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Are We All Racist At Heart?
Hi scribblingpad,
Thanks for taking time out to read the post and commenting on it. Much appreciated.
Regards,
Eshi
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Are We All Racist At Heart?
Hi Debasis,
Thanks for taking time out to read the post and commenting on it. Everyone is entitled to his/her point of view. As for being naive, speculative and amusing, I guess your reply holds the answer to your question" "Liking your own kind of people is not racism. But hating other kind of people r being unfair to them is. Get the point? " If you believe that different people, communities , and religions in the world like their own kind without malice toward others, then that would be being naive, in my view. My post is based on what I see and the happenings around me. The idea behind the post was to highlight the duplicity in thought that if I feel one way, I am entitled to it and it is not racist, but if others feel that way, then it certainly is racism. Life does not function as prescribed in textbooks. If it did, we would not have so much violence and hatred across the world. And if the world believes that all the violence and hatred is not a result of liking ones own kind while disliking the other, then, yes sir, I have no qualms in admitting that I am naive.
Regards,
Eshi
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Are We All Racist At Heart?
Dear Vajrapani,
Thank you for taking time to read the post and commenting on it. I agree with you on the post being simplified. That was the idea. For example, finance ministers and economists may define inflation as given in a dictionary or a textbook. But does that definition make any sense to the average reader. For him/her, inflation means what was available for rupee one in May costs rupee two in June. So whether we use textbook definitions or be simple about it, the fact of the matter that people on the street are the ones feeling the heat does not change.
Regards,
Eshi
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Are We All Racist At Heart?
Hi Pavementfreud,
I agree. My post was aimed at highlighting the two-faced approach of being racist on one hand and acting holier than thou on the other.
Regards,
Eshi
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Are We All Racist At Heart?
Hi Gopalkrishanan,
I have spoken about people in general and of Indians living in India and abroad. This post is not specifically aimed at targeting NRIs. As for the fair cream ads, the very fact that they are aired and their products sell is proof enough of our duplicity.
Regards,
Eshi
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Are We All Racist At Heart?
Hi Dr. Madhvi,
I agree 100% with you on diffentiation by birth and the subsequent conditioning of the mind. Thanks for the compliment.
Regards,
Eshi
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Are We All Racist At Heart?
My dear friend, pigments or no pigments, what goes on in the so call real world will always spill over into the virtual and all other worlds. Is there escaping that?
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Laughing Gas
Hi Aditi Ray,
Thanks for taking time out to read the post and commenting on it. Am happy that my post, though insane sounding, made you laugh. I agree that affordability is all in the mind, and a question of priorities.
My sarcasm was directed at successive governments that though their populist policies have let things reach a stage. I have always believed that charity is good, but done without thought and with only personal gains in mind will do no one good.
And I have never supported blanket subsidy. Yes, there is a certain percentage of the population that needs help. But the sad part is that help meant for them never reaches them.
I for one do not know why the government has to subsidize my LPG cylinder, petrol and a whole lot of other things when I am fully capable of paying the actual market rate. And I believe that there are millions of other Indians who are in the same position.
Last, I prefer not to own a vehicle and use public transport; that is my way of not contributing to traffic jams and pollution. 
Regards,
Eshi
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Are We All Racist At Heart?
Dear Vajrapani,
Never in my post did I object to an Indian wanting to mary an Indian nor did I term it racism. Yes the post is a general post and I haven't used any studies, thesis to back it up. The post is purely writen based on my experiences with people from India and abroad, what I see in Television and what I read in newspapers and magazines.
The only reference to India and Indians in my post is in reference to many of us using names for people other races. If you believe such name calling to be normal human behavior and has nothing to do with racism, then I do not agree with you. I don't think these acts are those of unsuspecting individuals nor are they legitimate expressions of human behavior. Is calling a black man Kallu, and a white man gora fine? Isn't that what the fight against Apartheid was all about, fighting discrimination by color?
Let's forget Foreign orientals, I have had friends from the north-east, and they used to feel slighted and hurt when called a chink or chinky. And so do other Orientals. Or is the logic that we meant no ill will, but if others feel bad or hurt, then they are at fault as they have misinterpreted these words.
You have said that simple generalizations of extreme human/group behavior are not warranted in the larger interests of the society. I have just one query: Is not talking about a problem, and I believe it is a problem, the solution?
Thanks & regards,
Eshi
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