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> Right now? Helping out country men from the north east, and surviving the daily tribulations of India with stoicism, and the ability to be open to all castes, creeds and colors The discussion started from a post talking about Indian heritage , and the things which you listed(substitute people from north east with just people ) are basic qualities expected in a decent human being - there is nothing uniquely Indian o…
1) are basic qualities expected in a decent human being - there is nothing uniquely Indian or heritage about it. Yes exactly my point. Were you expecting rocket science? The best parts of heritage come from doing the right thing. And doing the right thing is often hard and stark. Today is one of those junctures. Heritage is not just historic, its being built right now. Your heritage today includes a grand ability to…
I was expecting a logically sound, coherent response - not straw-man appealing to mysticism.
My original question was I am having a tough time figuring out what is this Indian heritage, and I don't see which part of me comes from Indian heritage, and not from being a decent(or indecent) human being and common sense. The answer is none. It was as simple as that.
> Your heritage today includes a grand ability to argue, and to mistake articulation for action. You didn't come across as someone who wanted to leave it at that.
"grand ability to argue"
"mistake articulation for action"
Take a breath.
If you don't want to discuss(or argue as you put it), don't throw around bullshit on public forums. More importantly, don't add more bullshit on existing pile(mistake articulation for action? Where the fuck that came from?)
> I am glad you have those answers, but those are your personal answers.
Never claimed otherwise.
> I am not providing authority, I am providing history. You had a question, you got an answer.
No, I don't have an answer to my question that "I am having a hard time figuring out what exactly is my Indian heritage". For the nth time, when you specifically label something as "Indian heritage", it has to be specifically Indian and inherited, not something which is common among people worldwide.
> If you want your answer to be something else, well read through Indian history.
Now what on earth would that mean? If I want my answer to be different, read History? And get the fuck off your high horse. Reading a couple of books and assuming other people don't know about Indian history isn't a commendable quality.
> Your final para is about having normal standards to deal with people. Its a great system, stick to it. But again, your question was about heritage not common sense behavior.
Please stop intentionally misrepresenting my question and your answers. In response to what the hell is Indian heritage question, you had a blurb about helping north-eastern folks, to which I said is a common sense behavior and not some distinctly Indian heritage.
> I am pointing out as well, that the way that melting pot was bound together was often through mysticism.
If you are just going to throw claims around, have some citations for what is your mysticism and how it binds India. And no, "read history" doesn't cut it - cite me particular instances and occurrences. India isn't and was never bound(if it is bound at all) by religion.
EDIT: And if it's still too hard for you to comprehend why I was pointing out India is a diverse country, my purpose was to establish there is no "Indian heritage/culture/tradition/whatever". India is gigantic and diverse, and there isn't a common pattern significant enough to warrant a mention. When different parts of India has significantly different culture and tradition on macro(north-south) and micro(tamil brahmins and non-brahmins, castes within the same religion), Indian culture means nothing, and that is a good thing. Same goes for Indian heritage.