>>212420799 (OP)Tajikistan is right next to India, speaks an Indo-Iranian language and has been in constant cultural exchange with South Asia throughout history. So it's by no means a remote corner of the Earth for Indians, you're just not very educated.
Also, it has quite the achievement of being poorer than India. For this reason, at any given time like 20% of Tajikistan's population is actually living in Russia as work migrants.