Mucha Hulla over the south asian tag

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All my friends know that I dislike Pakistan A LOT. Hence, I would never associate myself with any Pakistani, make sparse friendship with them and with them at work, I make professional related conversation and thats where the deal ends. It is extremely simple for me, because the whole attitude is primarily driven by politics. There are quite a few of my Indian friends, who are more open-minded than me (in this matter) and hence wants to give peace a second chance. I respect their opinion and with that same respect I tell them to stick it up their you-know-what.

Having said that, I dont see why anyone should bother to question when an American kid born to Indian parents (or Indian origin parents) wants to tag him/herself as South Asian. Some like to tag their experience while some like to tag their identity. Its a prerogative by every means possible.

I know that my post wont serve any purpose since I desist myself in expressing any concrete opinion regarding this, but not having opinion does constitute as an opinion (and in few cases as THE opinion). If you need help with math to arrive at that conclusion, refer why 0!=1?

The motivation behind this futile exercise is the way people are pulling each other's hair over an article by Abhi on SepiaMutiny - Boomerang Effect.

Which begs me to ask this question - WTF is sepIAmutiny? Shouldn't it be sepaimutiny?

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Linking on my own to a worthy blog

As Gaurav mentioned in his blog - the north eastern part of India is probably been the most neglected, while the whiney cousin Kashmir gets all attention and publicity of our dear politicians and the media. Maybe because our brothers from eastern side of Himalayas dont look as India, or maybe they arent hunky enough to become bolly-punjabi-wood heros.

Ignoring is one kind, but if utter attrocities are going unnoticed, it wont do any kind of justice or good for dear India.

Knowledge is power.

The Ignored Land

cheers
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Wake up call for all parents

Today I was directed to a disturbing article titled "Are you there God?, Its Me, Monica", which borrowed and changed the title "Are you there God, Its Me, Margeret", where Margeret simply became Monica.

This could be that innocent looking little girl. I dont know what can parents do to avoid girls (all kids infact) from going astray into these sorta deeds. There is real beauty and fulfillment in adults taking care of their sexual needs, but utterly disturbing to see small kids throw away not only their materialistic dreams but also trivializing their own lives.

This article must serve as a wake up call for parents in India also - which is what the DPS episode has proven to all of us.