Which actor or actress is a perfect example of being in the right place at the right time?
For me, it’s Deepika and Anushka. I know they were both models before Bollywood, but you have to be incredibly lucky to get your first movie opposite SRK, with him actively promoting you. Even most nepo girls don’t get that kind of launch or treatment.
Why do you think this country is so misogynistic? With some Aràb countries and even Bngladesh doing better on some gender-equality indexes, I genuinely wonder why we have such overt misogyny.
I mean, trolls on the internet literally lose their minds if an actress talks about the pay gap or any issue she faces. Imagine losing your mind over a celebrity you never met simply talking about her own experiences.
And the so-called “progressive” men aren’t necessarily any better. The moment Indian women talk about issues they face, they often resort to deflection, whataboutism, or immediately start listing problems faced by men instead of actually listening. Yet some of these same men suddenly become very vocal about gender issues when a foreign woman faces something in India, such as street harassment. Why does it seem so much easier for them to care about women’s rights when the woman involved is foreign?
PS: This isn't me trying to generalize all men. Obviously, not everyone is like that, but there is an issue of overt misogyny in this country.
Let's talk about reservation and how the social justice movement has now become bullying. SÇs and STs were historically discriminated against, and even today they face discrimination in villages. I support reservations for them for this exact reason.
But let's talk about how now any group or càste with a significant population and voting block can bully and demand reservation. I mean, after independence, people/groups who faced discrimination and ríots were Sikhs, Mslims and Christians. Even today, Mslims and Christians face hate crìmes. Does that mean they should get reservation at every step? No, and they are not demanding it either. They just want to live safely, and rightly so.
We have an ÖB-C PM who has the media in his pocket. Most people should demand better public schools instead of reservation at every step. Most OB-Cs don't face any càste issues; their struggles are purely economic.
Jains and Parsis are overrepresented among billionaires and in other powerful positions. Does that mean they are discriminating against upper-càste Hindus? Of course not.
Instead of constantly demanding more reservation, we should focus on better schools, better healthcare, more jobs and better economic opportunities for everyone.
Is it just me, or is it absolutely ludicrous that some foreign universities and institutes have added cäste as a protected category? These nations give refuge to people from countries where practices such as käfâla, bächa ba_zi, forced marriage, female gènital mutìlâtion, and other forms of problamamatic practices have existed or still exist.
Yet they seem to single out càste as though it is uniquely deserving of a special protected category. Not to mention the many other forms of hereditary status,discrimination, tribal hierarchy, and social stratification that exist across the world. Like i remember some post on an indian sub asking that are upper cästes kìlling and graping sc people in America,SMH.
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The whole AI and larping situation has made racism against us 100 times worse. I’m sure you guys are aware of our neighbours who work overtime to spread hàte against us, but now even Indónesians are posting vulgàr comments under white/foreign women’s posts and larping as Indians. I honestly don’t know what the solution to all of this is. Hìndus especially are going to have a rough time in foreign countries,both as travellers and expats.
The whole AI and larping situation has made racism against us 100 times worse. I’m sure you guys are aware of our neighbours who work overtime to spread hàte against us, but now even Indónesians are posting vulgàr comments under white/foreign women’s posts and larping as Indians. I honestly don’t know what the solution to all of this is.
Have you ever noticed how woke SJW types come up with new terms to describe things as casteist, saying vegetarianism is cásteist, arranged marriage is càsteist, and accidentally mentioning your own cáste is cásteist?
They brag about their “inter-cäste marriage,” but if you look closely, they often marry a fellow upper caste-for example, a Bràhmin marrying a Khatri or a Khatri marrying a Banía.
They would never consider dating or marrying an S-C person. These SJWs are quick to lecture everyone about "castéism", but when it comes to their own dating and marriage choices, suddenly cäste seem to matter.
What do you think abt this? : r/TwentiesIndia
I was scrolling on reddit and a recent discussion on r/TwentiesIndia I came across (posted link above), really reflects a prominent "doomer" mentality among mainland youth in India, with commenters noting that individuals frequently trap themselves into a life focused entirely on JEE and NEET preparation. It really does feel like this environment fosters extreme burnout, leaving participants entrenched in intense academic and corporate rat races with virtually no dating lives or social outlets to have any fun in life.
I also sense that many mainlanders likely brigade this subreddit because they project their own frustrations onto an idealized, media-fueled fantasy of American high school life. I strongly believe this online hostility often stems from resentment over being trapped in hyper-competitive academic rat races, like JEE prep, which leave them with severely restricted social outlets and nonexistent dating lives.
Furthermore, the intense lack of upward economic mobility and poor professional opportunities in India can breed deep jealousy toward the structural privileges enjoyed by those raised in the West. I know it is unfair to generalize, as this bitter mindset definitely does not represent all of India. But in my own life example, my American High school life for sure was not as glorious, such as growing up in the inner-city in a title 1 high school with very overcrowded class sizes and poor test scores in math and science and reading and ACT/SAT's.
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India, Afghänistan, and some other developing countries have become a zoo for these people. We all know how some YT sexpats travel to SEA countries and do all kinds of unspeakable things to women and children. Over here, they harass poor people, treat locals as curiosities, and constantly objectify and stereotype them.
They come with this colonial mindset that people here are somehow beneath them, while they act like they are entitled to everything simply because they have money and passports from wealthier countries. It is disturbing how poverty and inequality are treated as an opportunity for exploitation rather than something deserving empathy and respect. Even Latinos are travelling here and doing this.
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India, Afghänistan, and some other developing countries have become a zoo for these people. We all know how some YT sexpats travel to SEA countries and do all kinds of unspeakable things to women and children. Over here, they harass poor people, treat locals as curiosities, and constantly objectify and stereotype them.
They come with this colonial mindset that people here are somehow beneath them, while they act like they are entitled to everything simply because they have money and passports from wealthier countries. It is disturbing how poverty and inequality are treated as an opportunity for exploitation rather than something deserving empathy and respect. Even Latinos are travelling here and doing this.
Now anyone who is aware of history knows Maratha forces were píllaging and raiding Bengal, Orissa, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi, and Bundelkhand. And now they have the moral high ground, forcing migrants to speak their language and even béating up construction workers for not speaking their precious language.
It’s out of the generous heart of people that they don’t constantly remind Marathi bros of their darker, exploitative past. The irony is that migrants who come to Maharashtra to work are treated as outsiders, despite contributing to the state’s economy . They should be glad people don't expect reparations and have moved on. I mean they have crossed all levels of pettiness now. Forcing drivers to speak their language.
Nothing can completely end the cáste system, not even inter-cäste marriage,and I support inter-cäste marriage. Because the so-called cäste system is tríbalism at this point. So it's better to focus on making the lives of sanitation and mining workers as safe as possible, paying them well, and banning and enforcing dangerous septic-tank work and scävenging.
As for hierarchy and social stratification, Aräbs have hierarchy, Asians have their own hierarchy, and almost every society has some form of social division.
It's unfortunate in human nature to divide ourselves into groups. We should fight discrimination and hereditary status while focusing on practical problems that can actually be solved.
Let me start by saying that cäste discrimination is very real, and hereditary-based indentured servitude is a huge problem in some villages. Now, for all their flaws, our governments have tried to reduce it, made discrimination illegal, and put welfare policies in place. Obviously, India being a developing country means these policies don't always reach the people who need them the most.
But I can't help but notice how our neighbours, who deliberately kept marginalized communities to do their dirty work during Partition, have suddenly taken the moral high ground. I mean, their minorities barely have any rights, even on paper. The way these hypocrites troll us over the CaStE system is so unbelievably frustrating and hypocritical.
Probably not the right sub but
What do people think about international brands copying Indian traditional designs and then presenting them as their own,from dupattas and bandhani to jhumkas and even chappals?
How is this legally possible, and what does it mean for the Indian designers, artisans and workers whose livelihoods depend on these crafts? Some of these traditions have existed for centuries, and several Indian crafts may have some legal protection, but traditional cultural expressions often fall into a grey area .
I'm genuinely curious to hear from anyone who works in fashion, handicrafts, design or intellectual property. How does this work legally, and what could actually be done to ensure Indian artisans and designers benefit when their traditional work becomes commercially valuable internationally?
Also, the hypocrisy of these people,they always mocked our ethnic looks, traditional clothing, and dressing sense, , and now they’re taking those very same elements, repackaging them, and passing them off as their own. The irony is almost unbelievable.
This image taken at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta has been making the rounds on social media recently, and unfortunately it’s not really a new sight. Every time I’ve taken a flight to India, the line of wheelchairs is 5-10 times as much as it is on any other flight I’ve taken, and it’s mostly due to NRIs or naturalized citizens living here in America either not wanting their par.ents to walk around the airport carrying their luggage, or fears of them not understanding English well enough to be able to navigate the airport by themselves.
There are many concierge/assistants available at airports including at ATL, but Indians never seem to bother using them because there’s a free option available if you just abuse the wheelchair system. It’s frustrating to see this pattern of Indians abusing a free system built off a universal system of social trust happen over and over until these systems break down and are forced to require verification. Even Indians on social media who see this post are saying the problem is that the wheelchair service is free, not that Indians are abusing the system.
Why are our villages still so socially backward? Sure, many villages now have electricity, roads, tap water, smartphones, and somewhat better infrastructure, but socially, a lot of them still seem to live in the Iron Age. Cäste/relígion discrimination, rigid social hierarchies, restrictions on women, honour-based thinking, and resistance to inter-community marriages are still common in many places.
How did other countries modernize their rural societies while developing economically? What changed their social attitudes and institutions? Why has India managed to modernize cities without bringing the same level of social modernization to its villages? Is it education, urbanization, economic development, or something deeper in our social structure?
Do you think tríbalism is holding us back? If you look at other countries that are developing or newly developed, all it took was a decent government and a compliant population. But the country is heterogeneous, and any attempt to get people to work towards a common goal gets divided along cäste, relígion, region, language, etc.
Every group has its own interests, grievances, and political demands, and politicians have an incentive to keep appealing to these identities rather than build a broader sense of national interest. At some point, you have to wonder whether this constant tríbalism itself is becoming one of the biggest obstacles to development.
If you are a UC,Just intermarry or don’t have kids. If reservation is never going away, then honestly, I’d rather see people mix with the rest of the population than keep reproducing rigid cäste identities. I mean, if cäste is supposed to disappear eventually, intermarriage is probably a much more constructive way to get there. Also it might make us homogeneous. The forced altruism is anyway causing compassion fatigue.
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Why does the govt go overboard with appeasement? I mean, whether it's Cngress, BJP, or any other party, most of them seem to do things primarily for votes. They would rather appease radîcal groups than actually try to deradícalize them.
I mean, look at Australia,they banned social media for teenagers, and the UK banned cigarettes for future generations. They don't seem as concerned about losing votes over every unpopular policy.
A lot of Western countries also have añti-väx and anti-abórtíon extremists, but governments don't necessarily appease them.
Here, on the other hand, it feels like political parties are much more willing to cater to organized groups if they think it will help them electorally. Why is that?
