Power Distance

India is a country with a high power distance index of 7-8.Power distance is  a factor that determines the culture of a country and means the readiness with which the junior members of the society accept the domination of the senior members.It is the extent to which the less powerful members of organizations and institutions (like the family) accept and expect that power is distributed unequally. This represents inequality (more versus less), but defined from below, not from above. It is because of this that we do not speak up in meetings ,but when out of the door we end up  indulging in criticizing the proposal threadbare.Also as  a society we are more interested in the other person's affairs and are not happy minding our own.Our own promotions/rewards become less valuable to us if someone else gets the same reward/promotion, since we perceive that she doesn't deserve it. More often than not these are just perceptions since they are not based on hard facts/data.