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In article <343@isis.UUCP> dmiruke@isis.UUCP (Dataram Miruke) writes:
 
>tenth major industrial nation?), the main impression of an average american
>or for that matter many westerners, about India still should be a country of
>horses, tigers and elephents and maharajas, is what irks me (and many others).
>Isn't it time that India has a better image in todays world? Isn't the

Maybe you're selling the average American short. My experience has been that
most of them know quite a bit about India. (Perhaps a not unrelated fact
is that there are more Ramakrishnans than Smiths (or Joneses :-)) in the
UT CS department!) Seriously though, I think most Americans are intelligent 
enough to take such simplistic pictures with a pinch of salt. 

What irks me (and many others) is the blatant jingoism in your postings. 
Frankly, I couldn't care less whether or not Westerners perceive India as 
a technological terror. Nor do I lose much sleep over the prospect of a macho
India wielding awesome Power. I would love to see a higher per capita income 
though. And as long as we are on the topic of images, I kind of like to think 
of Indians as intelligent and courteous.