Racism is an age old malady in Indian society. India does not have any moral ground on racism since are hierarchical thinking is built into our psyche. We are a society of colonial servitude .
We Indians care so much about caste and clannish mentality . We are pathologically inferiority/superiority complex oriented society. We have no moral grounds to blame Aussies about sledging when we have our own house unclean.
Probably we should take it as a lesson instead of hiding behind denial. Fundamentally we are a very hierarchical society ourselves. A nation cannot call itself a super power unless it faces its own ugliness in the face of international criticism. U.S is learning it the hard way. We are long way from being a super power. But if we even want to entertain such a wish we better get our act together first in the area of class, race , caste etc.
RE:Racism and India
by D S on Jan 09, 2008 06:40 AM Permalink
Sikhs, Buddist and Islamic say they don't have hierarchy. Yogic and Vedanta Aryans learnt spicy food, caste and Hinduism from the natives. No problems with Aryans and the mix leaving the baggage customs and still enjoy the native spicy foods.
RE:Racism and India
by Auzzie Mite on Jan 09, 2008 06:57 AM Permalink
SB, Even if one were to assume that what you say holds good, there's a few things to consider. Your charge of our own house unclean does not imply that we just keep quiet and put up with Aussie sledging. That is not done. The issue here is about Harbhajan being punished without any evidence. Punishing without evidence based on the Australian player's testimony is again like selective interpretation or shall we say racism. Isn't the verdict racist now? the issue is about the guilty verdict without any evidence. Whether there is racism or not in India has hardly any relevance to that issue.And if the Aussies sledge, they have to be blamed regardless of other facts that are not directly relevant to the issue of sledging.
RE:Racism and India
by Balaji on Jan 09, 2008 11:49 AM Permalink
My point is that whether Harbhajan is guilty or not is not not relevant. What is more relevant is that the Aussies are minimizing their guilt (of meting out racial sledging) by blaming us of the same. Its the case of Pot calling Kettle Black !!
Whether Harbhajan is punished or not is merely a side show. Whether Buckner was just or not is a just a red herring. The real show is who is more racial or arrogant - Aussies or Indians?
RE:Racism and India
by Dev Purkayastha on Jan 09, 2008 07:08 AM Permalink
What relevance do your comments have to the cricket controversy. Before you weigh in you should read the news. What is at stake here is bad umpiring and unfair suspension of Harbhajan. If people have to clean up their house to protest a manifest injustice, injustice will thrive. When US condemned the Nazis for the massacre of Jews, US was still a segreagated society. Should they have waited until there was perfect equality in the US? Get real man. How long are you going to be awed by the Sahibs? Wake up and smell the coffee.
RE:Racism and India
by JM on Jan 09, 2008 06:57 AM Permalink
You mix Racism, Castism and Sledging.
Just because India is not perfect, Indians should keep quiet?
Going by your illogical argument, maybe you will also say India dont have a right to fight militancy in Kashmir as there is street-voilence on the streets of Mumbai!
And what the hell does this have to do with India being a superpower(or not)?
Sorry Balaji, you are incoherent and morbidly retarded! Retarded people like you are the real problem in India!! India is in a bad state and struggling to develop becausde of retards like you being Indian.
