Talking about race-related topics is often pretty hard. But I think they need to be addressed, so I will comment on this.
First of all, I think the article is way too harsh and judgmental, and I'm sure it will lead to all sorts of misunderstandings, so I will try to clear these up.
Indian people are NOT antisemitic. In fact, tribes of Jewish people came to live in India centuries ago when they were fleeing persecution in the middle east, and their descendants still live in India now. they were never discriminated against.
Indian people DO admire Hitler, however. Let me tell you why. 1. During WWII, Hitler offered to help Indian people gain independence from the British, if we helped them during WWII. At that time, Britain was India's version of the Third Reich--the British treated us similarly to the way Nazis treated the Jewish people. Indian revolutionaries wanted desperately to be free from British Rule, and NO ONE in Europe was willing to help them, except for Hitler. (Because at that time and probably even now, people in Europe hated Indians).
Now, Indians are not stupid. We know that Hitler only offered to help us for his own selfish reasons, and he would have turned on us later on, because Hitler saw us as "polluted Aryans" and not pure racially. But he was Britain's enemy. And the enemy of one's enemy is a friend. HA! (sarcasm intended). But even so, he was the only one to offer us help.
2. In South-Asia, people admire strong, ruthless leaders. It's part of our culture. So, oftentimes, people in India, admire people like Stalin (who is very popular) and Indira Gandhi (who was also a very ruthless politician). I think Hitler is popular because Indian people saw him as a strong leader who was hurting our enemy (i.e. Britain) and they admired him for that.
Most educated people in India know that Hitler did terrible things to Jewish people and we do not approve of that. But most uneducated people (people off the street) don't know what he did to Jewish people. It sounds to me like the guy who wrote this article met and talked with uneducated people.
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Talking about race-related topics is often pretty hard. But I think they need to be addressed, so I will comment on this.
First of all, I think the article is way too harsh and judgmental, and I'm sure it will lead to all sorts of misunderstandings, so I will try to clear these up.
Indian people are NOT antisemitic. In fact, tribes of Jewish people came to live in India centuries ago when they were fleeing persecution in the middle east, and their descendants still live in India now. they were never discriminated against.
Indian people DO admire Hitler, however. Let me tell you why.
1. During WWII, Hitler offered to help Indian people gain independence from the British, if we helped them during WWII. At that time, Britain was India's version of the Third Reich--the British treated us similarly to the way Nazis treated the Jewish people. Indian revolutionaries wanted desperately to be free from British Rule, and NO ONE in Europe was willing to help them, except for Hitler. (Because at that time and probably even now, people in Europe hated Indians).
Now, Indians are not stupid. We know that Hitler only offered to help us for his own selfish reasons, and he would have turned on us later on, because Hitler saw us as "polluted Aryans" and not pure racially. But he was Britain's enemy. And the enemy of one's enemy is a friend. HA! (sarcasm intended). But even so, he was the only one to offer us help.
2. In South-Asia, people admire strong, ruthless leaders. It's part of our culture. So, oftentimes, people in India, admire people like Stalin (who is very popular) and Indira Gandhi (who was also a very ruthless politician). I think Hitler is popular because Indian people saw him as a strong leader who was hurting our enemy (i.e. Britain) and they admired him for that.
Most educated people in India know that Hitler did terrible things to Jewish people and we do not approve of that. But most uneducated people (people off the street) don't know what he did to Jewish people. It sounds to me like the guy who wrote this article met and talked with uneducated people.