02-11-2006, 08:22 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>World 'lukewarm to India's role'Â </b>
India's global role has grown significantly
India fails to evoke any strong feelings from other countries in the world, a new poll for the BBC suggests.
The survey for the BBC World Service asked how 39,435 people in 33 nations across the globe saw various countries.
On an average, 41% of the people polled did not say whether India had a positive or negative influence.
The poll found Iran having a negative influence in the world, while Japan is most widely seen to have a positive influence.
<b>Interestingly, Indians themselves are the most tepid or modest in their self-estimates</b>
The survey by the international polling firm GlobeScan and the University of Maryland took place between October 2005 and January 2006.
<b>Mixed response</b>
The results on India's influence in the world are mixed, with most deciding not to answer one way or another.
<b>On average, 35% of the people polled said India had a positive influence, while 24% believed it has a negative influence.</b>
"Many more countries (22) countries gave it [India] a net positive rating (6), but nearly all of these are plurality positions (20 positive, 5 negative)," the poll said.
Two countries, Iran and Afghanistan, overwhelmingly voted to say India had a positive influence in the world.
In Iran, 71% had a positive view of India. In Afghanistan, 59% believed the same.
<b>The only country with widespread negative view about India's influence is the Philippines with 57% voting "mainly negative".</b>Â <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Interestingly, Sri Lanka is upbeat about its big neighbour - 49% had a positive view, while only 4% were negative.
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India's nuclear-armed neighbour Pakistan was not in the list of countries polled.</b>Â <!--emo&
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The poll found European countries divided about India.
Great Britain and Russia turned up most positive with over 47% having a positive view of India in the two countries.
<b>France and Finland viewed India most negatively - both being 44% negative and 27% positive.</b>
<b>Nearly half of Indians have a favourable view of their country</b>
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The US leans slightly positive towards India - 39% had a positive view, while 35% thought negatively.</b>
The poll found that Indians themselves were the "most tepid or modest in their self-estimates".
While in most countries a large majority give their country a positive rating, the picture is different in India .
<b>Only 47% of Indians had a positive view of their country. Only 10% had a negative view.</b>
A total of 1452 people above 18 years of age were polled in India.
The margin of error in polling ranged from 2.5% to 4%.                       Â
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India's global role has grown significantly
India fails to evoke any strong feelings from other countries in the world, a new poll for the BBC suggests.
The survey for the BBC World Service asked how 39,435 people in 33 nations across the globe saw various countries.
On an average, 41% of the people polled did not say whether India had a positive or negative influence.
The poll found Iran having a negative influence in the world, while Japan is most widely seen to have a positive influence.
<b>Interestingly, Indians themselves are the most tepid or modest in their self-estimates</b>
The survey by the international polling firm GlobeScan and the University of Maryland took place between October 2005 and January 2006.
<b>Mixed response</b>
The results on India's influence in the world are mixed, with most deciding not to answer one way or another.
<b>On average, 35% of the people polled said India had a positive influence, while 24% believed it has a negative influence.</b>
"Many more countries (22) countries gave it [India] a net positive rating (6), but nearly all of these are plurality positions (20 positive, 5 negative)," the poll said.
Two countries, Iran and Afghanistan, overwhelmingly voted to say India had a positive influence in the world.
In Iran, 71% had a positive view of India. In Afghanistan, 59% believed the same.
<b>The only country with widespread negative view about India's influence is the Philippines with 57% voting "mainly negative".</b>Â <!--emo&:blink:--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Interestingly, Sri Lanka is upbeat about its big neighbour - 49% had a positive view, while only 4% were negative.
<b>
India's nuclear-armed neighbour Pakistan was not in the list of countries polled.</b>Â <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->Â <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> The poll found European countries divided about India.
Great Britain and Russia turned up most positive with over 47% having a positive view of India in the two countries.
<b>France and Finland viewed India most negatively - both being 44% negative and 27% positive.</b>
<b>Nearly half of Indians have a favourable view of their country</b>
<b>
The US leans slightly positive towards India - 39% had a positive view, while 35% thought negatively.</b>
The poll found that Indians themselves were the "most tepid or modest in their self-estimates".
While in most countries a large majority give their country a positive rating, the picture is different in India .
<b>Only 47% of Indians had a positive view of their country. Only 10% had a negative view.</b>
A total of 1452 people above 18 years of age were polled in India.
The margin of error in polling ranged from 2.5% to 4%.                       Â
http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?I...tories&Topic=0&
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