Smurf,
no intelligent person doubts that Indians can be professional, skilled pilots. Racism has no place in aviation, period.
But don't forget, many of us fly to India frequently, and what you experience there is, please forgive me, simply terrible. We are not blinded by media, this is true first hand experience.The standard of ATC, by pilots and contollers, the lack of any organisation or system, horrendous runway conditions, multiple useless stamps while you pass an army of uniformed muppets in the terminal, the awful traffic disregarding any rules or even common sense,useless hotel staff, I could go on and on.
India today is clearly a dysfunctional society, with religious fatalism, out-of-control demographics, lethal pollution paired with corruption of epic dimensions.
If I would be asked for one word to describe India it would be chaos.
It is just sometimes hard to believe anything of higher standard can come out of this mess, but of course you are right that this is completely feasible.
Plus I can guarantee you that any applicant, no matter from which country, will have to work very hard to have a career in Cathay. Good luck.