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people need to stop mixing up decolonialism with nationalist revisionism w the whole “glorious past” thing I think

#to: South Asian Diasporas #p: not aph #p: commentary #p: indian posting #p: imperialism

CJP’s rhetoric as the first “youth led protest” all boils down to what these institutions and privileged groups perceive as “the youth”.

Is the youth only the upper caste, middle class, liberal, urban Indians or does it also include the rural, the farmers, the workers, the lower castes, the lower class, etc?

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American NRIs self orientalize too much. Like, the thing they call culture is just like a huge mish-mash of very different and very diverse indian cultures. On top of this, it’s often so northerner centered and I would say this “desicore” aesthetic these NRIs create helps with the homogeneous culture that India strives for to some degree. It isn’t secular. It isn’t diverse or rich. This culture they speak of exists neatly within the confines of a Pinterest board. It’s surface level. There is no credit to which regions this culture they use in this “aesthetic” come from. There is no credit to which culture these artisans which follow “rich” traditional craft come from.

This “culture” isn’t as unapologetic as these NRIs claim, it exists only to an extent where it can be accepted and appreciated through the white American eye

#I have more points on this I’ll make them tmrw #p: not aph #p: commentary #p: Indian posting

Need to articulate my thoughts about how early Indian cinema was lowkey obsessed with sexualizing psuedo indigenous Indian aesthetics

#the way it’s immediately like a sign that they are promiscuous…#p: not aph #p: commentary #p sure this happens nowadays too(?)#p: movies #p: indigenous

out here losing hope for the Indian American diaspora

#they are sooo liberal and literally like #take everything their parents say about their culture at face value omfg #a while ago I literally saw a Tamil Brahmin girl on insta be like #‘tambrahm culture is when….’#KYS #p: not aph #p: commentary

American Hindutvas are the most evil people to talk to ever and I hope none of yall ever encounter them. “Hindu Genocide” and “omg im from ____ caste and ___ is in my blood!” . Ok.

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#girl this woman (the guide) I was talking to at my college’s orientation asked for my caste 😭!?!

#I was just talking about how my grandparents look at astrology too strictly esp when deciding wedding dates and all that #and she just so casually asked bruh 😭#p: not aph #p: commentary

The biggest problem with diaspora is that a lot of them want to “connect with the culture” but don’t care as much to learn about their homeland’s politics. This often leads to them feeding into the nationalist narrative of their culture. Your homeland’s culture and politics are tied, you have to understand your homeland’s politics to understand your culture.

#you have to understand yout nation’s poltics to understand the context with your ‘culture’ exists in #this is about Hindutva but also a thing I’ve seen with other diaspora I feel #p: hindutva #p: commentary #p: not aph

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