goose Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 India to complain about 'racist' mention of Golden Temple on Tonight with Jay Leno.
punjabi_khota Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 I want to know how you guys feel about all this, am I being too harsh when I bring these points to attention? Is it just my imagination and that of my Aussie friends who have traveled in India? We know all this. And you are not the first one to bring this to our notice. Thanks though. Now get a burqa for your gf next time you two travel to India :acute:
NeutralCat Posted January 23, 2012 Author Posted January 23, 2012 ^^ Nice comment but then again what do you expect when Indians have the blinkers on.
Number Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 We know all this. And you are not the first one to bring this to our notice. Thanks though. Now get a burqa for your gf next time you two travel to India :acute: LOL..
Number Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 NeutralCat , there is a big difference in India and Australia if you compare. It will take time and effort to reach that level. BTW , Why Aussie girls find it uncomfortable when they are stared ? they are supposed to be insensitive or less sensitive. :winky:
NeutralCat Posted January 23, 2012 Author Posted January 23, 2012 All women are uncomfortable when they are undressed or sexually assaulted, even Indian women.
ganeshran Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 We know all this. And you are not the first one to bring this to our notice. Thanks though. Now get a burqa for your gf next time you two travel to India :acute: :haha::haha:
Ram Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Thank you, My point precisely. q.e.d :P I believe the word you are looking for is 'inarticulate' (though I disagree with that premise too), not 'sensitive'. :P
DomainK Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 ^^ Nice comment but then again what do you expect when Indians have the blinkers on. Cool down dude. I think you are over-sensitive about the over-sensitivity of Indians over sensitive issues you think we should not be sensitive about, but since you are so sensitive about our sensitivity, which we are sensitive about, we have decided to quit being sensitive so that your sensitivity can be put to rest. Happy?
Yoda-esque Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 The fact of the matter is that women were treated worse in Australia a few decades back. It's probably changed a bit now , but things take time to change
Old guy Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Cool down dude. I think you are over-sensitive about the over-sensitivity of Indians over sensitive issues you think we should not be sensitive about' date=' but since you are so sensitive about our sensitivity, which we are sensitive about, we have decided to quit being sensitive so that your sensitivity can be put to rest. Happy?[/quote'] :cantstop:
goose Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Seriously, i know it comes off like the Indians whine a lot, but maybe we're just too civilized for the world we live in. Which other nation is so secular? Where else do Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and Buddhists form such an integral part of the nation's psyche? Yes we do care about what others think of us, and yes we want others to care about what we think. As Gandhi one remarked on Western civilization, it would be a good idea!
flamy Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Could be the semantic gap. :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
Lurker Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 :WTF: So the generation before us, which did everything in the mother tongue was more humorous, witty, and ok with criticism than we are :dontknow: I certainly don't think so. Some of this is sure cultural and goes perhaps in that "Disagreement and hate" thread somewhere on Chit chat, but to your core question if the previous generation was much better on humorous, witty, you dont agree? Why? Lets see some real life examples? Maybe some authors of today that can stand toe to toe with Premchandra or Bankim Chandra or Mahashweta Devi? Or some poet who can match Sahir and Majaz (forget Ghalib)? Or perhaps a comic movie that is as timeless as Padosan or Chupke Chupke. And which writer can do a Tagore and lay rights to a Nobel Prize? Any name comes to mind??? I would doubt if there is any dispute on the fact that we have gotten progressively closer to English while loosing touch with our own native tongue and the ability to express in it. May not hold true for you but generally speaking, yes it is. xxx
Lurker Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Seriously' date=' i know it comes off like the Indians whine a lot, but maybe we're just too civilized for the world we live in. Which other nation is so secular? [b']Where else do Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and Buddhists form such an integral part of the nation's psyche? Yes we do care about what others think of us, and yes we want others to care about what we think. As Gandhi one remarked on Western civilization, it would be a good idea! Great point. The other side of that Goose is which other nations citizens are so quick to lay out the proud flag of "But I am not religious" lol. We have the best of all the worlds, and we refuse to learn anything from it...Sad
Alchemist Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 This might be off topic. but I think it is related somehow to sensitiveness issue. Majority of Indians I have been with are geared towards proving a point or something to other people that proving a point to themselves. Hence they take and hold other peoples opinions in high regards. That generates sensitivity to what other people might be thinking about us and how we should prove them wrong.
flamy Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 ^ Isn't that the case with all humans? Identification with form AKA ego.
jairamesh Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Sensitive?? what a f**king joke, if anything Indians (and Chinese) are more docile compared to any other cultures. They keep taking sh!te after sh!te and yet continue to move forward with determination with all their flaws. Indians have accepted, endured, and embraced foreign influences over the past thousand years, and continues to. If you want sensitivity then look to Europe, who are the epitome of sensitivity, turning it into state policies and propaganda. Hell, the current Australians have become sensitive to a proposal of amending a racist section in their constitution that it is now going to referendum? what a joke. You are confusing public sensitivity with outbursts of emotional mob behavior, which is fundamentally down to incredible rates of illiteracy in India. Uneducated minds are easy to sway and trapping them in irrational behavior. And these illiterates are easy to exploit for what ever gains one desires. You want sensitivity, wrong guess your girlfriend's weight upwards by few kilos! then wait for the response PS: Justifying Indian sensitivity with examples of online comments is plain stupid. Every flippin' inch of the internet is filled with comments driven by sensitivity coming from all races, religions, countries, cultures, genders, etc.
NeutralCat Posted January 23, 2012 Author Posted January 23, 2012 India has given the world a lot of great things, there is no doubt about that, in fact for a country that is only 63 years as a independent nation India has come a long way. Things are changing quickly in India, things are improving every second for the people of India. But more can be done obviously, India still has a long way to go. But with India having the youngest population in the world I am sure in the next two decades India is going to start flying. Hopefully you guys, who are the future, get into the pilots seat and take India to greater heights, India needs to tackle many issues, the only way to do that is take it head on, look at ourselves with brutal honesty and try our hardest to improve the conditions for about 300 million people who have nothing.
akshayxyz Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Being mute is not the same as not employing language. Big difference. Going to agree with Mariyam' date=' language and culture has a big say in what people find humorous and otherwise.[/quote'] ++ And reference to Chaplin is irrelevant - show his video to some tribe in Amazon - will they find it funny? Besides - even if Chaplin's movie does not have sound/words, there still is a language of communication - objects/props/situations/expressions...used in his movies.
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