This is how things work in Switzerland ..

Upper caste Indians looking down upon lower caste Indians and aligning with foreigners to further malign them.

Nature's law... Survival of the fittest ! However, things have reversed now with more benefits being showered on the so called lower castes at least in our country ! 

What logic to defend oppression. Hats off to you. Justice is still far away.

No one in their sane mind would want to remain suppressed forever regardless of the caste or class, they are bound to retaliate. So , there will be change in power structure. If they don't fight for their rights , they suffer !

History is full of examples where by force or otherwise vast majority have been suppressed for centuries by few. So please do not leave the onus on the downtrodden to escape moral responsibility. A nice ploy to deflect guilt by upper castes.

vijay wrote:

Upper caste Indians looking down upon lower caste Indians and aligning with foreigners to further malign them.

that is why India is not progressing in their thoughts of developing his own country while other country getting progressed day by day.

How did the subject turn to caste??? Still fail to understand! On another note, these low caste people are selling off their rich, cultivable lands to builders for nice tidy amounts and go vacationing in foreign countries where there low caste standards raise their heads when they spit in public places, wear unkempt clothes and make a mess in general. Guess that makes nice image of our country, so to speak!

We Indians regardless of caste and creed are champions at spitting whenever we feel like. I am constantly reprimanding students not to spit around the school campus, more so now because of Ramadaan fasting . Even otherwise this is a national shame , seen only in India..

Indian atmosphere is full of dust and that is also one reason why even persons who do not chew tobacco frequently spit especially those who remain outdoors for long time. Yes they should exercise restraint when in cleaner atmospheres.

I experienced the practice of spitting while I was traveling in a Bus. The person who was sitting before me spat through the window. It came and fallen on me. The person who spat simply laughed at me and gave a free advise that i should  have closed the window shutter.

Yes spitting is a national habit. Two wheeler drivers ahead of you will do so without caring if it hits persons behind them. So when such persons go abroad on a tour it takes time for them to adjust, but by that time the tour is over !.

LOL. I heard about National Bird, National Animal etc. Now National habit should be included it seems. Quite interesting.

what national habit, i have heard it first time it is truly unique 

Babu saroj wrote:

what national habit, i have heard it first time it is truly unique 

If you want an answer to that you need to go through the previous posts which is the norm in any discussion site, not just make posts for the sake of doing so..

India's Nationa Animal l is Royal Bengal Tiger. , National tree is Indian banyan. National flower is Indian Lotus.so on and so forth. Each country will be having its national symbols. In the same way, Spitting should be made as our national habit.

usha manohar wrote:

Babu saroj wrote:

what national habit, i have heard it first time it is truly unique 

If you want an answer to that you need to go through the previous posts which is the norm in any discussion site, not just make posts for the sake of doing so..

thanks for your suggestion 

Babu saroj wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

Babu saroj wrote:

what national habit, i have heard it first time it is truly unique 

If you want an answer to that you need to go through the previous posts which is the norm in any discussion site, not just make posts for the sake of doing so..

thanks for your suggestion 

See you are doing it again, exactly what everyone is complaining about. Now do not reply to this post but make sure you read the topic first and others' opinions before making meaningless comments.

Old habits die hard ...

Coming back to the topic I have seen many foreigners getting confused by the head shaking habit of the Indians ..One can never be sure whether they are saying yes or no. In fact I get confused here too, why not say things verbally rather than shake and nod and make things difficult and complicated !!!!

Shaking head sideways while agreeing to a proposal is a famous Indian style which is well documented in business negotiation tips by foreigner trainers. As Indians we should not have this problem though.

Even as an Indian I sometimes find it difficult to gauge what a head shake means with certain people , whether they are agreeing or disagreeing because there is not much difference between the two shakes ..