Everythings different. Period

Chapter1 

There is one thing that Dany Boyles Slumdog Millionaire has done. A common identity of a diversified yet united nation. Apart from being Indians we, thanks to him, almost officially are "Slumdogs" (followed by a quirky clarification of "not in a racist kind of a way"). Now this despite the oh-so-genuine clarification has set guns blazing across the lengths and breadths of nations with a multitude of Indian diaspora. 

There is a major section of a society which has started feeling that "Westerners" have stereotyped Indians. Their concern though in not entirely in genuine. Most still consider Indians to be living in straw huts, making the snakes shake a leg or two or making a gourmet meal for a white skinned man to make a living. Oh sorry there's another one now. Answering phone calls in a westernized accent where Raj becomes Robert and Neha becomes Nancy with a weird combination of Indian and American accent who go on to "troubleshoot" the first worlds problem of turning their computers on by plugging them to a power source.


Chapter 2


I once saw a stand up act by an IT professional named Sanjay Rajoura which very clearly explained the state of mind of a male IT professional working in India whose friend has recently been offered an "on site" position in the US of A. Its naturally considered that on his return to the motherland he would have at least a dozen ipods, 2 laptops, 5-6 cameras and scores and scores of other electronics and gifts which are supposedly considered his duty to carry along with him. Guys don't accuse me of sexual profiling. This is across all genders. Whats more apt for the males is the thought that when they land in the US they are given blondes to hump their brains out. Now who supplies them, whats the source, no one has ever come to know about it. But back there in India everyone firmly believes in this "fact". 


Now why I have soiled this Rajouras name is not without a couple of justified reasons:


1) Long posts generally become tiresome and boring to read till the end. So spicing it up doesn't really do much harm or does it?
2) It portrays a common perception of Indians of the life in West.


These are some of the cultural stereotypes that a common Indian swears by:

• For an average Indian a westerner (white skin is preferable) is a celebrity worth taking an autograph
• There is no culture in America
• They are brainless
• The women by default have a lose character.

Chapter 3


If you ask me it's the same shit different day. It has been going on for ages and will continue to go on like this till eternity (or whenever various religious pessimists may want it to end according to their whims and fancies). The objects keep on changing. The core remains the same. The thing is an apple is different from an orange, white is different from black. Nature has intended them to be like that. There is differentiation because things are different. And as a common belief differentiation is something considered to be evil. Well it takes the form of evil when people start to compare. A pen is as important as a sword, a sword is as important as a humble needle, a needle is as important as a thread that goes inside it and so on. Everyone/thing has its own place and its own importance. No ones big and no one is small. Its just a matter of prejudiced opinions and perceptions which greatly depends on the type of environment one is grown in. Indians are snake charmers and illiterate in some ones eyes because of some reasons. Same goes for the other way round. Its just a veil that needs to be lifted.


Chapter 4


The someone in the previous post is His excellency Vikramjeet Singh Gambhir. He can be found in here.