06-13-2007, 05:03 PM
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k.ram: any way to quantify the number of these self-loathing Indians. A huge percentage of Indians I've met (could say over 95% - the number is my guess) are pretty darn confident of who they are and where they fit in global village. And these kind don't wear their religion or nationalism up their sleeve.
The problem is that a very small miniscule percentage of self-loathing, self-flagellating Indians/Hindus have hijacked the media and the mike and are heard and seen around and they spread a very wrong image about who/what we are.
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Frankly, I do not know how to estimate such numbers Viren. Perhaps one could guesstimate based on the environment (Commie favorite word - social context) they are in.
Let me ask you one thing, sheerly out of curiosity, how many of these confident numbers are self-aware (of their identity - granted they do not have to wear anything up their sleeve)? Also, given a choice of whiteness (power and privelege) and their awareness of Indian/Hinduness, which one will they opt for? I guess what I am looking for is how consciously was their choice made...
Hindu narrative's consequence/result could very well assist some fence sitters and the ones who went into the twilight zone, IMVHO.
k.ram: any way to quantify the number of these self-loathing Indians. A huge percentage of Indians I've met (could say over 95% - the number is my guess) are pretty darn confident of who they are and where they fit in global village. And these kind don't wear their religion or nationalism up their sleeve.
The problem is that a very small miniscule percentage of self-loathing, self-flagellating Indians/Hindus have hijacked the media and the mike and are heard and seen around and they spread a very wrong image about who/what we are.
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Frankly, I do not know how to estimate such numbers Viren. Perhaps one could guesstimate based on the environment (Commie favorite word - social context) they are in.
Let me ask you one thing, sheerly out of curiosity, how many of these confident numbers are self-aware (of their identity - granted they do not have to wear anything up their sleeve)? Also, given a choice of whiteness (power and privelege) and their awareness of Indian/Hinduness, which one will they opt for? I guess what I am looking for is how consciously was their choice made...
Hindu narrative's consequence/result could very well assist some fence sitters and the ones who went into the twilight zone, IMVHO.