I’m not sure how accurate StatCounter is, given that most Linux users use adblockers. However, according to it, Linux has almost a 14% desktop share in India.

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    11 months ago

    No offence taken, it has everything to do with how the education system in British colonies were shaped by Thomas Babington Macaulay. The effect of Macaulay is so profound, it exists even to this day, and sadly our education system hasn’t changed a lot.

    Macaulayism has everything to do with why educated Indians are so subservient to authority. It is also the same reason why uneducated goons who aren’t exposed to the education system rise to the topmost positions in the Indian polity. I am also a product of Macaulayism, just like the rest of other Indian students. You’ll notice how Indians (not just ethnically, but also with an Indian citizenship) who work abroad feel uncomfortable while not using the word “Sir” or “Ma’am”. Post-colonial mentality still exists.

    Edit: The Hindu nationalists exploits this and calls the left slurs like lutyens and urban naxals, and how they’re not proud of their heritage. But that does not diminish how real Macaulayism is, and how it’s effects have for the worst, produced yesmen.

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      11 months ago

      Wow. This totally explains why the Indian guys I work with are such yesmen. They never question or push back in what the bosses say.

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        In addition to what they said, it is considered rude in some parts of India (TN, Andhra, Telangana, even Gujarat to some extant) to bluntly say no. People who don’t know these social cues may take a no as a yes. And people from these states are over-represented in the US.