Als hart, maskulin, aggressiv…

Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Von Martin Riexinger

… wird der Kapitalismus von seinen Gegnern gern gezeichnet. Ramachandra Guha zeigt hingegen, wie sich im aufstrebenden Indien das wirtschaftliche Schwergewicht zum Süden hin verschiebt. Dabei profitieren die Südinder von Einstellungen und Traditionen, die im Norden lange als wenig mannhaft belächelt wurden:

The typical North Indian regarded the typical South Indian as short, squat, black, effete—and vegetarian. But now, those once proud people are voting with their feet to move south. They come to write code in Bangalore’s software companies, to labour on construction sites in Hyderabad, to work in coffee plantations in Coorg, or to do odds and ends in Chennai’s film industry. Now, the stereotype of the South Indian among Punjabis and Biharis is that he is intelligent, hardworking, entrepreneurial, and open-minded. And that he can very often be a she. And, most importantly, that if you study well and behave yourself, she or he can give you a job.

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