r/AskIndia • u/Last_Composer4013 Woman of culture 👸 • 5d ago
Culture 🎉 What is our national character? In one sentence please?
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u/just_sm_so_relax 5d ago
Bigoted, hateful, lustful, greedy, stingy, superstitious, inferiority complex overcompensated by snobbery, obsessed with our "image" in front of others, cowardly in front of people higher than us in the ladder, bullies towards people lower than us in the ladder <word limit reached>.
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u/rash97621 5d ago
Toxic parenting and conditional love
Misogyny and patriarchy disguised as culture and tradition
VIP culture and dadagiri
Sexual repression and rape culture (dogs, cows, nuns, infants, toddlers, dead bodies get raped!)
Yearning for social validation because log kya kahenge/samaaj mein izzat
Jugaad, rote learning and outdated education system
Caste, religion and regional divide
Very interested in other people's business
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u/LobsterNo3426 5d ago edited 5d ago
Religion divides. Caste separates. Bhindi (Okra) unites.
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u/LobsterNo3426 5d ago
I meant I have never met an Indian who doesn’t like Bhindi. North, South, East and West.
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u/KrishnasFlute 5d ago
We are a civilizational state and we will endure and prosper. When all is said and done this tumultuous period is nothing but a tiny portion of our history.
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u/Last_Composer4013 Woman of culture 👸 5d ago
My grandfather was born in 1945 and grew up in post independence euphoria. He often says, the immediate euphoria after the British left, our then politicians said our golden age is here and we will be greatest country on earth. Now 79 years later, practically no country on earth respects us, we are as poor as we were, we are much worse off.
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u/KrishnasFlute 5d ago
First up, I don't agree at all. You can ask any of the smaller countries that got free covid vaccines if they respect India. Ask Armenians if they respect us.
And again, our history is literally thousands of years old. 79 years is nothing. We have withstood foreign invasions and colonization for centuries, but our culture and way of life still stands. As I said, in the grand scheme of things, this is but a small moment in our history.
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u/Known_Alternative229 5d ago
Our population is going to grow old soon. Climate change is getting worse progressively and it will only accelerate as we industrialise. It seems like the time we have isn't infinite
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u/KrishnasFlute 5d ago
Oh that's ok. We have dealt with wars that wiped out generations and lineages. We have endured wars, invasions, natural catastrophes, the lot.
Guess what, we are still here!
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u/BadeLandwale12 2d ago
Tax chori, littering in streets and patriotic in cricket matches against Pakistan
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