Indian Stereotypes Debate

Cluster centers on debates about generalizations and stereotypes of Indians, including accusations of racism, xenophobia, and defenses from Indian commenters challenging or affirming claims about Indian culture and behavior.

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Sample Comments

chronic41 • Sep 7, 2015 • View on HN

Based on your writing style, you appear to be Indian yourself. I'd like to hear from an American, why this matters to people unrelated to India.

jokethrowaway • Oct 2, 2020 • View on HN

I wouldn't say it's an Indian only phenomenon, plenty of that everywhere

icelancer • Jun 18, 2019 • View on HN

This has way more to do with India than what the person said.

aaptardno421 • Dec 28, 2015 • View on HN

Let India bashing and stereotyping begin .........

shas3 • Feb 21, 2015 • View on HN

Wow! Being an Indian (assuming you really are) doesn't make it any less inappropriate to make such sweeping generalizations!

panicpanicpanic • Jul 22, 2021 • View on HN

What's the need to say that this person was an Indian? Threw me off the rest of the post tbh.

sage76 • Oct 27, 2020 • View on HN

This comment shows a fundamental lack of understanding of life in India.

jesuscript • Jan 12, 2023 • View on HN

People from India need to speak up about this if that's true, because Western readers love articles like this to broadly discriminate.

pugworthy • Nov 2, 2020 • View on HN

What's your background? This is some pretty scathing commentary. If you're from India, I can find it interesting. If you're not, then some of your comments come off as a bit xenophobic towards India.

takeda • Jan 2, 2020 • View on HN

It's not obvious if you're not from India, so thank you for the explanation :)