Are people from INDIA good at Mathematics??

The question is similiar to "why are all Romanians/Bulgarians/Russians good at programming". This is self-selection at work. Although all the Romanians I have seen are strong programmers, it doesn`t mean that all of Romania is doing programming. It is just a small non-random sample we are seeing. Same with Indians. That said, Indians tend to be relatively better at math than other disciplines. At any point of time you will see more mathematicians & engineers than say archeologists and mountain climbers. From ancient history, the Indians have placed a lot of emphasis on math. The religion/culture always rewarded mathematicians of the likes of Aryabhatta, Bhaskaracharya, Brahmagupta, etc. (Even after 1500 years they retain their brand and we named our initial satellites after them.) One of the dominant occupations among Indians from ancient era was trading & accounting. Indian traders went all over Southeast Asia and Africa. Even in British era, a lot of accounting/inventory management in the colonies were done by Indians. Culturally, doing math was always considered really attractive in India. A kid with supreme math skills is a genius and considered a "rockstar". On the other hand, in the US the same kid will be called a "nerd", "dork" or whatever negative epithet those with no math skills can think of. Culturally, US & Europe are biased against people with math talent and biased towards those who throw balls or play strings. Other than medicine, almost all lucrative career options in India require a strong math background. These include engineering, accounting (CA), finance and business administration. Even if you don`t get educated you start a small business and again you need counting skills there. Kids are taught the reality that, without math our career won`t go anywhere. Even illiterates are good in basic arithmetic as it is a matter of survival. Our schools tend to place a lot of emphasis on basic math skills. My secondary school teacher would kill me if I ever used a calculator. I spent most of my secondary & highschool with those darn, purple Clark`s tables. Some of my classmates used to memorize all sorts of random things (like all Greek alphabets) form that book. A lot of us did close to 50-70 math problems everyday during that time.