“With support jobs moving to China and India, it's not surprising that English-speaking countries' top frustration revolves around the difficulty of understanding customer service representatives. However, even if the level of customer service is exceptional, the extent to which poorly-understood accents trump quality of service speaks to English-speaking customers' growing intolerance of non-native speech, more so than in other countries.” IfsCountryJobsMovingSpeakUnderstandingLevelsQualitySupportGrowingTrumpSpeechUnderstoodIndiaDifficultyChinaCustomersNativeFrustrationSurprisingIntoleranceRepresentativesOther CountriesAccentsExceptionalEnglish SpeakingChina And India Author:Bob Hayes
“You can go to India and you can see gurus go into samadhi. But when they come out of samadhi, they're nasty. They're egocentric. They don't have a deep regard or understanding of what life is. It's just a little trick they can do, a one-trick pony.” LittlesLife IsUnderstandingCan DoIndiaRegardTricksNastyGuruSamadhiEgocentricPonies Author:Frederick Lenz
“Understanding strengths and weaknesses is very essential in setting forth a clean administration and for sustainable and lasting solutions.” UnderstandingEssentialsSolutionsWeaknessIndiaCleanSettingSettingsAdministrationLastingGovernanceStrength And Weakness Author:Narendra Modi
“I see Lord Buddha in the 21st Century across national borders, across faith systems, across political ideologies, playing the role of a bridge to promote understanding to counsel patience and to enlighten us with tolerance and empathy.” PoliticalUnderstandingLordRolesCenturyEmpathyEmpowermentIndiaToleranceIdeologyBridgesBorders21st CenturyEnlighteningPolitical IdeologyNational BordersLord Buddha Author:Narendra Modi
“In India, whichever language you write in, the possibility of people not understanding irony or not understanding [remains there]. This as a writer is most terrifying!” PeopleWritingLanguageUnderstandingPossibilityIndiaRemainsIrony Author:Arundhati Roy
“India has sanctioned phenomenal injustices for years and years and years. And normalized it. There is no understanding of what it means to be born into a class that has been denied basic human dignity for generations and generations.” YearsHumansMeanHas BeensUnderstandingBornClassGenerationsDignityIndiaInjusticeDeniedPhenomenalHuman Dignity Author:Sarnath Banerjee
“I used to work for the World Health Organisation in poor countries all over the world - Bangladesh, Korea, the Philippines and India. You learn a whole range of things about how other people are living and try to connect with them to gain an understanding of where they're coming from.” PeopleWorldTryingCountryWholeUsedUnderstandingPoorGainsIndiaRangeKoreaOrganisationPhilippinesBangladeshPoor CountriesWorld Health Author:Robert Winston
“India will teach us the tolerance and gentleness of mature mind, understanding spirit and a unifying, pacifying love for all human beings.” MindHumansSpiritUnderstandingHuman BeingsTeachIndiaToleranceMatureHinduismGentlenessUnifying Author:Will Durant
“India-Seychelles relations have been characterized by close friendship, understanding and cooperation.” Has BeensUnderstandingIndiaRelationCooperationClose FriendsClose Friendship Author:Pratibha Patil