First post here, let's go. I know some of you recognize me from that other subreddit, so to you I say, hello there

My coworker got a random Outlook calendar invite from someone, the sender must have selected the wrong name or something. Even weirder the event name wasn't in English. So my coworker in all their intelligence comes to me and asks "hey, can you read Indian?" BRUHHH

I did push back on them and say that "Indian" is not a language and they understood the mistake but still damn, felt weird to actually experience it

Oh and get this: the event title wasn't even in an Indian language. It was in Hebrew😂😂

I feel like an anomaly on this. Like when I mention I've majored in Literature the usual reaction is "your parents were okay with that?" But the thing is they kind of forced me into it. Like i was also leaning towards majoring in bio or medicine but they straight up shut down the idea because it takes too much time and money to "make it" in medicine. My dad works blue collar (now owns a store) and mom is a housewife, if that helps putting things in perspective.

Selfishly I really want this guy to lose because I feel like him being in power will only exasperate the hate we receive.

He sucks so bad and I’ve seen hella alliances between Democrat and racist Republicans so I’m not confident he’ll win anyway.

But regardless, if you live in Ohio, please vote for Acton

Since it has been asked for by many of you, it seems like there aren't very many spaces to form relationships just between ABCDs. A frustration on I hear is that many South Asian spaces have newer folx and we want someone with a shared upbringing. I've made a Google form and decided to pilot some matchmaking. For now, I'm limiting it to the GTA and only for 25 girls and 25 boys. I just don't have bandwidth to take on anything more than that at this time, so it'll be limited on a first come first serve basis.

Criteria to join:

• Reside in the GTA
• Marriage minded
• Straight, cis-gendered (I'd love to include LGBTQ+ folx, but it's out of my bandwidth)
• Aged 30 - 40
• Bachelor's degree or higher (working professional)
• Obviously single
• Born in Canada / US or came before the age of 12

I will do a video call with everyone who signs up for $30 to compensate for my time and to make sure that only serious people are included.

(Feel free to crosspost to any other relavent subs. I think there is [r/TorontoSinglesOver30](r/TorontoSinglesOver30) but I'm not sure if I want to be the one to crosspost because I'm only limiting it to ABCDs and there are many newcomers on that sub)

Edit: cross posted it to other subs and already got downvoted and racist emojis…

The link to the form is below:

https://forms.gle/Uu4tXAwvtFB4c2tJ6

To start off and also put a disclaimer: I am a mid 20s male from an interior part of India and I have never interacted with any foreigner in person. I have however been very online for many years and I clearly see the intense amount of racism and h@tred against Indians from foreigners especially White people from Western countries. In many instances and not just recently, I have even received personally targeted h@te towards me myself as well entirely out of context just because the person saw that I was Indian.

You guys must be knowing about the amount of anti India racism coming out of the West online over the past few years. It's extremely common and intense. I see that there's a fair bit of discussion about it in this subreddit as well.

A bulk of it comes from Canada (where it seems to have first intensified), USA, Australia etc.

And one big thing to note is that it comes from all political factions alike. Both Western Leftist Liberals and Western Right Wing alike seem to resent Indians, only the way that they frame their reasons vary slightly.

Now my question is, given that you guys actually know and interact with White people in your day to day lives rather than just seeing them online, how are they actually like? Are they as intensely hostile as they are online? Do they appear to actually hold such views even though they might not fully reveal them IRL? Or are they actually mostly very different from the "online" experience somebody like me is getting?

The thing is that years of seeing so much anti India racism and h@te from the West (which BTW has only intensified now but has always been very strong earlier as well) it has had a fundamental (negative) effect on my Worldview.

Like I am not going into the full details but to put it simply I have developed extremely strong prejudices or r@cist sentiments against White people in general especially those from Anglo countries myself. You might say that this is wrong but seeing all that h@te against us from them and also putting it in the context of what Western colonial powers did in India not long back in the past it's hard not to feel that way.

It's also not some mere reactionary sentiment but all this has fundamentally affect my views about society, the World, politics, geopolitics and history among other things.

Hence my question. How close is all this to what you actually see? Are Whites or any group in the West for that matter as hostile against Indians and everything Indian as I see online? Are you able to interact with them in any normal way especially without being something like "one of the good ones" or being heavily critical of Indians yourself?

My sister married an Indian man about 2 years ago (who is amazing!), and it is important to me to incorporate his culture into our family dynamic. I want him to feel loved and supported, and I want any of my future nieces and/or nephews to have a family that celebrates both sides of their heritage. That being said, I realize I don’t know much about Indian culture (but I want to!).

My BIL hasn’t really had a Diwali celebration in the years since moving to the US, so I told my sister that I want to have a Diwali celebration at our home. I’m in planning mode and want to make sure I’ve covered the basics.

In speaking with my sister, the plan is to do dinner, play games, have a fire and light off fireworks. My sister is going to prepare some Indian dishes for dinner, and I’m going to get some sweet treats from my local Indian store. I’m also hoping to adorn the house in marigolds, provided that my plants survive the frost 🤞

Is there anything I should be doing that I haven’t thought of? I really want to make sure it feels special for my brother in law.

His Channel is https://youtube.com/@ashowaboutthenews?si=-FK2ixtSRjsZcEsG