The people of Singapore are different, it appears. In "Colonialism can work – just look at Singapore," Jeevan Vasagar shows how Singapore's postcolonial rulers seized the advantages left them by the British empire and used them, for the most part, for the benefit of wider society. Read here. After colonialism ended, Singapore borrowed a lot of ideas from the United States.
Singapore is a world-class state. And so are many countries that borrowed from the West and put it to use in their countries.
India appears to be a case in contrast. People still talk with "pride" about how they got rid of the Brits (sure, freedom is good). But these same people want to escape from India to Britain ... and to other Western countries like the US. Or they've already escaped. How this attitude translates is a long story, but here's the bottom-line: a third of India doesn't even have electricity and toilets.
Singapore is a world-class state. And so are many countries that borrowed from the West and put it to use in their countries.
India appears to be a case in contrast. People still talk with "pride" about how they got rid of the Brits (sure, freedom is good). But these same people want to escape from India to Britain ... and to other Western countries like the US. Or they've already escaped. How this attitude translates is a long story, but here's the bottom-line: a third of India doesn't even have electricity and toilets.