 1000 years or maybe 5000 years.

[@inmyworld97]

Keep believing the lies lol like you pelt the story however you want bcoz we dont have the concrete gurukul system in place right now. Ya you can have form any narrative you want. Arent you a blockhead? The temples are in india the brahmins are in india where does this aryan come from its sanksrit word how are you relating it to beggars like muslims and parsis. Noble lifestyle is aryan. Hindus were called aryans. Damn it. Hindus put up the resistance for many years thats why we are alive still. We have been mentally brainwashed by congress govt which is a british agent. The day will come when gurukuls function fully in India. All your shitty lies will fall off.

[@gouthamkrishnan6718]

Lol brahmins are same race as majority Indians.Brahmins were scholars and priestly class not rulers.And parsis?They were refugees who settled in India not rulers.I don't know what kind of weed are you smoking.Muslims in India are also same race as other Indians.

[@m.k5391]

Brahmins are literally a caste within Hindu society. We never ruled anyone, lived life being teachers, priests (performing religious rituals), being Vaidyas (doctor). Yes, Parashuram Bhagwan, was warrior as well. And there are exceptions like 'Bajirao' was chief executive worrior of Maratha Empire. Or Maharani Laxmi Bai was also a worrior and married a 'Kshtriya'.We have literally people in Blue collar jobs from our group too, and people from our caste group living in small towns and villages in India too. We have Fair ( light ) to brown skinned people in our caste group. And also Tall to short/average heighted people in our group. South Indian Brahmin caste people tend to be more intelligent than the north Indian ones. Yes, we wrote 'Vedas', and I know even Kashmiri and Bengali, Odissi, Assamese, Nepali Brahmins eat non-veg, but most Indian Central and North-west, south parts are vegetarian.

[@frankiestein8482]

no such thing as 'aryan' race so lets dump these white colonial race theories. And the Hindus did destroy the mughal empire in the 18th century which is why Hindus are still here while all other ancients are in the museum

[@ChefbyMistake]

@@frankiestein8482 There are many fair skinned and white people in India including Kashmiris and Paharis. It has nothing to do with Mughals or Muslims.

[@sandeepsahu8743]

I am dark brown still in love with myself and loves my country more than that. I am competent and have sharp looks which gives me edge over white people. I am fine with my skin tone😊❤ coz brown looks damn sexy.