Here is Doordarshan in a nutshell: 1) Indians code worse than lemurs on crack ! 2) Dosa is just bad injera bread ! 3) Guess why you never see Indian twins ? Because they are so rapacious that one cannibalizes the other in the womb ! Especially the nefarious Hindoos ! 4) Bhangra is just poorly executed Nubo-Cushitic line dancing ! 5) The miserable state of the Indian “po-po” demonstrates the abject failure of the Govt. of India ! My guess is hate….

for a few mins there i thougt u were Doordarshan confused

Doordarshan, it would be easier to discuss things with you if I knew whether your passion springs from love for India or hatred for India. Because it’s hard to tell.

I agree. It’s difficult to tell whether his attitudes are motivated by a genuine desire to promote an honest, objective and balanced view about India and Indians in general (including those in the diaspora), and if he’s therefore taken a stance of continuous Devil’s Advocate rhetoric in order to attack misplaced pride and jingoism — or if he just has a huge inferiority complex about being Indian, especially compared to black people.

I’d actually have a lot of respect for him if it’s the former (even though I don’t agree with many of his views). If it’s the latter, however, then it’s a completely different matter.

I do hope it’s the first option, because at least in that case his intentions would be admirable and sincere.

Here is Doordarshan in a nutshell: 1) Indians code worse than lemurs on crack ! 2) Dosa is just bad injera bread ! 3) Guess why you never see Indian twins ? Because they are so rapacious that one cannibalizes the other in the womb ! Especially the nefarious Hindoos ! 4) Bhangra is just poorly executed Nubo-Cushitic line dancing ! 5) The miserable state of the Indian “po-po” demonstrates the abject failure of the Govt. of India !

My guess is hate….

It is, but I’m not sure where it started in the form that we are familiar with nowadays, that covers many kinds of institutional donations, and can be deducted upto a certain percentage of one’s taxable income. I just read that amendments to the 1917 Revenue Tax Act started things here in America. Giving tithe, i.e., making charitable donations according to religious requirements, is ancient, as is donating money to build and maintain houses of worship and funding religion based charity work. I don’t mean this is in any way more important than the social conventions and a temperament of generosity and practices of giving that may be present outside that context, and I do have a sense that giving is more prevalent in India at a personal and familial level as well as being widely practiced institutionally.

Perhaps deepest patriotism can only become the most bitter contempt and hatred when the object of one’s devotion (one’s country) is revealed to be heinous and debased in its very core. In this case, one can only hate the present manifestation of this hideous embodiment, while working towards and fervently hoping for improvement, or if this is not possible, then wishing utter destruction rain upon the country. Think of the position of true German patriots such as Thomas Mann while Germany was under the National Socialists.

The facts on the ground condemn indians as among the most heartless, callous, selfish, uncharitable people on earth: India leads the world in child hunger, child labor, child prostitution, child marriage, beggary, homelessness, human degradation etc. How do you all manage to overlook these facts that expose hindus as the least charitable and least compassionate of all peoples? A few exceptions, such as Sathya Sai Baba et al, do not change the general rule.

In India the material deprivation is more extreme, and exploitation also; but the family system, sense of identity, and cultural moorings are more intact. Psychologically they are possibly better off than the worst of inner-city American poor.

The american poor aren’t starving. The worst american slums have running water, indoor flush toilets, reliable electricity, well-stocked refrigerators, and so on. Something that even the middle-class of India (who are a minority of Indians) can only fantasize about.It is really obscene to compare the “psychological” state of the american poor with that of the hungry masses of India.

In India the material deprivation is more extreme, and exploitation also; but the family system, sense of identity, and cultural moorings are more intact. Psychologically they are possibly better off than the worst of inner-city American poor.

By what twisted reasoning do you consider the pain of chronic hunger in India “better” than the “psychological” pain of the well-fed, clothed and housed american poor? Food and water are the most fundamental of human requirements for survival. And hindu majority India is the most egregious violator on the planet of this most basic human right.