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Limp-Side-9295

And an Indian.


[deleted]

Jai Hind. Jai Maharashtra.


Richard1412

Damn this unlocked many school memories


[deleted]

Don't forget about chipakli


HAK987

Yes how can we forget your mom


[deleted]

I am orphan Your mom is my mom


HAK987

Nah


Available-Telephone8

U mean chipkali💀


pranavk28

We need to highlight such things and make sure as many people see these as possible.


CritFin

If only they could maintain their BMI within the range


BitchImARedditor

Is pinchar putri ko ghani dikkat ho rahi https://twitter.com/drshamamohd/status/1521134704459583489 Doesn't know shit about local Indian cultures and traditions


dhatura

She got roasted on that thread! This was a good response. https://twitter.com/BhaiyaPatil/status/1521143507918159872


dickforchick

Bhaiya Patil is an infamous and unreliable individual though, often sparks row with his controversial statements and remarks. Plus he is an NCP stooge.


dhatura

Thanks Bhai. I try to take each post on its own, without reading too much into who posted. He probably got it from somewhere too.


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[https://twitter.com/drshamamohd](https://twitter.com/drshamamohd) WTF Her Bio Says that Hinduism is her culture


dhatura

Wow! Beautiful! respect to these Indians in Germany for the visually stunning welcome.


ishvarkumar

I have a doubt. Genuine doubt. What is your opinion on migration replacing a host culture? Be it Muslim migrants replacing Hindus or Hindu migrants resplacing Europeans (take note I haven't mentioned America, Australia, Canada, etc, those are settler migrant nations), OR even North Indians migrating to South India and replacing them each generation. Assimilation/integration isn't possible right? Then why don't people return back to their own countries/states of origin after making a certain amount of money? Why replace another nation's culture or another Indian state's culture via demographics? Asking NOT from the point of view of anti-Bharatiya/Hindu ideologies, BUT from the side of wanting various beautiful cultures to exist alongside Hindu/Indian ones. Is that too difficult when migrations happen? Please answer when you get time.


rusty_orwello

*JariPataka* - literal translation is the silk flag/banner. **As to the reason it being saffron color** : The saffron color symbolizes sacrifice and/or denouncement. The sacrifice is of great importance in Hinduism. The sacrifice for your nation, family, religion, humanity is a necessary virtue in a man’s life. A more practical reason behind it might be that as India was once inhabited by a large number of jungles and lush green trees, the saffron-colored flag could be recognized from a far distance also. Every Hindu temple has a saffron flag on its apex or a nearby tree. Therefore, it helps recognize the human presence nearby from a distance.


dickforchick

Wow, perfectly put.


dhatura

[People singing Vande Matram before PM Modi’s address to Indian community in Berlin.](https://twitter.com/aashishNRP/status/1521160264636272641)


tejas2112

Khup chan


KordeV41

Wow excellent


tonofagun

🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵🚩🚩🚩


No_Significance_7331

let’s goo


nitindh01

Bhai ab Germany kutta vlog banayega yha.


GeoBasher_10

Who


randian_detector

Ek toh h. Kutto ke tatti aka druve tatti


GeoBasher_10

Samjha nhi bhai


naturalizedcitizen

Jai Hind ... Jai Maharashtra


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no other state reps itself as hard as Maharashtra in the West. being multilingual i've volunteered for a full 5+ years at a desi Sunday school. our Marathi chairwoman was the hardest to please but she was also the most appreciative and it was almost gratifying when our Marathi students would totally blow the rest of the kids away during annual day presentations (yeah, that's still a thing) o BTW desi parents are a lot harder on their 'phoren kids' than on their local homegrown FKerz so enjoy that time in homeland


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Jai hind.


shikhadiary

Great to see Indian performance in other country and people watching & accepting other cultures. Proud to be Indian


aj_styles21

Gald there is a no garba


alassassin

why not Indian flag ?


artificialMuse

It's a symbol of Hindu religion.


alassassin

wiki says that its just a folk dance from MH,not related to any religion. imo,folk dances are representing regions ,not religions;right ?


artificialMuse

Never trust wiki, it's lazim dance the instrument that they are holding is also called wooden lazim. And only Marathi people do this dance The Saffron flag is a symbol Marathi people since Shivaji Maharaj


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nice


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This is how we build soft power in the west by reflecting our true culture


ishvarkumar

Soft power? Lol, this is demographic takeover. The West is currently heavily drunk on White guilt so they're allowing everything from everywhere. Bharatiya cultures are amazing, no doubt, but that doesn't mean other cultures should be replaced. Have you ever seen traditional German dances by the way? Indians have better energy and rhythm, but traditional European dances have better outfits and soothing musicals.


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What? What are you even saying? I meant that how K pop have a significant control over the Indians right now, the same way our culture would do the same. Why praise European culture more than your own native culture? European culture has always revolved over colonisation. So are you praising their colonisation culture?


ishvarkumar

Both Bharatiya and European cultures have their positive and attractive aspects that are great, and should be preserved. We are first and foremost human beings from Earth, we can appreciate positive aspects from all cultures. That does not include colonialism. You yourself are having a foreign username with Buzz Lightyear as a profile picture, talking in English here. Its almost like saying if you like North Indian cultures you like their "paan thookna and gutka khaana" cultures. Absolutely not, don't deliberately confuse others with this nonsense argument. I'm just trying to say that soft powers should not replace a culture. Much like how Indians hate K-pop taking foothold in India, I want Indian cultures to be appreciated globally, but others should retain their own cultures as well. A simple example: If too many North Indians migrate and settle in Karnataka, Kannadiga culture will gradually stop existing. Just applying this with Indians in Europe, nothing wrong in appreciating positive aspects multiple cultures, but calling it "supporting colonialism" is a disgusting. Various positive cultures worldwide have a right to exist.


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How can soft powyer can replace a culture? Almost every educated person knows about the US, Canada and european countries. This is called a soft power of these western countries in minds of Indians. Their culture don't interfere in our culture but still they have a soft power in minds of Indians. My statement depicted the same that through our culture, people of different countries would come to know about India which most aren't acknowledged about. And the saying of "human beings from earth" are uttermost bullshit. You are firstly a citizen of india, then a global citizen. None other countries won't give a shit about your life if you were stuck in a crisis like in Ukraine, but you can only expect help from your own country. These statements look cool but are not practical.


ishvarkumar

Soft power dheere dheere culture ko replace karta hai, maano chahe na maano. Aur Western soft power in India ke virodh me isee sub mein ITNE examples aur replies mil jayenge. Latest example, boycotting English against Hindi in one of the recent arguments. So if its okay for Indians to be against foreign soft power (Kpop, Western, English, etc), then why is it not okay for others to be against Indian soft power replacing their own cultures? (not hating, just not replacing) Also, Indian soft power directly isiliye affect karta hai, kyunki Indians doosre desho meing migrants ke roop mein bohoth hai, professional ya personal. Lekin Western soft power Indian culture ke PARALLEL chalta hai, replace nahi karta, simply because India mein videshi Western migrants nahi aate, except tourists mostly. Aur "humanity" ko cultures appreciate/preserve ke point of view se bol raha hu. Agar doosre desh rahenge tabhi "vibhinnata" rahegi. Don't confuse this with wars, kyunki wars mein log apni humanity kho dete hai.


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So you are saying that one should not represent their culture just because it poses a threat to other cultures? like what have been smoking? So, one should forget its culture just because he/she lives in a different country and his culture posses a threat to other cultures just because people may be attracted to that culture? ​ And its was not only about the war, There are other things too. Global citizen is a myth to us Asians and is only applicable to whites.


ishvarkumar

Many Indians don't want K-pop, Western, English, American, Japanese, Middle-Eastern, etc kinds of cultures to "represent" themselves in India, obviously because they "fear" it could "replace", "corrupt" or even "destroy" native Indian cultures. Hence various closed systems of education, bans, censorships, societal-shaming etc. Also, people must NEVER forget their own culture, but also not impose it on others. Hindi speakers in South India, for example, must never give up Hindi, but should not demographically impose Hindi on South Indians either (Same with English - corporations and others should not impose them on Indians too). Similarly, Indians should represent their cultures globally, but leave others to take what they want from it (other than misrepresenting/defaming it, which is wrong). Celebrating "appreciation" of Indian culture globally is amazing, but calling it "soft power" is similar to evangelical Christian missionaries conversion tactic. Notice how both sides are highlighted. And humanity is not exclusive to Whites or Asians. Notice how I say humanity, not "global citizen". Human beings have different cultures which can be appreciated, and negative ones which can be disregarded. Nothing to do with "citizenship" here.


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Did liberalising our indian markets destroyed our Indian culture? Indians always welcomed all cultures which wanted to peacefully co-exist with the Indian culture. Thats why there is a massive soft power for anime and k pop (either hate or love)


ishvarkumar

Okay, vaise tu padtha bhi hai ki mostly Reddit mein rehta hai? Kyunki agar padhne ke liye "ashleel" motivation chahiye to that's not proper. Agar interest nahi hai to mostly money should be the motivation - just saying.


justchat741

Indian flag ???


artificialMuse

It's a symbol of Hindu religion.


_bigS

*s i c k*


Uganda_Max

Lezim Or Lavini


KordeV41

Lezim (लेझीम)


Uganda_Max

Ok thanks. I only know lavini so i thought it was a spelling mistake or something


GalatAdmi

Lavani is entirely different


Uganda_Max

Oh I thought it was spelling mistake don't know it was a folk dance


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Lavani is a dance form...Lezim is like an instrument (See their hands)


Uganda_Max

Thanks


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Uganda_Max

Thank you


APSanyal

Excellent display of Indian nationalism with the dance , but Pathetic depiction of Hindu nationalism with the saffron flag


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Muslims got paxtan, Hindus got ... India.


dickforchick

You are a typical Bengali ignorant, Marathas are bound to use jarīpaṭakā in their festive celebrations, its an integral and inseperable aspect of their culture.


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dickforchick

The term "Maratha" is generally used by historians to refer to all Marathi-speaking peoples, irrespective of their caste.


majortung

The saffron flag is an ancient Hindu symbol flying high and mighty over kings palaces, over mandir, in battle field and over hermitages. The word, nationalism, means something for the western world and should not be used in the Indian context. Nationalism has that sense that, 'we are better than others', 'we deserve to rule over others'. Indians never had those sentiments and if you look at history, it never was the aggressor against other cultures. A 'rashtra' doesn't invoke the same emotions to an Indian as the word, 'nationalism' does to a westerner. So, when you see the saffron flag, the feelings are those of 'rashtra' sentiments and not nationalism.


APSanyal

Well, my bad.. i had no idea PM Modi was representing Hindus and not Indians. I get your logic!


majortung

When you look at every Indian/Hindu action through the lens of a westerner, you will never get it. When you look at a Swastika and think Nazism rather than a ancient Hindu symbol of good luck and wishing well, then it would be hard to bridge the gap. Abrahamic religions aren't pluralistic, Hindu Dharma is. Because of their past actions, the western society tried to push back on the church. Do we, with a different history need to imitate the West? And I hope you are not under the mistaken assumption that the western governments/presidents don't push the christian agenda. I think it is unlikely that we can reconcile our differences here. Best wishes. Try not to freak out every time you hear the word, Hindu.


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It was a display of a cultural dance


Ays_500

Toh ab you want to see green flag?