In India, the primary motivation for scientific careers is parental expectation and social status rather than curiosity about nature; science and medicine are among the three highest-prestige careers, and bright children are pushed into them to advance family status through marriage markets, not because of intellectual interest.
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“most of my Indian scientific colleagues had not gone into science because of a deep curiosity about nature they'd gone into it because their parents believed in education and science and medicine and Engineering were the three top careers yeah and and so any bright children who had been pushed into that and pushed in their studies”
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