The author is a good writer -nothing more, nothing less. Yes - Indians are opportunistic. Try putting all the parameters - illiteracy, malnutrition, poverty, unemployment, pollution and see what kind of a person you get! Corrupted minds, insecure minds, opportunistic minds .. Any Indian would probably be a Ph D case for a psychology student overseas - the number of layers one can peel off till one really arrives at what the Indian wants ( who cares ? ). No Indian goes down a beaten path - there is no beaten path. He has to fend for himself and survive. A friend of mine resides in the US has a way to explain his decision - "I can be me" Why can't an Indian think this way ? Well, lets face it - the world is not yet for Indians - please instead of criticising and generalizing, start genuinely understanding that the aam aadmi does these things from a lack of conviction that life is going to be better if he betters himself.