I say i am right. i have evidence. Udit Narayan a singer of Nepali origin has made himself a part of mainstream indian music with his extraordinary talent. this wouldnt have been so easily done if he was chinese or european EVEN if he could handle the accent and sing it very well. And even with my fingers and toes i couldn’t count the number of pakistanis well recognized in mainstream indian culture.

and no abhi south indians aren’t smart because they eat fish or whatever thats just really funny. There is this supersmart boy in my school who is North Indian and 100% percent vegitarian :]. and being a southie myself i kno some really smart south indians (some family members & others) and about 70% of them are vegitarian. and one more thing South indians in general aren’t really that big on eating fish. The sea food capitals of india are kerala, Goa, and Bengal. Only Kerala being in the south.

this is a stupid generalization (as stupid as the generalization/stereotype implied about the singer); stupidity and childishness galore(with stupidity and ignorance begetting more of the same) , what else is new?

how can Indians forget the blood of Neplease……they fought for Indian in 1948, 1962, 1965, 1971, and 1999 (Kargil).

I have seen lots of dead bodyies coming to Nepal from kargil

Indians are mean very mean

I am not a Nepali but I fully support the Nepali community’s reaction to RJ Nitin/Johnathan Brady’s comments on air. Isn’t this the same Sepia Mutiny where “Apu’s character in the Simpsons was discussed with much debate and outrage. In America, when the Simpsons had an Indian character/caricature named “Apu”, the desi community roared in protest against this blatant stereotyping of Indians in America. The producers of “the simpsons” claimed that apu was funny and not meant to degrade the indian community. I don’t think many Indians found it “funny” then.

The same thing has been done to Prashant and Nepalis in India. they have every right to be outraged IMO.

An RJ’s job is a very responsible one because of its reach. Radio has the power to reach millions of people. Hence should a voice that smacks of racial stereotyping and intolerance against other cultures pervade the airwaves, it will only seed, awaken and fuel such feelings of intolerance and ignorance among the unfortunate listeners of RJ Nitin.

As educated and secular citizens of India, I expect everyone to feel similar outrage at RJ Nitin’s comments.

Well, it’s common for us to shove each other, it’s in the culture so no need to be formal and say “sorry” in most circumstances. However, we know that non-Indians find such behaviour rude so then we say sorry. Other Indians in general do not find the behaviour rude. We are used to it.

Darjeeling is part of West Bengal today

not true. what is “traditionally” sexy? by whose standards? east or west? bollywood or non-bollywood? everyone has their own idea of what sexy is. depends how you define sexy. i’ve seen indian women who wear the sari in the “traditional” fashion get loads of compliments from westerners on how sexy – and that’s exactly the word they use — and alluring it is. sexy doesn’t have to mean exposing more flesh or less or tying it in what is considered a more “sexy” manner. it’s all how you present it and how you look in it.

“A girl in jeans indicates that she doesn’t think that tradition applies to her. It means that she doesn’t think that the girl should respect her parents, or stay with them until marraige. It means that she wants to be seen on an equal footing with men, and she wants the same rights as men, including the right to go out alone in public, live by herself, and yes, have sex with whomever she pleases.”

i think those are rather sweeping generalizations:) i have relatives who wear jeans who think their parents should be respected, who do stay with their parents until marriage and wouldn’t dream of doing otherwise, don’t really want to live alone etc. and there are women who wear the sari only who want to be on equal footing with men, who want the same rights as men, who want to go out alone in public etc. one doesn’t indicate anything more than the other except in the minds of people being forced to make these false distinctions.

i think it’s really sad when people start equating indian traditional clothing with everything that is “backwards” – even if it isn’t backwards – and western clothing with everything that is good or liberated or progressive or whatever. sometimes it’s about something as shallow as fashion. you don’t have to wear western clothing to either be “progressive” or be seen as “progressive” (swapan dasgupta made a good point about this disturbing falsehood perpetuated by a woman ceo in a fashion magazine in india in a recent column). And certainly not everyone who wears western, so-called “modern” clothing is that “liberal” or “progressive” or knowledgeable about these things.