Alot of Punjabis (particularly male, I've noticed) are very proudy. They flaunt being Punjabi rather than Indian, wherea
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LauraCohle — 16 years ago(January 09, 2010 05:05 AM)
Alot of Punjabis (particularly male, I've noticed) are very proudy. They flaunt being Punjabi rather than Indian, whereas a Gujju or South Indian would just call themselves 'Indian'. I don't know why, but from my experience Punjabi people are incredibly into themselves and throw it in other people's faces.
I'm not at all discriminating. This is how it is for alot of Punjabis coming to Australia from India. They rather stay in their own state-groups than mix with other Indians. Also, I've seen alot of discrimination from them against Gujaratis, Bengalis and other states.
It'd be nice to see a mix of Indian nationalities in a movie, good idea. -
reckless_life — 15 years ago(April 22, 2010 09:27 AM)
I'm a Punjabi but I agree that Punjabis can get a bit too much with our proudness. Half the Bhangra songs out there are about being Sher Punjabi, etc.
I think this has to do with the fact that Punjabi culture is quite a macho culture. And who can blame us? Punjab has been invaded by pretty much everyone over thousands of years so you have to learn to fight back and hold your ground.
It's not just Punjabis who will say they are Punjabi before being Indian. People from other states will do this as well.
India is not really a country, it's more a continent like Europe is.
Europeans are all white (different shades in each country), each country in Europe has it's unique culture and language but they have lots in common with other European countries as well.
The same is true with India, everyone is brown (different shades), each state has it's own language and culture but still there is something in common between all the states. -
Screen-7 — 15 years ago(May 01, 2010 07:52 PM)
WHY ARE PUNJABIS SO OBSESSED ABOUT THEIR OWN STATE?
Fair question. I've lived in Sindh, Andhra Pradesh and on the border of NWFP/Kashmir and none of them are quite like the Punjabis.
However, Punjabis aren't the only ethnic group like that. I married into an Irish family who immigrated from Ireland several generations ago yet they still strongly identify with being Irish! My Swish family members aren't anything like that.
Even though I don't understand it, I've been to both Ireland and Punjab and both are pretty special places and fascinating cultures. -
sumegha-c — 15 years ago(May 04, 2010 02:28 PM)
that's the point. we have so many different cultures over here, i don't think anywhere in the world, it would be possible to assimilate all of them. like even in India, a South Indian attending a Punjabi wedding would feel kinda weird. it's because they are completely opposite. that's why she chose just one culture. because all these cultures have different idio-syncracies, it would have been difficult to relate all of them at the same place.
and hell yeah, Punjabis and Bengalis might be two group of ethnicities whose people are obsessed about their culture. i'm a Punjabi-Hindu, i know.
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LiveTogetherDialAPhone — 15 years ago(July 11, 2010 11:31 PM)
Your rant about Bollywood is pretty much the same complaint I have about the American entertainment industry. Basically, Hollywood and, to a lesser extent, New York, are the entertainment capitals of the US, so California and New York City tend to be so overrepresented on TV and in movies. Even when a show takes place outside of these two locations, it tend to be colored by a Hollywood or New York perspective. People only write about what they know. I wish our entertainment industry would be less lazy and more willing to draw upon outside perspectives.
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activista — 11 years ago(May 18, 2014 08:46 PM)
@LiveTogether
So true,so true-that's why I love indie/foreign movies, because they're mainly made outside of Hollywood, and don't have that parochial Hollywood/New York perspective governing them. Especially if you live in the MidwestHollywood,until recently,seemed to think that the Midwest only consisted of farmers,and anything about Chicago. Since there's more filming in Detroit and in Michigan in general nowadays, that's definitely changed.h