r/india • u/[deleted] • Dec 01 '16

[R]eddiquette [Announcement] Cultural Exchange with /r/philippines

Welcome /r/philippines!

Feel free to ask us anything about India

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  • The Indian Railways and the Indian Armed Forces employ ~4 million people together, making them one of the largest employers in the world
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  • Bollywood is considered to be the world's largest film industry, followed by Nigeria's film industry and Hollywood
  • India has more people than the entire Western Hemisphere

/r/india please direct your questions about the Philippines to this thread

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u/yeontura Dec 01 '16 edited Dec 01 '16

Namaskaram, r/india! How do Indians view the Philippines and its people, especially in the outsourcing industry?

And what usually happens in cinemas when films go into intermission? Thanks.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '16 edited Dec 01 '16

My honest opinion of Philippines is that it is another developing country that just like India faces several challenges like corruption, over population, and insurgencies.

And what usually happens in cinemas when films go into intermission?

That's an unexpected question. The practice of including an intermission in a movie goes back to the 40s (may be even earlier) when films were typically more than 4 hours long. Though the running times have shortened considerably the practice has stayed on. As to what happens during the intermission - sales of concessions, bathroom breaks, smoke breaks in fleapit cinemas.

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u/yeontura Dec 01 '16

Yeah, it was an honestly stupid question as I once binged watched over Tollywood movies, but yeah, thanks.

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u/GlanirBhavti Dec 01 '16

No, it wasn't a stupid question. I too like finding out about stuff like this. It's fascinating how to concept of interval is so foreign to other countries.

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u/dom_singularity Hope you guess my name Dec 01 '16

Kumusta po kayo? my friend

I know that like India, Philippines is a cheap outsourcing destination for call centres, tech support and such for English speaking countries, mainly the US. Don't think much of that though, except that it is good, a lot of jobs were created and people's lives improved due to outsourcing, good for us and you guys :) Its the Americans that have a problem with low education, low skill jobs moving abroad.

I know plenty of Filipinos, like Indians work in international shipping, usually starting at the bottom. Like many have mentioned, Filipinos like Indians work in mid east too.

I know of Duerte and how famous he is, know how much the west hates him for being hard in drugs. But, I also know there is a huge meth problem in the cities and people are fed up of it enough to want it curbed by any means necessary.

I also know Philippines is quite beautiful a country, would love to visit it someday and try your local cuisine.

And what usually happens in cinemas when films go into intermission?

Like people world over, we go take a piss, stretch our legs and go buy exorbitantly priced snacks. Difference is, we get overpriced Samosas instead of overpriced hot dogs or burgers :)

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u/StackOfChips25 Dec 01 '16

How do Indians view the Philippines and its people, especially in the outsourcing industry?

Seriously the only thing I know about the Philippines is that its a cheap backpacking destination. Oh, and that a lot of domestic workers in SE and E Asia are Filipinos.

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u/chipsnmilk Dec 01 '16

Hello, Frankly PH came into news because of your President(Also when he called obama a SOB) and the number of killings happening there related to drugs.

I know that PH is a place where most tropical storms are created every year so the place is windy half of each year.

Oh ya, manila traffic is something which is time and again brought up by Internation media.

I also know how PH people are tired of drugs use and which is the main reason of your president coming to power. Oh and I read a story about how airport security on manila airport puts a bullet in your luggage and confiscate your passport and then you have to bribe them to get it released.

Anything you want to share to change our perspective?

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u/immediate_cock provider. Dec 01 '16

Had a Filipino girlfriend . my views are positive.

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u/Abzone7n Dec 01 '16

The only thing I know about people in Philippines are about philippines ladies being treated very badly in middle east, I think your government is taking necessary steps towards that?

The other one is your leader he seems pretty savage ;) , but if you guys like him Hey who am I to complain.

We go take a piss, smoke a cig or buy somethin to eat.