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Okay I apologize for bringing up the Indian special about her own family murdering her, guess I had to jump for someone making a racist comment. But I agree with Asia rules, in all seriousness, we are all Asians, we should be proud of that. I'm definitely proud of my Chinese heritage (not proud of of the Communist Party running things in China of course), but I value my old traditional culture very much. Love for family, emphasis on education, hard-work for a better life, etc. I know many other Asian cultures including Indians value these same virtues. I respect that and I say be proud!
Yup Monday, September 09, 2002 at 23:50:39 (PDT) [198.81.17.188]

I always wanted to know why are the "untouchables" in India treated so badly? What did they do to deserve such miserable fate? I heard they can never rise above this caste. True?
Is this a religious thing?
As few other posters have said Indians
in America seem very elitest, but I don't get it, isn't this what the British used to do to you guys. I guess people have short memories.
Also, who are the Sikhs?
learning each day Monday, September 09, 2002 at 19:40:35 (PDT) [205.188.208.107]

"I have always been less attracted to East Indian Men"-

This is fine, as this is your own choice. I do understand what Batchu is saying that religion, and family values is quite important in our Indian Culture. I do not feel that it makes us better than someone else. NdNgirl is correct when she speaks of how some of the extreme things mentioned about India are generally quite rare. It is usually the very oldfashioned ones or ones who live back home. It is only a few like this. We are not all barbarians as you believe us to be.
Rajesh Sunday, September 08, 2002 at 23:45:15 (PDT) [152.163.188.161]

hmm everyone against one another... one's superior to another... i dont think it really matter.... asia.. is great is has so much diversity economically, religiously culturally.... thats what makes it so great.. and also i guess thats what makes everyone so....defensive.. because each one of us are so different .. unlike europe, americas or africa... i'm not saying their not different but they r more similar to one another then in asia... we got bhuddists,confuciast, hindu, christian, catholic,etc...... culture?? we got india, china, japan, corea,vietnam, etc.... economically? we got japan,corea,taiwan,hong kong, singapore, china nations like vietnam, india, phillipines, indonesia, malaysia are all top growing nations economicalluy, we got it all... so we should proud to be asian in general...
ASIA rules.. Sunday, September 08, 2002 at 23:34:48 (PDT) [64.4.120.95]

is that true that in India they still kill people brutally for the holy rituals? i that's true it's so disgusting and savage!
k Sunday, September 08, 2002 at 20:12:56 (PDT) [203.162.129.120]

Batchu Praveen,
You remind me of the old parable of the man looking for the speck in the other mans eye while unaware of the plank buried in his own.

P.S. Same goes to the rest of you insighted to stoop to his level.
Seaman Sunday, September 08, 2002 at 19:55:41 (PDT) [68.101.69.58]

While the practice of forced marriages in India is not unheard of, it is generally speaking not standard practice. I will not go into detailing various cultural practices in as vast and diverse a nation as India, rather I would urge each of the readers and posters here to not make broad judgements about entire cultures based on the editorialized journalism of Western media. Most stories like the Indian piece discussed on television do not wish to seek out fair and even handed understanding. They wish to sensationalize unfamiliar cultural practices so that they may be mocked and belittled by westerner audiences. They often stretch obscure practices as to make them appear common place and generally like to ommit the context while emphasizing shock value on various non-western practices. So please take such stories with a grain of salt and try to avoid implicating entire nations by the actions of a few. Were I to believe many western journalists cultural "news" stories at face value, I would be led to believe that the rivers and streams of China have been choked by the bodies of countless unwanted baby girls. I have seen a number of stories about female infanticide in China that claim pandemic statistics coupled with an attitude of cultural normalcy surrounding the practice. Of course I won't be taken in by such bald face contempt for another persons culture and neither should you. So please exercise your minds with a more steady routine of rationalism and less conclusion jumping.
Seaman Sunday, September 08, 2002 at 19:51:53 (PDT) [68.101.69.58]

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