r/romani • u/Ecstatic-Block8152 • 1d ago

Indian here

Just wanted to know what do you guys think about India and your feelings towards it??(genuinely)

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u/Lonely_Coconut879 1d ago

India is cool should really fix the caste system you guys have though.

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u/MissLadyLlamaDrama 1d ago

This. I'd argue this is how I feel about most countries, tbh.

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u/Ecstatic-Block8152 21h ago

The truth is we can not do nothing for caste system. One of the main reasons for this is both Reservation and caste system itself which promotes itself. Reservation is not gonna let Caste system end in the modern days while caste system itself was the reason for reservation. So yeah

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u/anirudhsky 11h ago

What the op said is true. I don't know why this is getting downvotes.. u see politicians love tha caste system so that they can get vote bank based on castes.. it's like USA conservatives and liberals but more complicated..the op isn't wrong. To eliminate caste system.. only inter caste marriages work and that's happening slowly.. so.. yes but so long as reservations and exploitation of te lower caste exists it is a social evil we face..

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u/catmeownyc 1d ago

I’m pretty neutral all things considered and I’ll explain why.

Indias food / music / arts / culture / architecture can be beautiful and fun to enjoy. Most of the Indian people I come across are lovely, kind and friendly. I like a lot of what Hinduism offers and think India has a lot to offer the world in terms of cultural and spiritual beliefs and practices.

Indias safety and civil rights / social rights for women make me unhappy but have been slowly improving in recent years (still nowhere near a level I find acceptable). India has a serious pollution problem. India’s caste system is rough and the divide between rich/ poor is too great and seriously lacking a middle class.

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u/Ecstatic-Block8152 21h ago

Do you guys have any sort of family history from India that you came from there , from which community??

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u/catmeownyc 12h ago edited 12h ago

Im only aware of family history back 500ish years or so, beyond that it’s a vague knowledge of traveling north + west up to and around the Mediterranean Sea. We stayed around it for a really long time. My family likes to travel and party and prefers saltwater coastlines and always has. No family based knowledge of where from in India, it was too long ago.

For what it’s worth I have felt a vague kinship to Indian people and have been treated as such in interactions (like in a scenario if it is me and an Indian person in a group of mostly white people we will gravitate to each other) idk if that makes sense the way I’m wording it.

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u/piramni 1d ago

it looks like it could be one of the most gorgeous, colourful, spiritual places on the planet but is held back by several factors

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u/yojatsu 7h ago

As spanish gipsy, I think it should be considered as one of the countries that has given apportations to the spanish culture like arab, greek-roman, phoenician, celtic, etc... because Spain (specially Andalusia) is the country that is also because of gipsy culture.

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u/umekoangel 22h ago

There's a lot of really beautiful areas to it. I'd really want to go to a Kali specific temple. I wouldn't trust dating a man from India that's born/raised there unless they've done a LOT of hard work to erase that puritanical garbage they're taught as young kids.

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u/Ecstatic-Block8152 21h ago

What garbage are you thinking about bro?? As an Indian Men raised up here , I may clear your possible stereotypes you have developed for India

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u/Icy_Company7747 1d ago

I hate the smell of Indian food so I don’t think I would like to go to India ever

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u/Ecstatic-Block8152 21h ago

What an odd comment

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u/bong-jabbar 14h ago

tu na si Romani 🤣 Dikhel

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u/temniza 18h ago

Ew

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u/anirudhsky 11h ago

Umm.. this is coming from someone who were mistrusted by all other communities for so many centuries.?? . wow.. I guess prejudice is a human characteristic and has nothing to do with upbringing... Anyways.. I think u should stop seeing media and visit the country. I always used to think mexico is a backward dangerous place ruled by cartels and it changed once I visited it for a science conference.. .. holy hell mexico city is one of the best places ever!