I don’t know why I’m bothering to comment, but turn on any news shows or crime statistics in different ethinic groups and see the amount of violence against women, murders, rapes, public nuiances that nondesi groups commit…It’s stupid to sit here and compare but since you are trying to stereotype desis, I suggest you look at crime rates for other ethnic groups (including violence against women,( how many American nondesi women are killed every year while pregnant – there’s so many cases that are covered everyday in the news shows). YOu hear a couple of stories (and I’m not saying there isn’t more) and then stereotype south asians as a whole – that’s kindof weird, when I’m assuming you don’t stereotype other ethnicities based on their crimes both anecdotally or statistics. Those people were horrible that were involved in killing their daughter in law, or mistreating their maids, etc, but do you realize how many of those same types of crimes are committed by other ethnic groups, perhaps at a higher rate?

Weird conclusions you draw.

I understand what your saying and it’s been awhile since I’ve read anything academic on Gandhi – Thanks for that link on Tata and Gandhi. When I said “ascetics and tatas can exist together” i didn’t realize how true that was.

Gandhi was a spiritual leader and a politican to me. His politics involved not shaking the boat so to speak, among Indians until we get the Brits out. He certainly, at least from my understanding of history, didn’t have a problem with strikes against the Brits. But I can see how sometimes he had to compromise positions to unite Indians against the British. I don’t know what his ideas would have been had he lived.

I commented on the idea that to some commentators India is considered weak – we’ve had kingdoms and conquests as have most other parts of the world. So many parts of the Europe have been run over by one group or another, and sometimes, like what you see in the Balkans it can still lead to violence and destrucition- based on something that happend in the 13th century. There’s nothing weak to me about Ahimsa and satyagraha, and it’s much stronger ideas than all out killing at anyone. Was Gandhi a politican – yes and just like I see so many American politicans, he had to compromise (imo) his ideals for what was expediant to keep a united front, against something more sinister.

My 9 year old Daughter used to watch all those shows a couple of years ago, but now all she wants to do is play guitar hero and that another story.

The only show I wish my daughter had not watched was Dora the Explorer. I just found that Dora and her best friends Boots are illegal immigrants. If you watched the show Dora would speak Spanish to make little kids learn spanish as the 1st part of major plans by the National Council of La Raza to take over the southern United States and claim it back for Mexico.

Hopefully American border agent Swiper the Fox will be able to stop Dora, Diego and Boots.

Desi kids grow up to be gangsters?

This guy or girl brings up a great point.