zen Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 1 minute ago, coffee_rules said: That’s your inference. Why do they highlight caste and India when fighting domestic violence. As an NGO they should highlight the weaker not the stronger of the community. They are highlighting where DV is happening more .. among upper caste Hindu Indians. Are you a spokie for Equality Labs that you are defending them? Do you know their agenda and activism? This is not one tweet. They are a front for Dalit Christian organization whose sole purpose is to target caste based image of India and Indians in NA. They are calling themselves HR activists and trying gain relevance in the BLM movement. They are trending DalitLM and MuslimLM from India. The tweet only tells that upper cast hindu women are taking the lead - which could be a fact as mentioned before that others may be feeling relatively more helpless to gather the courage. India/Indians do consider castes. Dalits have been mistreated. If they want to speak up against it, I am ok with it. There is the Cisco matter for e.g. We may love India and its traditions but that does not mean we try to gloss over the negatives. Words do not make India great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 (edited) ^^Again, I don’t oppose none of that. I am talking about such sinister organizations which can’t be defended as doing good work. Edited August 13, 2020 by coffee_rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 4 hours ago, coffee_rules said: ^^Again, I don’t oppose none of that. I am talking about such sinister organizations which can’t be defended as doing good work. I agree that to be credible as an organization, it should not be anti-anything but seek to fight injustice for every community. For e.g. if an organization is standing up for women and children, it should be just that w/o factoring in what the background of those it is trying to help is. As for EL, I do not care for it but if someone gets helped by it inadvertently, I do not mind it. coffee_rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passion47 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 South Asia is a region while india is a nationality different regions can have many nationalities , who have similarities as well as some differences with each others like eruope has france, germany italy, britian and so on east asia has japan , china, korea middle east have arabs, iranians , turks, egyptians , maghrebis South Asia is much more common as a term since south asia essentially means two countries Pakistan and India , it doesnt have multiple strong nationalities like some other regions. India and pakistan are also multiethnic countires with many ethnicites living side by side to each other who also have certain differences along with obvious similarities with each other like tamils, punjabis, kashmitis , pashtuns , marathi, baloch , sindhi, bihari , malayali and so on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandeep Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 On 8/17/2020 at 5:47 AM, passion47 said: South Asia is a region while india is a nationality different regions can have many nationalities , who have similarities as well as some differences with each others like eruope has france, germany italy, britian and so on east asia has japan , china, korea middle east have arabs, iranians , turks, egyptians , maghrebis South Asia is much more common as a term since south asia essentially means two countries Pakistan and India , it doesnt have multiple strong nationalities like some other regions. India and pakistan are also multiethnic countires with many ethnicites living side by side to each other who also have certain differences along with obvious similarities with each other like tamils, punjabis, kashmitis , pashtuns , marathi, baloch , sindhi, bihari , malayali and so on South Asia can be an innocent geographic categorization used in the social sciences. However, it is notable that a lot of propaganda outfits who have a distinct bias and specific sub-interest in hostility towards India often use this moniker to camouflage their agenda. This is what has created the backlash and 'negative' connotations associated with the term. coffee_rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 1 hour ago, sandeep said: South Asia can be an innocent geographic categorization used in the social sciences. However, it is notable that a lot of propaganda outfits who have a distinct bias and specific sub-interest in hostility towards India often use this moniker to camouflage their agenda. This is what has created the backlash and 'negative' connotations associated with the term. It's academic bias as well, as there is no actual "Indian" studies but rather "South Asian" studies. We get grouped with our neighbors, and so, our narrative, history, and culture is seen from their lenses and think-tanks. Chinese, Japanese, Korean are very clear about their distinctiveness, and have their own agenda, narrative, studies. Whereas, we foolishly take pride as South Asians.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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