India's secret weapon for south asian dominance is the movies and TV shows. Thesedays many countries in south asia are following the Indian culture that they have learned through movies and TV shows. Not only are they following the culture, many viewers are learning the hindi language via constant exposure to it.

By seeping into an independent country's culture and lifestyle of the population, India has gained favorable status in it's economic, social and cultural expansion. In addition, it makes it easy for Indian people to migrate to other foriegn county to seek opportunities. Since late 1990s, there has been a relatively large acceptance of Indian movies and TV shows in Africa as well. Soon after, there was a huge exodus of Indians into Africa. You can see this expansion as small African children speak hindi language as well. Currently there are millions of Indians living in Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa and other African countries.