What's with India and the shift towards the right? I thought it had too many religions and different cultures to pull this off.
Why would diversity necessarily be associated with leftism?
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#132Earlier quoted context omitted.
The inauguration of the new Parliament building where: - None of the major opposition parties attended - The President and other constitutional heads were not invited - The protesting athletes were arrested - One religion was in the spotlight, as opposed to the Indian brand of secularism where ceremonies of all religions should have been conducted - On the day of Savarkar's (Hindu nationalist) birth anniversary - The…
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1) First of all, state shouldn't involve in any type of religious activities let alone giving priority to one particular religion. It's written in the Constitution and it's the base for any modern society(Especially US's First Amendment). You should foresee the consequences of this. What if a muslim PM get elected in the long future and he invites all Islamic priests?
2) Yes, you have mentioned some of the things that India did on secular grounds. But that doesn't refute the present context. Still wrong doings are happening. Instead of focusing on those, should we remember all the past events and be silent?
3) Islam invades Hindus, then let's Hindus mob-lynch Muslims. Always stuck in who slaughters who. No progress towards right secular habits.
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#133As an NRI, I continue to be disappointed by the country I called home for most of my life. Between the politics and the pollution in Delhi, I fear I can never really return home. The last time I was home, I was struggling every day to breathe because Delhi has crazy air in the winter. While high school friends were telling me about how they don’t believe in equal rights, justifying any means to achieving a Hindu coun…
For non Indians, NRI = Non Resident Indian i.e. an Indian who lives outside India. In case someone wondered.
It is easy to shit on the party in office which is BJP right now but show me a country that can have hundreds of languages, all religions and still survive for centuries as one country. Europe couldn't do it. They broke into EU (for better or worse). There are flaws but India is a complex country of various cultures and you have to understand the nuances.
Congress party ruled India for decades after Independence in 1947 and all they could do was to keep India as a 3rd world country while other similar countries progressed economically. Fun fact: Until the early 1980s, India and China were same econonically when COngress ruled India for decades. And talk about authoritarianism ? Who was the one who declared emergency in 1974 and suspended all "civil rights". That was Indira Gandhi from Congress, the so called "secular" party.
My point is that there is no saint and people in india like BJP because they are at least doing some work in various areas including infrastructure, economy and areas that have been neglected for decades. So yea, people wanted change and they got change with Modi as a strong leader.
Source: Also an NRI who is a naturalized US Citizen and I see a lot of positives among all the negatives that Media loves to portray.
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#134Context: The day this happened was the inauguration of new Parliament building of India.
The inauguration of the new Parliament building where: - None of the major opposition parties attended - The President and other constitutional heads were not invited - The protesting athletes were arrested - One religion was in the spotlight, as opposed to the Indian brand of secularism where ceremonies of all religions should have been conducted - On the day of Savarkar's (Hindu nationalist) birth anniversary - The…
- Using a symbol of Monarchy as the center piece of this inauguration.
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#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
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Ever wondered why these "laws" were not repealed or even questioned by the ruling party in the last 9 years, even with an overwhelming majority in parliament?
For the same reason that the Republicans continue believing, in the face of overwhelming evidence, that they have a chance with black voters.
No matter what the BJP tries, they will never get more than 10-15% of the Muslim vote. Hindus accept laws contrary to their interests. Muslims come out on the streets and arm twist their political beneficiaries into reversing judgements and acts that they perceive to be against their interests.[1]
[1] Shah Bano case (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohd._Ahmed_Khan_v._Shah_Bano_...)
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#136Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Is there something dystopian about India or Soviet Union that is unlike the Global North?" Actually, I would place the soviet union in the global north (you cannot go much further north, than russia is). And the difference is the extent, what they did to rewrite history. The famous removal of Trotzki out of revolution pictures, after he was not with the main party anymore. Stuff like this, did not happen in the west…
Geographic location isn’t the only aspect of “Global North/South”. Australia is considered part of the North grouping.
Sure, same with west/east
But it still makes no sense to me, to exclude russia from the global north.
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#137As an NRI, I continue to be disappointed by the country I called home for most of my life. Between the politics and the pollution in Delhi, I fear I can never really return home. The last time I was home, I was struggling every day to breathe because Delhi has crazy air in the winter. While high school friends were telling me about how they don’t believe in equal rights, justifying any means to achieving a Hindu coun…
It is a conundrum, because the same NRIs oppose bills that would solve India's problems. The ban on crop burning (main cause of Delhi's pollution) was central to the farm bill. But protesting farmers (widely supported in the west) opposed it, and the bill died despite having democratic approval (both national opinion and sufficient votes) > dared to vote a great scientist to president We do not vote for Presidents in…
Funny you are being downvoted because you are speaking the truth. I have already said in another comment that people like the current party because they actually get shit done in various areas like infrastructure etc which was hugely neglected for decades. We all know that but some people wouldn't want to accept.
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#138That is getting real freaking dystopian. Sure, we would have been able to do this before, and the Soviet Union did a ton of photo editing. But doing this particular edit must have been so easy. No cost at all, no mental barrier. You would almost think 'why bother'. And before anyone says 'yeah, but the truth came out'. Well, we saw it, but how many of the particular audience of whatever that outlet was will never see…
This phase won't last long in the grand scheme of things. We've had about 150 years in which people have been conditioned to trust anything that they see in a photograph, but it's always been possible to fake it and for the last 30 years it's been getting dramatically easier. AI just brings us full circle back to the era of woodcuts—just because you see a photorealistic image or hear an audio recording does not mean it's real.
We're likely going to see a few cases like this that take off while people are adapting, but this naivete won't last forever. There will always be a few gullible people, but, just like with Photoshop, we'll get to the point where most people understand what's possible and adapt their reactions accordingly.
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#139India is a fine specimen for anyone wanting to observe 1930s-40s first hand.
A far right party with a popular/charismatic leader is using religion as a basis to all the problems India faces. We have extra-legal forces acting as vigilantes against people of a community. They have a very strong support in the majority. Media is in totality controlled by ruling party and social media is saturated with noise and false discourse. No other nation will speak against them because of geo-politics and honestly same religion is hated almost everywhere. Though lot more pragmatic and not a globe-capturing maniac, but rest of the world is complimenting for that.
I believe we are on a strong path to revisit that event in late 30s though hopeful against it as now 6 million and 2 nukes are rookie numbers.
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#140I would also like to share examples on how Modi Government Jails every honest opposition leader who does development work for general public and gets popular.
2 leaders of Aam Aadmi Party (a primary opponent to PM Modi) are lodged in Jail for months without trial. Same judge appointment by Modi government somehow gets all the cases related to Aam Aadmi Party and orders to extend the judicial custody month after month.
Satyendra Jain, the man behind world famous Delhi Mohalla Clinic (Neighbourhood Clinic) is in jail awaiting trial since May 2022 on allegations of money laundering. [1] [2] [3]
Manish Sisodia, the man behind public education revolution in New Delhi is in jail awaiting trial since Feb 2023 on allegations of corruption in creating Delhi Excise Policy. [4] [5] [6]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyendra_Kumar_Jain
[2] https://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/former-un-chief-ban-ki...
[3] https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/even-kasab-got-a-fair-trial-...
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manish_Sisodia
[5] https://www.timesnownews.com/delhi/nyt-report-lauds-delhi-go...
[6] https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2023/mar/21/if...