Why are Hindu's rich and educated in USA

[Vinayaka]

How can any diminution in the human population possibly be a bad thing?

I can think of two possible reasons, but I'm not arguing about it. One is the depletion of the 'intelligent' gene pool, if there even is such a thing. The other is the fear of certain religions using a high birth rate to gain a higher percentage of the world's population, a conscious expansion tactic to complement coercive conversion.

 

[Aupmanyav]

One is the depletion of the 'intelligent' gene pool, ..

It is not imaginary, it is a fact of life. More people - of course, they should be educated - more intelligence. About the second point, that is why Muslims and Catholics oppose birth control.

 

[George-ananda]

The New York Times says.

Hindus are the best-educated and among the richest religious groups, the survey found.

Americans Change Faiths at Rising Rate, Report Finds - New York Times

Your ideas

It is because America just receives the cream of the crop of Indians. (i.e. Brain Drain following the big salaries).

 

[Aupmanyav]

I do not think that is correct. It is a generalization. Many people from Gujarat, Punjab, etc. have gone there (and elsewhere, UK, Australia for example), who did not have good education. Many have gone there as cooks, carpenters, plumbers, etc. They worked hard to succeed. True for Canadian Sikhs also.

 

[GoodbyeDave]

The effect seems to hold good in England. Hindus (and Sikhs) seem to have better educations and jobs than Muslims from Pakistan and Bangladesh. Of course it might just be that Islam is holding the latter back.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Thank various reservations (affirmative action) in India for dalits and backward classes. The so-called forward classes know that there is no escape for them other than hard work and excellence in education. So they work doubly hard.

 

[Valjean]

I agree that as society's currently organised a decreasing population creates economic and logistical problems, but on a finite planet with finite resources, perpetual growth is obviously impossible. We'll have to face the problem eventually, best we face it at 7B than 9B.
Dealing with an economic problem is a lot easier than surviving an ecologic collapse.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Nature has its own way of dealing with things.

 

[Vinayaka]

I agree that as society's currently organised a decreasing population creates economic and logistical problems, but on a finite planet with finite resources, perpetual growth is obviously impossible. Well have to face the problem eventually, best we face it at 7B than 9B.
Dealing with an economic problem is a lot easier than surviving an ecologic collapse.

I agree, just don't see the solution to have this effort all-inclusive. It's like two sides at a contractual bargaining table, and only one is willing to move.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Most of the Indian Hindus I know of here are working class. I'm poor, myself.