Comments on: Ten Things in China that You Can’t Get in India

By: Jeeva Raja

Jeeva Raja — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 19:26:45 +0000

The best way to get rid of the caste system is to make Brahmin and other upper caste girls marrya and have the children of lower caste men, their children will be true Indians with no caste.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 08:41:01 +0000

Another thing that you will get from China and not India is a toilet!

By: ajay

ajay — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:06:27 +0000

Ananda, caste system is also in Euope/US/Canada.

As far as i know there are different churches for German/ British people in Canada even if both are part of Protestant group. Also, Germans and British hang-around in their own group though they do sometime socialize with each other. If we consider Blacks in America, they have different churches from white people. So, caste card is nice way by west to look down on India, i hope Europeans will see caste system in their own society.

I think difference between India and Europe(US,Canada also) lies in population and wealth. Its just that US/Canada/Europe do not have same kind of poverty that there caste issue are blonde. Though i must accept that caste system are on decline in US/Canada. Lets see how EU does.

China does seem to have no such issues, but again its much more homogeneous than Europe or India.

By: ajay

ajay — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:54:45 +0000

I don’t know how true is Meritocracy in China. Its easier to have Meritocracy when you are one race. It is another thing to implement in diverse ethnicity like India.

Case Study: Take example of US, It was best in Meritocracy, no matter who you are and where you are from. But, as American society go multicultural its hard not see biases based on religion, ethnicity, culture. US is still leading in meritocracy though it will become difficult to implement meritocracy as it becomes more diverse.

I do like Punctuality aspect of China.

By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis

Chris Devonshire-Ellis — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:36:59 +0000

@Ananda – well said, I would agree with that. Thanks – Chris

By: Ananda

Ananda — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:12:20 +0000

Caste system is overplayed. In fact it deserves guiness record for the most played victim card in the history of human race ! Caste is not so evil as it sounds. During the time of Buddha, the priests were very arrogant, true. Thats when the caste card was first played. Later, the Buddhists themselves became corrupt. Caste card was a convenient tool to attract more followers. Later Islam came, completely knocked out the head of Buddhism and absorbed the body into Islam. Here also, caste card was useful to convert people. Later the Christian missionaries came. Seeing the usefulness of caste card, they also played it to attract more followers. And now we are into the 21st century. Christian missionaries are globalized and corporatized. They are the biggest lovers of caste card. The other lovers are of course the political parties.

By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis

Chris Devonshire-Ellis — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:50:02 +0000

If I can point out Observer, the survey you quoted lists over 100 Top MBA colleges in full, not just ten. I may also add that the ten you refer to are all in developed nations, not emerging markets. China doesn’t have any entrants in the list you refer to either. It’s made up exclusively of Australian, Japanese, Hong Kong, and Singaporean programs.

Meanwhile, The Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad I note was ranked fourth globally in terms of the category “Open new career opportunities”, ahead of Harvard in ninth place.

Clearly, the prestigious business managment school and MBA programs and facilities still lie within long established institutions, mostly within the developed world. However, it would not suprise me at all to see challenges coming to some of these renowned academia from Chinese or Indian schools in the very near future.

By: The_Observer

The_Observer — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:36:13 +0000

The link below is for an article from an Indian website reporting on The Economist’s rankings of MBA colleges:

http://www.mbauniverse.com/aspirantinn.php?id=2472

For Asia, MBA colleges are dominated by Unis. from Australia and Hong Kong. No Indian college made the Top 10.

By: Chris Devonshire-Ellis

Chris Devonshire-Ellis — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:12:44 +0000

Disagrer, yes, I have property in Montreal and know Canada well. My daughter may be educated there when she’s at University age. The Chinese do tend to favor North America. However, many are also from Hong Kong, which is a very different socio-economic group from the mainland Chinese. You’ll find plenty of Indians in the US conducting MBAs, as well as pretty much everywhere else, UK, Australia and so on. However I would agree that there has been an explosion in the last ten years of Chinese student overseas. Quite frankly, its only during the past decade that they’ve (a) had the freedom to travel and (b) the money to do it. India also has a far better domestic business school education system than China does – meaning it also now educates more Indians and to a higher level than China does. We’ll be running a report on India’s Business Schools Top 100 shortly on http://www.india-briefing.com – Thanks for your comments – Chris

By: Seema Rani Bhende

Seema Rani Bhende — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:10:25 +0000

“I find it so cool that in China there is a completely different culture, relatively unspoilt by the West.”

Gabriel, totally agree, the vast and unique country of India is truly hard to wrap your head around, especially in one visit. As someone who has lived in both India and China, I would like to politely disagree about China being “unspoilt” by the West. When I first moved to China, I was amazed at how the Chinese primarily wear Western clothes and only wear Chinese outfits on special occasions such as weddings. In India, most women wear traditional garments such as the sari and salwar kameez (women in urban areas like Delhi and Mumbai do wear western clothes often though). Also, I was pleasantly shocked at the number of imported grocery stores selling high-quality cheeses, wine, packaged goods from Europe and the US. While these stores cater primarily to foreigners, wealthy aspiring Chinese do frequent these shops as well. Quality imported food is not nearly as easy to find in India. Likewise, the consumer-istic nature of the West has completely infiltrated the China market with the growth of retailers such as Wal-Mart and massive shopping malls being built everywhere – the Chinese are fully embracing the Western shopping behavior.