Indians are privately smart and Publicly dumb

Got across this article, written after a book “Games Indians Play” by V Raghunathan.

Essence of the article is “Indians are privately smart and Publicly dumb“. Keeping the debate aside, how are you going to put a picture to this phrase ?

It’s tricky to translate this statement. It has both +ve and -ve connotation. When I crossed this person wearing kerchief around his nose in the morning, it flashed. Don’t know how far does it convey the idea.