>>However, coming to America they no longer are, and have embraced the Democratic model of liberalism which is more tolerant towards migration particularly from people of color.
Certainly, the impression from the outside is that the Republicans are a WASP party whereas the Dems never fail to put up colorful faces in key, often decorative roles.
>>Which is why they have no problem keeping the poor and downtrodden “back home” poor and downtrodden while demanding “equal rights” in the U.S.
Sounds a tad condescending.
The vast majority of the yindu Indians who land here support the nationalist BJP party back home - which is conservative to the core (in a good way) - open markets, property rights, individual liberties, strong military, promotion of culture and traditions, and (surprise surprise) *against caste discrimination* of both the negative-social and affirmative-govt model.
Besides, their economic reforms started 1991 after languishing in socialism for 40 yrs prior to that. They’re growing now and gradually tackling poverty now. I would wish them well and not grudge them their few successes.
You are wrong, Indian politics is nothing like American politics despite both being democracies. The Indian political scene is essentially machine politics writ nationally. Voters care little about ideology and primarily about how much public largess they can extract from the government. The Indian elite care nothing about free markets, property rights, individual liberties, strong military, traditional culture, or discrimination. What they do care about is how well legislation can be used to entrench their advantages and enhance their status. Which is why India continues to have one of the highest tariff systems that penalizes market participants. They are designed to protect oligarchs.
Isn’t the BJP also the party that promotes a hard-line Hindu philosophy and also related to the party that molested women in a pub in Mumbai?