Rishi Sunak : Does a PIO as British PM make you happy?

Yes

Rishi Sunak's rise has nothing to offer to us Indians at the geopolitical level 

But at psychological level, it breaks away the myth of white superiority that a lot of us still carry within us 

The British said that civilising the Indians was a White man's burden. But today, UK has reached a point where reviving its crumbling economy has come on the shoulders of a Brown Man - BROWN MAN'S BURDEN INDEED 

I am elated to witness that a brown man, whose forefathers were compared to Dogs, will now reside at the 10 Downing street. 

Reading “I am elated to witness that a brown man, whose forefathers were compared to Dogs, will now reside at the 10 Downing Street” with AP Dhillon’s-Brown Munde  being played as background music feels differently aye! 😁

I feel both good and bad :)

Good as@Ganesh_Gaitonde has argued. Though I do not know much about Sunak, the number of people we export is tremendous! 

Bad because of the brain drain. I see most of my peers who are going to pursue master's or Ph.D. in STEM are in the US. No one wants to pursue higher studies in India mainly because of poor quality and resources. A few years down the line they might be like Pichai or Nadella or Sunak with American or British citizenship and we'll be proud! And guess what after 2-3 generations they won't be even sending remittances which we promptly write in our answers. The Indian taste and connection will also be lost so the economic benefits 

I don't think people migrating to the US and Canada,  the skilled ones with STEM degrees, are anyway sending remittances back. Remittances are sent back by people who plan to come back someday or want to keep family back at home. People migrating to US and Canada, the skilled worker is only scheming to move his family up there.

Also note that India will gain little from such a Prime Minister politically. That is a side note, and should in no way diminish our happiness. Think of it - George Bush - who conventionally looks so pro-pakistan, was much better a President for India than Barack Obama whom we said descended from Africa - with which we had civilisational commonalities.

Sunak's burden is that he has the responsibility of not only being neutral, but also seen to be neutral in London. I am also not sure ( nor have the knowledge of domestic politics and political culture there ) if he could win popular vote. As he is already being criticised there that he is an appointed PM and not an elected one.

( The criticism is not fairly valid, as in a Prime Ministerial form of govt you actually choose your MPs and not your Prime Minister )

PIO have the same inherent tendency which is dormant inside almost all Indians , i.e. to seek white skin validation. It's great from the perspective of diversity and fight against racism, that a Brown man becomes a CEO or PM. But to expect that it will favour India, is a big mistake, as they are likely (and obviously should) serve their own masters. 

There have been several such examples in Bobby Jindal (governor in US), Kamala Harris, etc.

I am far more happy for Conservatives avoiding a mid term election than anything else. As far as my understanding goes, Conservative governments in the Global North may try pushing the hyperbole on immigration, but they are often favourable for our National Interests.Atleast, they avoid intervening in our internal matters and acting as global policing States when Conservative factions are at the helm of affairs. 

And both the channels have a global subscribers base. So whatever they are conveying about India, it is not just restricted to Indian viewers but global viewers. Hence I was trying to convey how these YouTubers based in UK are affecting    India’s image in the global eyes(including UK) and that too positively. 

Basically, these creators are creating content, the viewers based in UK and other parts of the world are getting to know about India positively. Similarly, viewers at India are too feeling positive knowing the other parts of the world are getting to know about our country. 

And in this way, i feel the growing affinity between these two countries is one reason why some people here in India are feeling happy about the recent election of PM of UK.

This may sound not so relevant, apologies for that. As I wrote earlier that it was a general perspective based on day to day experiences. 

My observation is not  specifically from a political angle but a general one.

I feel UK’s overall perception and behaviour towards India is softening and becoming more favourable than it used to be before, which ultimately will help in mutual development of relations in between the two nations. 

And this change of attitude in a positive manner is what I feel is one reason why people are cherishing the fact that a brown man is sitting at the power seat of a nation where majority of the people are believers of the so called white supremacy.

There are certain examples which I would like to substantiate, and they are based on my day to day experience/observations.

For eg, KSI(a very popular London based YouTuber) laughing his arse off on memes having Indian aspects in his YT videos. He knows that Indian youth does form a considerable portion of his overall fan base (including me, eagerly waiting for his recently launched energy drink called PRIME to be available in Indian stores).

Then another example being a guy named Max(born and brought up in UK only) from a YouTube channel called Korean Englishman, wherein while enjoying Korean food while being in Korea itself, he, out of nowhere mentions he loves Indian food because he has been exposed to it, as some of his relative was from India. In this case, India had got nothing to with such mentioning, but still it got exposed to a large  number of viewers of that channel, and that too on a positive note.

Then , apart from the above mentioned things, economically, we all know how India and UK  keep on interchanging positions when it comes to the ranking of top largest economies of world. Then there is this Brexit factor as well. UK for sure realise that India is one of the emerging economies of the present times with which it has to keep cordial economic ties at all cost.

So, all in all, these are some day to day observations that make me feel why some people are rejoicing the electing of a brown person at the post of Prime minister of UK.

Also, on a side note, if UK’s education system itself is not imparting knowledge about the historic wrongs they did under the garb of Imperialism, I don’t think the common people of UK is to be solely blamed.

Rest, it is to be seen how things go in future. Nevertheless, I personally think that we Indians do deserve a formal apology by the leader/s of UK for the Jaliawalabagh massacre and the other historic wrongs they committed, so they can proceed with our future relations  by doing so. It, for sure, will be a very good thing to begin with. 

Completely agree to this, if not agreed earlier. That is not Gyan, that is the truth.

I will give that an LOL.

Btw Sunak has not shied from showing his Hindu identity. Critics already call him the "appointed Prime Minister" and not the popular one. Anyone has an idea on the religion wise distribution of population in UK.

As far as I know of UK and USA politics, Identity politics is as entrenched as is the case in South Asia. There are some areas like Leicester(recent riots one) which have sizeable Hindus. But, they wield sizeable influence, all thanks to overtly rich Gujaratis, who foster favourable leaders like Bob Blackman.