> Folks in India — especially the boomer class — are trepidated by how they're perceived over actual substance and quality of their work

Just the sheer size and diversity of the Indian "boomer class" could put such generalizations in doubt?

> As someone who's well-versed with the "face-saving" aspects of Indian work culture, I can state with clarity

Pause to consider that the world might appear to you as you imagine it to be. That is, it might be holding up a mirror in to your own psyche.