This is one of the most serious and timely conversations Indians across the world need to pay attention to. @balajis outlines, with clarity and without sentimentality, the structural shifts that are already underway. The rise of anti-India racism, this time from the liberal blue tribe in the West, is not a distant threat. It is already beginning to show. And it is happening not because Indians are failing, but because they are succeeding. Quietly, persistently, visibly.For decades, Indian talent was welcomed in roles that posed no real challenge to established hierarchies. The back-end engineer, the CTO, the academic, the mid-level diplomat. But now, Indian presence is expanding beyond the margins. Indians are entering leadership. They are building companies, shaping narratives, occupying space in media, law, AI, finance. They are no longer invisible. And this new visibility will bring with it a wave of pushback.This conversation offers not outrage, not nostalgia, not the jingoistic ‘we wuzz kangs’ chest-beating that often passes for national pride. Instead, it gives us a sober, clear-eyed strategy. Balaji calls it win by win. Not America’s winner-takes-all, not China’s state-over-everything model. But a way of thinking and building that grows Indian influence by creating value others can share. Open source software. Neutral internet infrastructure. Globally relevant media. Smart contracts and decentralized systems. A presence that is unmistakably Indian, yet unbound by borders.
What is most powerful in this conversation is the invitation to step out of reactive postures. To stop seeking Western validation. To stop demanding inclusion into institutions that were never designed with us in mind. Instead, build new ones. Not a Nobel Prize for Indians, but a global open-source prize with roots in Bangalore. Not an Indian version of someone else’s legacy, but a globally competitive product that just happens to be made by Indians
.The next ten years will be defined by this shift. As the American empire slowly recedes from its unipolar height, and the internet continues to flatten hierarchies, Indians will be tested. There will be more racism. There will be structural resistance. But that is not the point. The point is what we choose to do in response. Not whining, not waiting, but working. With calm, precision, and confidence.India is changing. So are Indians.
The country is building up its military, infrastructure, and digital capacity. The diaspora is shedding the legacy of servitude and entering a phase of quiet strength. The question is not whether we will face backlash. The question is whether we will be ready for it. With systems, networks, tools, and a voice that is not derivative but generative.
This is not about taking sides. It is about being prepared. Balaji is showing us that the map has changed. We must read it carefully, together, and begin to move accordingly.
thank you @prvkhvr for making this possible.
Real India isn���t in gated societies — it’s in the villages.
Got stuck in a jam on a narrow street in a random UP village. Whole village came out to help, directing cars, clearing space — total strangers working together.
In Delhi NCR? You’d get honked into oblivion while everyone stayed in their cars.
Real India isn’t in gated societies — it’s in the villages.
Got stuck in a jam on a narrow street in a random UP village. Whole village came out to help, directing cars, clearing space — total strangers working together.
In Delhi NCR? You’d get honked into oblivion while everyone stayed in their cars.