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[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Indians really going out of their way to prove that yes, they are stupid enough to believe everything modi tells them

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I mean, India wouldn't be the first country to suffer from overzealous nationalism. Unfortunately, it's pretty easy to judge from the outside but much harder from the inside.

Realistically, we're all in bubbles that we aren't especially aware of, if at all.

For my own experience, though, I have been surprised to see Indian expatriates suddenly reveal pretty pro-Indian and pro-Expansionist views in ways that seemed contradictory for their other views.

I think it makes sense given the history of the country, and like I said, it's too easy to judge, but it does seem to me, as a non-American, say, as a growing and conspicuous part of the nation's culture.

For me personally, I don't like big powerful monocultural places. US, China, India ... from that point of view, seem problematic to me.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Not the first country to suffer from overzealous nationalism, no, but that doesn't make the nationalists any less stupid. Just as with any other nationalist in other countries who believe their leader/country can do no wrong.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The problem with India is that it's absolutely not monocultural, but a sizeable portion if not a majority of the population want it to be. Could lead down a dangerous road

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Agree with this. Also the US is definitely not monocultural either, despite the desires of our loudest countrymen.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Already has

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, nationalism isn't an issue that unique to india.

It's becoming more and more prevalent as time goes on.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nationalism strike again

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

So there’s no hope for India?

Okay, well let’s write them off and stop co-operating with them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Wondering if the Dark Ages or extinction will come first. Seems a race.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


When Justin Trudeau stood up in Canadian parliament last week to announce there were “credible allegations” that agents linked to the Indian government had been involved in the assassination of a Sikh activist in a suburb of Vancouver, it sent reverberations across the world.

Vohra’s only source for the information appeared to be rumours and his wife, who had apparently seen the Canadian prime minister “depressed and stressed” in Delhi airport, but that was enough for it to be presented as news on Zee network.

A show called #TrudeauBacksTerror aired on the inflammatory rightwing channel Republic TV, accusing Canada of condoning anti-India terrorist activity, while news site NDTV – owned by a businessman with close ties to the government – ran a column describing Canada as a country “of rising drug addiction and a slew of highly concerning medical policies, including medical assistance in dying”.

“The problem is Canadistan” ran the headline on a Times of India article written by former government adviser Brahma Chellaney, who alleged that “without curbing its Khalistani militancy, Canada could one day become the Pakistan of the west”.

Following India’s presidency of G20 this year and the recent leaders’ summit held in Delhi, Indian media had been awash with coverage about prime minister Narendra Modi’s growing alliances with western powers.

The rare cross-party solidarity and nationalist fervour stirred up by the incident raise the possibility that Modi could try to capitalise further on the Khalistan issue – a banned separatist movement that fights for an independent Sikh state in India – in the upcoming election in 2024, when he will be seeking a third term.


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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Because not following that consensus means torture or death

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Damn I didn't even have "Hostility breaks out between India and Canada" on my WWII Bingo card