Comments on: The Love Guru: How Offended Should Indians Feel?

By: Shakti

Shakti — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:22:18 +0000

So why do we care if an outsider does it?

"We" don’t. Just some individuals do.

I personally think it’s great fun.

Peter Sellers was excellent in THE PARTY, for example. And I was watching another one of his old movies last night. I tell you, that guy HAS to have some desi blood in him somewhere. He looks too much like too many uncles I know.

By: Fakepunk

Fakepunk — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:44:24 +0000

@nk

The same way you possible could joke about Family member A with Family member B(Cold be Dad ,Mom, Sis etc.)

But you wouldn’t be laughing so hard if some outsider(Friend,Relative, stranger etc.) did the same.

You could extrapolate this analogy to varying degrees of proximity.

By: nk

nk — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:20:25 +0000

And the deal being? We are used to seeing a "madrasi" in a hindi movie with an "ayyo" accent and eating rasam-papad or a "sardarji" with a "balle" and eating "sarson da saag, makke di roti and lassi", aren’t we?? So why do we care if an outsider does it?

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By: shah jahan

shah jahan — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:41:53 +0000

i think the point is, we are. every single one of us. thats why the question is what do we want.

By: A woman's point of view...

A woman's point of view... — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:20:08 +0000

They should’nt feel offended at all.

There is no “should” or “shouldn’t”.

There are only possibilities.

It is possible that some Indians will feel offended, and possible that some won’t.

Who is the arbitrator dictatating how Indians “should” or “should’nt” feel for God’s sake?!

By: shah jahan

shah jahan — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:12:34 +0000

i want us to be bad guys who arent terrorists, be good guys who arent nerds, and to be doctors and lawyers and not just cashiers at 7-11’s . at least some of the time, just like in real life. i dont care if were on much, like you said, it is nicer to be "special" and our small percentage of US pop means that were not on much. i dont even care if everyone understands us, we are minorities here and thats okay. if i want to be a majority, ill move to india.