I remember that - squash & partly cricket too if I remember correctly
Considering they are still about a fifth of the worlds population, are desi's good at anything these days?
in sport shooting, wrestling, cricket (india has been icc test rank 1 for around a year).
does vishy anand count? world chess champ for the last 3 years?
in academia we are pretty good at engineering and management[hbs dean is an iit mumbai grad + a lot more]. suck at basic science and math (compared to the chinese esp).
industry hmmm, nothing world leading yet. still developing. the kind of IT/maufacturing desis do can be done by anyone.