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Being slated as an 'outsider' in a foreign country is bad enough, but what if your own shun you too? A post from the heart, based on some personal experiences while away from the homeland. Read the rest of it here. What's your say?
I would love to hear your views!
well Its time Indians realize ... distancing themselves from eachother in the name of NRI and desis and Kannadas and Punjabis..Hindus and Muslims ... we are not doing any good . To the whites ..and the blacks .. we would be One identity always -INDIANS .. still, if some monkeys feel by applying black colour on face they can term themselves Langoors ... wont help :D .. neither will they be accepted by the desis .. nor the videshis !!
ReplyDeleteActually applies to every culture/race. Live and let live's got to be the mantra, no?
DeleteHopping over :)
ReplyDeleteWill meet you there :)
DeleteThe only time I was abroad was when I was on a work trip, and thankfully I was treated like a genius. I guess second guessing comes naturally to everyone irrespective of whichever nationality we belong to. A world beyond stereotypes is a little faraway now but not impossible. I loved the chickens
ReplyDeletePictures on my post always take center stage :) I am glad you didn't have to witness the discrimination!
DeleteI think stereotypes abound everywhere. And, it is easier to brand a third-world country citizen uncouth. Don't we do the same in India? If we see a paan spit or littering, we are quick to curse the illiterate poor. But in reality, the educated indulge in all this behavior and more. And Indians are a terribly racist breed. But we do try to mingle and follow the rules of the foreign country.
ReplyDeleteExactly. As you said, easier to brand a third-world country. But what about the ones who come from that country? I had also done a post on spitting. Not just the illiterate, the well educated ones do it too. From that post - "I caught 9 people spitting in a time span of 20 minutes. BEST bus commuters, auto rickshaw drivers, stall owners, women begging on the street, even white-collar professionals in smart button-down shirts and crisply pressed khakis."
DeleteGood point! Though I have only lived abroad for short durations and that too mostly on business, I could never really experience the social culture. True, we as Indians have a lot of shortcomings, but so do others. Somewhere, we view all foreigners through our rose tinted glasses and think they can do no wrong. Its the psyche and that I believe still has a baggage of a long history of being colonized.
ReplyDeleteYou said it! It's the psyche and I wish it changes sooner rather than later.
DeleteSo true ! nicely illustrated through the image !
ReplyDeleteThank you readersheaven!
DeleteHmm what else we haven't copied from the west including these words directed on us.Are we stereotyping a lot from them ?
ReplyDeleteBut, thankfully here in UK I haven't come across such comments
Sadly, we do seem to be! Copying is OK if it makes sense, call it adapting best practices. But then doing something blindly influenced by others is what irks me.
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