@freemo Geographically speaking, we are Asians. But I have always wondered why we are not addressed as 'Asians' as much others (Chinese, Koreans etc). So I guess we are just 'Indians'
Like @_lunawinters mentioned, more than 150 languages are spoken (22 official), thousands, if not lakhs of different communities following different customs are present.
Not weird for a country with 1.3 BILLION population.
@Karthikdeva attagasama arambipom 😁😁😁
@_lunawinters Indians that I know (including my own parents) lack the will to change.
But Why would they? They get so comfortable with their customs and traditions, they end up losing their identity.
Study- get a job- marry- birth a ton of Kids- make the kids study- repeat.
Doesn't sound so bad in paper, but so effin mechanical. Our society has zero respect for environment or SCIENCE. We take things for granted.
But like always, things are changing.
@Deepsealioness nalla idea va irrukae 🤣🤣🤣
@susi123 Karthik = Murugan = Tamil Kadavul 😢
தமிழ் peeps in #Mastodon , Let me welcome #Thiruvalluvar
How can anyone saffronise or reduce him to any religion if he's an emoji?
@Tallymark90 @Deepsealioness @Pandimarudhu@mstdn.io
Eppadi irruku??
Thanks to @freemo
இன்னாசெய் தாரை ஒறுத்தல் அவர்நாண
நன்னயம் செய்து விடல் -
(Translation: To reprove a harm-doer, put him to shame by doing a good deed in return.)
@Karthikdeva This is what it looks like as an emoji:
@freemo This is much better than what I expected :")
@freemo 🤞
irrespective of the outcome. Thank you so much
Propaganda against @Mastodon on birdsite has begun. https://twitter.com/KabirTaneja/status/1192762205038661638?s=19
@freemo @Deepsealioness @OpusOfAli
This is something you can never find if you look at Indian Media. Minorities are losing their voices. A mere expression of opinion will get them killed. I'm sadly not exaggerating any of this.
Holy hell how did I not hear of that! That sounds scary.
One thing QOTO provides for some is a way to ensure their posts wont get taken down by governments. In the past I've heard this said by several chinese members of the group. I am proud to offer that service and should the chinese government ever try to stop us we would of course refuse (one reason we host our servers in many redundant locations, particularly the data).
Sounds like india might be going down a similar path of censorship and if that is so, that is very scary :(
@freemo It is a complex issue, it will require about 3-4 hours of your time to get basic understanding,
I am suggesting the following resources, go through them, pretty solid journalism. Ask away any questions you have.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/on-religion/the-violent-toll-of-hindu-nationalism-in-india
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/23/opinion/modi-india-election.html
https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/modi-victory-2019-hindutva-nation-discontents
https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/what-is-hindu-rashtra/article9748316.ece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMT18TMNQbY [An hour long docu - must watch this]
https://www.epw.in/tags/ayodhya
https://thewire.in/tag/ayodhya
It is very sad , also Kashmir an entire state has been under lockdown for almost 100 days now ! Kashmir is the only Muslim majority state in India. We don’t have any idea what is happening because they cut of Internet on August 5th
@Deepsealioness @freemo @OpusOfAli
As a minority I second this.
@freemo @OpusOfAli Hindus are majority, Muslims, Christians, sikhs are the larger groups of religious minorities who have faced communal violence. Parsis, Jains are religious minorities who are not largely affected. Muslims right now are targeted by the fascists ruling India
by order of the peaky fookin blinders, im an earthling trying to science my way out of misery :)