RE:To all the cynics
by meda harsha on Feb 05, 2007 11:05 PM Permalink
i am guessing lot of people are proud of the achievement itself, but do we have to hype too much about Sunita having Indian roots?
well done sunita williams,keep continue,its proud feel for all of us. You have dreams , self confident, as well as money , thats why it becomes possible. We also have dreams to do something differnet which becomes memorable to all over the world,and also have self confident, but we dont have money, so we have to work hard. You know it's my plus point.
RE:Its Proud feel for India and its people....................
by kashif zaman on Feb 05, 2007 10:04 AM Permalink
how come we the indian have become so hypocrat,Its definatly very good for sunita for her achievement.When Jade goody called Shilpa indian we wer very angry we called them racist and so on n on.but we r very proud of calling Sunita "indian".I dont know abut rest of u guys but i am only proud of schin,rahul,srk,salman,AB,ghandi,nehru,kalam,and so on..................,
RE:RE:Its Proud feel for India and its people....................
by Nikhil P on Feb 05, 2007 10:11 AM Permalink
Sunita herself identifies herself as an Indian-American. So you would be racist if you denied her from that.
It's not racism to take inspiration from someone successful in your race. Look at the definition of the word "racism" in your dictionary. Also Sunita is biracial. So even using your own logic, its not racism in being proud of her achievements.
You want to be proud of AB,srk,salman. Good luck to you. I like to get inspiration from people like Sunita. That's my choice.
RE:Its Proud feel for India and its people....................
by Nikhil P on Feb 05, 2007 09:44 AM Permalink
You don't need money to do something different. Gandhi did not have money. You can take a lesson from Gandhiji if you want to start doing something about the world without money.
Also it takes talent and hard work to be chosen to work at the space station.
RE:RE:Its Proud feel for India and its people....................
by sanjay sudhanshu on Feb 05, 2007 01:16 PM Permalink
that's gr8 to be indian like you... do admire the people who ever is best in indian perspectives although they are just the copy cat of what we can't be... let me also have a try on that way...
RE:RE:Its Proud feel for India and its people....................
by on Feb 06, 2007 05:39 AM Permalink
stop this stupidity of calling her indian. she has done a gr8 job, but still there is a limit to which we can celebrate it. why should we be so proud of here. she doesn't even claim herself to be indian and she need not do that as well. its high time we stop behaving as inferior beings!!
RE:RE:Its Proud feel for India and its people....................
by on Feb 06, 2007 05:38 AM Permalink
stop this shit of calling her indian. she has done a gr8 job, but still there is a limit to which we can celebrate it. why should we be so proud of here. she doesn't even claim herself to be indian and she need not do that as well. its high time we stop behaving as inferior beings!!
There is n reason to be country specific. All these experiments and trials are being conducted for the welfare and betterment of the entire human race.
Defimitely the efforts are to be lauded and complemented without being country specific.
Let us all pray for the well being and safety of the astronauts in the space whether they are Indians, Americans, Russians, French, German, African, Austalian, New Zealander, Pakistiani, Bangladeshi, SriLankan, Korean, Chinese, Japanese.............etc
How come she is an Indian-American astronaut? She is not born in India. She did not study in India. She is not working for India. The work/research she is doing is no way going to help India. Its not funded by Indian government. Officially, it has nothing to do with India. She may be a lady with roots in India but she is just American astronaut.
Also, are we supposed to celebrate the news? Just because her parents used to be Indian who are well settled abroad and have no plans of coming back also?
OK, you can say I am narrow-minded. I should think about the world as a family. In that case, she was not alone there. Just say that NASA's astronauts did so and so.
RE:Indian-American ?
by on Feb 05, 2007 09:51 AM Permalink
Very true my friend. I wish there were more people like you who could see thru this funny media circus we are subjected to these days!
RE:RE:Indian-American ?
by amit uday karle on Feb 05, 2007 01:54 PM Permalink
Comon forget the media, people read and see those subjects which appeal to them and media is not successful in selling any news. She may not be Indian Citizen but is an Indian-American for sure which the American media states her to be. And finally her family in Mehesana is Indian Citizen. We must be proud of her.
RE:Indian-American ?
by sandeep tr on Feb 05, 2007 09:31 AM Permalink
I absolutely agree to you Mr. Viney Yaday. These news makers just need some kind of story to make.
RE:Indian-American ?
by Nikhil P on Feb 05, 2007 09:39 AM Permalink
She is Indian-American. You can't deny that. Just as blacks here are African-American eventhough their ancestors came to the US centuries ago, Americans with their roots in India are Indian-Amricans. If you don't want to be proud of her success, that's your choice. I don't have any problem with that. Also a correction that only her father is from India, her mother is American.
RE:RE:Indian-American ?
by Srinivasa Ramanujam on Feb 05, 2007 09:43 AM Permalink
Who cares if she is Indian or American? As long as this article reach out to millions, its going to fetch profit from advertisors to the media.
RE:RE:RE:Indian-American ?
by Nikhil P on Feb 05, 2007 09:47 AM Permalink
This story is an inspiration for many people, especially Indian women all over the world.
