You can't deny that there are a large number of Indians who work in technology and start-ups.
Engineers and others who work in the tech sector (especially in Silicon Valley) almost certainly know and work with more Indian or Indian born people than people in almost any other profession. Learning about the culture they come from and how they treat foreigners and women is absolutely relevant to people who care about and work in technology.
Agreed. I work with, hire, and work with companies that hire many Indian contractors and out sourcing companies. Even the cafeteria where I work just added an Indian food area which always has a huge line. Discussions about outsourcing success or failure and which country to go with are very common.
I also encounter a lot of Indians in business development positions, so you are more often to encounter them when going around talking to other companies than you would just going around your office. I've also read articles that Indians in general are much more widespread in companies than say Asians, who often stick to their own companies, and are steadily moving up the ranks. So you're probably more likely to have an Indian boss or C-level at some point than say an Asian one.
I don't know if I picked up anything useful from the article, being male, but some of the replies have been interesting, like the discussion about the lack of space in the cities and Indians being honest in general about crowding around something interesting, etc.. Might have a useful input or two into how I interact with my Indian peers in the tech sector.
Engineers and others who work in the tech sector (especially in Silicon Valley) almost certainly know and work with more Indian or Indian born people than people in almost any other profession. Learning about the culture they come from and how they treat foreigners and women is absolutely relevant to people who care about and work in technology.