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[quote=Anonymous]This whole thread is so full of stereotypes.  India is a huge country with an enormous variety of ethnic groups.  The cultures vary enormously - people from one state often have great difficulty understanding the culture of the people from the next state.  Things are further compounded by individual family circumstances.  And of course there are always exceptions that break the rule.

Not all Indian parents are drawn to spelling bees - for some the compulsion to compete in such competitions is pretty incomprehensible.  
Not all Indian parents would look down on going to an SLAC, getting a PhD in art history and teaching in a college as a career.
Not all Indians would look down on getting a degree from a state university in engineering and working for a nonprofit in Cameroon to improve the lives of impoverished people.
Some Indian parents would spend practically all they had to encourage a daughter in her career as a pianist.
Not all Indians work in or own restaurants.
Not all Indians beat or berate their children for getting a B.

Yes - there is a tendency to hard work and a valuing of education, but that does not play out the same way in all ethnic groups and in all families.

Yes I have met Indians like those stereotyped above, but the ones I know best are not like these stereotypes.[/quote]

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