If the location of the original poster didn't say India, they would have got a much better response.
Highlights something I've seen for a while on these forums and in the region - plenty of narrow minded expats in EK and the Middle East. Reaping the rewards of the region but holding deep rooted animosity towards anyone not of their own kind. Such people are an embarrassment to our profession.
Makes you reconsider the meaning of 'educated'.