Is it just me, or is this a specialist Indian trait - giving respect where none is due?
I was just criticized for being brash and rash, by a senior Indian friend of mine, and I have no problem accepting I am rash and brash. But the reason this criticism came baffles me. He sent me a long list of "Winners vs Losers" sayings, topped up with "the blessings of ABC priest" and a picture of this saffron man. All I did was place my bet that this priest had nothing to do with these sayings. That's it.
I was not only criticized for doing that, but a suggestion even followed - perhaps it is because I am unmarried that I am like this!
Seriously, if I got a whole bunch of sayings, "With the blessings of XYZ person", is it not normal to assume that those sayings were being attributed to that person? Is it wrong to question that? I wasn't even taking a stance here of any sort, just placing a bet that this priest did not say those things about winners and losers. I get chastised for that? Well maybe I should have asked the real question - "Why do you have to put this priest over these sayings if you don't intend some sort of association? Are the sayings so irrelevant that I would take them seriously if this saffron guy blessed me? Or is the dude so at a loss for words that he had to tag on to these sayings in case he appears dumb otherwise?
It is no secret that I hate these fucking do-gooders who don't do shit except spread the "good" word. I am one of those bastards that has no respect for age, and I make no secret of it. I have no respect for a priest or saint just because that person chose that life. I do have a lot of respect for an ordinary person who pats a stray dog, feeds some needy person, or waters a sapling diligently. Enough already with the fake notions about ourselves.
There is an India that is holy beyond question, self righteous, blind as a bat with confidence, but useless in abilities of perception. The people who come from this India want Indian culture imposed on every damn thing, even if it is practically hopeless. They love all the "good news" about India that they hear, and ignore all the truth that doesn't sound or look so good. These are the fools that believe an Indian company can make an "iPad killer" even when they have not done anything but talk about a stupid tablet they are coming out with as their first product, and these are the people that imagine the USA's space program is on its feet because of the Indians working at NASA!
Why is it that these people assume India has the patent on intelligence and culture, even while India's own engineers have not been called upon to clean up the Ganges, and India's youth no longer subscribe to the social values their parents agreed to abide by to their parents? The harsh truth is, India is a bloody fake nation. It had some great things going for it in the last few thousands of years, but India the nation was yet to be born! Since 1947, India the nation has been at the mercy of dogma, assumptions, exaggerated reverence for the wrong things, and this belief system that keeps Indian people individually holy but collectively corrupt and inefficient.
This is not to belittle the success of the Indian postal department's PIN code system, or the various strides Indians have made in various fields. It is to question our right to imagine other nations have not made similar progress in the corresponding period. We're going ahead, for sure, but that just means we caught the same evolution bus as everyone else from monkey to human. Nothing more. This truth doesn't sit well with this arrogant India.
As ridiculous as it may seem - let's take the first few boasts from this website http://www.nagpurdarpan.com/main/indian.htm for instance.
There are 3.22 Million Indians in America.
38% of Doctors in America are Indians.
12% of Scientists in America are Indians.
36% of NASA employees are Indians.
34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL employees are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are Indians.
First of all, why is America (presumably the USA) the gold standard for "Indians"? Why not see how NASA, MICROSOFT, IBM, INTEL, and XEROX are ALL American companies, not Indian!
Let's take the 3.22 Million Indians in America. Okay, so they made it great. What about the 1.2 billion who are still in India? The Indian doctors in America are probably very good. What about those in India? How many doctors do we have here, and why is our healthcare system so screwed up that most government hospitals are just concentration camps?
12% of scientists in America are Indians? Great! The community of scientists in the USA are responsible for the USA holding 90% of the patents since the invention of the aeroplane. We are using pilots with fake licenses to fly our people in them!
36% of NASA employees are Indians. Great! 100% of ISRO employees are Indians. What exactly are we proud about here? ISRO is the best of the best of government organizations in India. But the mention here is still NASA! The gold standard is still the USA in this patriotic message about India!!
If you go down the list of things Indians should be proud of, almost all the great things took place in ancient India, zilch in the nation of India we have today.
We still have too much reverence, exaggerated reverence, for ancient things, and that is why perhaps we don't trumpet the bride burning custom of "Sati" which was also part of India's culture not so long ago. Now, for heavens sake, stop telling me about how we respect our elders. I don't, okay? Those of our elders that are respectable, get my respect. Those that run with bullshit "do good" notions while hiding behind their own inefficiency and inarticulate, archaic notions of culture, I couldn't give a shit about. I will never respect anyone just for their age. It might change if they start acting their age.
Google "proud to be an Indian" and you will see the same old rants about how high the Himalayas are, how beautiful our rivers are, (like there are no other nations which have mountains and rivers that are more beautiful!), and this regular trumpet about "How great our culture is"!. What the fuck is this culture I hear about? People shoving each other in all public transportation? Spitting in all public places? Human excrement in the open? Getting killed in stampedes in religious places? Bribery? Corruption? Getting away with murder? Cops raping rape victims who went to police stations for lodging a complaint? The list of incredibly uncultured, criminal behaviour is endless in India. What the fuck is there to be proud of?
But I'm sure we will get some blessings from ABC priest and this country will be great again. Till then, we don't have to do SHIT. Especially, THINK.
- BSK.
I was just criticized for being brash and rash, by a senior Indian friend of mine, and I have no problem accepting I am rash and brash. But the reason this criticism came baffles me. He sent me a long list of "Winners vs Losers" sayings, topped up with "the blessings of ABC priest" and a picture of this saffron man. All I did was place my bet that this priest had nothing to do with these sayings. That's it.
I was not only criticized for doing that, but a suggestion even followed - perhaps it is because I am unmarried that I am like this!
Seriously, if I got a whole bunch of sayings, "With the blessings of XYZ person", is it not normal to assume that those sayings were being attributed to that person? Is it wrong to question that? I wasn't even taking a stance here of any sort, just placing a bet that this priest did not say those things about winners and losers. I get chastised for that? Well maybe I should have asked the real question - "Why do you have to put this priest over these sayings if you don't intend some sort of association? Are the sayings so irrelevant that I would take them seriously if this saffron guy blessed me? Or is the dude so at a loss for words that he had to tag on to these sayings in case he appears dumb otherwise?
It is no secret that I hate these fucking do-gooders who don't do shit except spread the "good" word. I am one of those bastards that has no respect for age, and I make no secret of it. I have no respect for a priest or saint just because that person chose that life. I do have a lot of respect for an ordinary person who pats a stray dog, feeds some needy person, or waters a sapling diligently. Enough already with the fake notions about ourselves.
There is an India that is holy beyond question, self righteous, blind as a bat with confidence, but useless in abilities of perception. The people who come from this India want Indian culture imposed on every damn thing, even if it is practically hopeless. They love all the "good news" about India that they hear, and ignore all the truth that doesn't sound or look so good. These are the fools that believe an Indian company can make an "iPad killer" even when they have not done anything but talk about a stupid tablet they are coming out with as their first product, and these are the people that imagine the USA's space program is on its feet because of the Indians working at NASA!
Why is it that these people assume India has the patent on intelligence and culture, even while India's own engineers have not been called upon to clean up the Ganges, and India's youth no longer subscribe to the social values their parents agreed to abide by to their parents? The harsh truth is, India is a bloody fake nation. It had some great things going for it in the last few thousands of years, but India the nation was yet to be born! Since 1947, India the nation has been at the mercy of dogma, assumptions, exaggerated reverence for the wrong things, and this belief system that keeps Indian people individually holy but collectively corrupt and inefficient.
This is not to belittle the success of the Indian postal department's PIN code system, or the various strides Indians have made in various fields. It is to question our right to imagine other nations have not made similar progress in the corresponding period. We're going ahead, for sure, but that just means we caught the same evolution bus as everyone else from monkey to human. Nothing more. This truth doesn't sit well with this arrogant India.
As ridiculous as it may seem - let's take the first few boasts from this website http://www.nagpurdarpan.com/main/indian.htm for instance.
There are 3.22 Million Indians in America.
38% of Doctors in America are Indians.
12% of Scientists in America are Indians.
36% of NASA employees are Indians.
34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL employees are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are Indians.
First of all, why is America (presumably the USA) the gold standard for "Indians"? Why not see how NASA, MICROSOFT, IBM, INTEL, and XEROX are ALL American companies, not Indian!
Let's take the 3.22 Million Indians in America. Okay, so they made it great. What about the 1.2 billion who are still in India? The Indian doctors in America are probably very good. What about those in India? How many doctors do we have here, and why is our healthcare system so screwed up that most government hospitals are just concentration camps?
12% of scientists in America are Indians? Great! The community of scientists in the USA are responsible for the USA holding 90% of the patents since the invention of the aeroplane. We are using pilots with fake licenses to fly our people in them!
36% of NASA employees are Indians. Great! 100% of ISRO employees are Indians. What exactly are we proud about here? ISRO is the best of the best of government organizations in India. But the mention here is still NASA! The gold standard is still the USA in this patriotic message about India!!
If you go down the list of things Indians should be proud of, almost all the great things took place in ancient India, zilch in the nation of India we have today.
We still have too much reverence, exaggerated reverence, for ancient things, and that is why perhaps we don't trumpet the bride burning custom of "Sati" which was also part of India's culture not so long ago. Now, for heavens sake, stop telling me about how we respect our elders. I don't, okay? Those of our elders that are respectable, get my respect. Those that run with bullshit "do good" notions while hiding behind their own inefficiency and inarticulate, archaic notions of culture, I couldn't give a shit about. I will never respect anyone just for their age. It might change if they start acting their age.
Google "proud to be an Indian" and you will see the same old rants about how high the Himalayas are, how beautiful our rivers are, (like there are no other nations which have mountains and rivers that are more beautiful!), and this regular trumpet about "How great our culture is"!. What the fuck is this culture I hear about? People shoving each other in all public transportation? Spitting in all public places? Human excrement in the open? Getting killed in stampedes in religious places? Bribery? Corruption? Getting away with murder? Cops raping rape victims who went to police stations for lodging a complaint? The list of incredibly uncultured, criminal behaviour is endless in India. What the fuck is there to be proud of?
But I'm sure we will get some blessings from ABC priest and this country will be great again. Till then, we don't have to do SHIT. Especially, THINK.
- BSK.
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