Punjabis obsessed about Punjab
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hari_seldon99 — 17 years ago(October 09, 2008 12:14 AM)
the north indians/aryans are culturally and ethnically different form the south indians/dravidians.
There is some truth to that, but the differences aren't as collossal as partisan politicians claim.
Not all north Indians are Aryans though, and not all South Indians are "Dravidian". These distinctions were more pronounced 5000 years ago, much less so nowadays.
There has been a fair amount of intermarriage/interbreeding over the centuries. The Oriya in Orissa, for instance, incorporate elements of both ethnicities.
The racial ethnography of India is very very complex and still not fully understood. It would be unwise to reduce it to a few soundbites as you did. -
Miss_Weasley_Potter — 17 years ago(December 10, 2008 07:51 AM)
Hey, hey, hey. First of all, what is this talk about Punjabis being obssesed with themselves? Everybody shows what they know best and obviously, Punjabis would know themselves best so they would automotically do that.
Now, I never questioned why a Punjabi was shown in this movie but since you have, I think the simple reason is that there are a lot of Punjabis living in UK. Yes, so are Gujarati but once again, Chadha is Punjabi so she would know the typical jokes, the cliches, the silly little prejudices et al. It's just natural.
Why do you have to make sucha big deal out of this? I mean, let's face it, Punjabis are pretty fun loving! And I am not a Punjabi in case you think I am being..what the word? 'regionalist'.
It's sad that it's people like you who keep going on about Punjab, Gujarat, Bihar, Maharashtra. What is the big deal? Now, next thing you will complain about is, why is the industry always shown to have so many Punjabis in it? Take Fashion for example where so many of the characters were Punajbis.
I could question, why are the security guards always shown to be Nepalis? And the poor guys, Biharis?
It's just one of those generalisiation type of thing.
That is it.
And as for the Aryan-Dravadian thing, phew, it happen millions of years ago, no point in fighting about that.
If you are afraid of losing, then you daren't win. - Bjorn Borg -
MacbethMacbethMacbeth — 16 years ago(May 13, 2009 01:58 PM)
I don't know whether to find this offensive or just an opinion.
Because Punjab is holy for Sikhs, it's where Sikhism began. Punjabi's have suffered from descrimination from other religions in India which probably makes them feel like Punjab is their only home.
Bangra and Punjabi language is part of the culture and Punjabi's are very cultural. That's just how it is.
The whole reason Chadha made the film was to use it to portray her culture.
My heritage is Sikh Punjabi and trust me, we DON'T sing Punjabi songs all the time and I don't speak Punjabi. We aknowledge we're from India but Punjab is the holiest for us.
Oh and her character in Mistress Of Spices wasn't from Punjab.
P.S.
No bitchyness intended
