'The Sun Never Sets on the Indians'

One day I was reading a newspaper article which was about scope of Indian presence around the world. It said that Indians can now be found in the remotest corners of the Earth. Go to the Republic of Palau, an island nation in the middle of Pacific Ocean and you will find five NRIs there. And don't be surprised to find 20 of them living in the mountains of Bolivia or a 375-strong Indian community living in tiny Djibouti on the Horn of Africa, albeit in minuscule numbers — in coldest places on earth such as Slovenia (10), Montserrat (10), Iceland (21), Bosnia and Herzegovina (30), Burkina Fasa or hottest places on earth such as sub saharan africa, deserts of middle east.

I always wondered what makes us so resilient ? what makes us so flexible and adaptable to any working conditions?

I guess the answer lies in Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. The 'Survival of Fittest' applies very well to Indians. I believe some of our major problems such as prolonged poverty, umemployment etc has indirectly helped equip the people with enhanced survival skills
needed in this world. Indians can easily adapt to any food, water, climate, language, culture and
working conditions in this world. As the saying goes... "Smooth seas doesn't make skillful sailors". I believe when the person goes through hardships he learns some valuable lessons. It inculcates fighting spirit, confidence to take risks and hard working traits.

When I was in SouthAfrica, I could see many Indians flourishing well in business. Indians were imported to SA as labourers during british regime. Today, Indians in SA are one of the richest and successful people in the country.
During official dinner meeting hosted by Trade and Investment council of Limpopo,South Africa, I asked the TIL chairman about the contribution of Indians to South African economy. He said that, Indians businessmen though being outsiders are most preferred than locals because they give utmost importance to customer needs and satisfaction. If a customer walks in to a
store and if the store doesn't have the item he is looking for, then if it was a Indian storekeeper he would procure it from other stores and sell it at the same price just to make sure that customer gets what he needs, thereby chances of that customer returning again is increased. It was amazing to hear the story about our people from TIC chairman in the forum where in 15 IBMers from 10 different countries were present.

Today, every other house will have a son or daughter working as engineer,doctor or lawyer. India also churns out maximum IT engineers, doctors, nurses and business people to other parts of the world. We’ve gone from the image of India as land of fakirs lying on beds of nails, and snake charmers doing the Indian rope trick, to the image of India as a land of mathematical geniuses, computer wizards, software gurus. The ministry of overseas Indian affairs has registered the presence of Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) in 180 of 183 countries of the world.

Back in Colonial times, It was said that 'The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire' as its colonies were spread all over the world'. But in today's context, that saying holds true for Indians,
'The Sun Never Sets on the Indians'