We , the so called elders,are afraid of success, or about claiming credit for it. We , the so called wiser,would like to pretend modesty, and let others extol our virtues, which we can then bashfully deny and emphasise our humility.
We are pretentiously humble.
This is typically the traditional duplicity of our traditional  and usually older  society.
 I myself pretend to be modest though within my inner head, heart and soul I believe that I am directly connected to Almighty and only my blessings can bear fruits for my Family, Shop, Company, Society and Country.
We the older generation Indians are paranoid about claiming success for several reasons.
We worry about the evil eye (नजर लग जायेगी, बुरी नजर वाले तेरा मुँह काला). We worry about what people will think of us ( लोग बात बनाते हैं, क्या बोलेंगें, ) . We are wary about receiving compliments( सम्मान  प्राप्त करने से डरते हें- अपने ही सम्मान को स्वयं नहीं स्वीकारते,सदैव स्वयं को अधम, पापी अनाथ समझते है) and the traditional way of dealing with praise is to demur and say (यह सब तो बस भगवान की कृपा है)or even better, turn it back on the person giving the compliments with Ye aap ki meherbani hai.

Sheer Hypocrisy?
The young have a sense of entitlement and impatience about getting things done.
The younger educated, more assertive more exposed generation claims credit assertively.
He takes responsibility and wants the credit.
Younger generation is not Hypocrite or shy. You cannot make him believe a piece of paper drawn by a trained parrot/ pigeon owned by a cunning road side Baba .
You cannot make him to start his every morning claiming that he is sinner, unable to do anything and only miracles are the possibilities in this world through him.
कम से कम मै नई पीढ़ी को यह नहीं सीखने दूंगा- मैं अनाथ हूँ, अधम हूँ, पापी हूँ, मेरे किये कूछ नही होगा।
मैं नहीं संमझने दूँगा- सब कुछ विधि हाथ।
मैं नही उन्हें बोलने दूँगा- सबके दाता राम।
और वे बोलते भी नहीं हैं- पर अभी भी
 हमारी पीढ़ी उनहें केवल यही क्यों सिखाने पर तुली है।