Just an interesting observation I made recently. Look how similar they are:
Africa, total population: 1.3 billion
India, total population: 1.4 billion
Africa, GDP nominal: $2.7 T
India, GDP nominal: $2.8 T
Both have some of the darkest people in the world (no racism, just an observation).
Both have very hot and humid climate.
Both have been colonized by European powers for the longest time (compared to other colonized nations).
In both the colonialists laid the foundations of state institutions, made railways and made the colonial language the language of the local educated elite.
It's sad the Indians choose to be racist against Africans (to feel white about themselves) while they share so much similarity.
Good post but instead using color. (both africans and indians can vary). You should have mentioned both have various languages, various religions (many tribal religions cunningly hidden under catch all "hinduism"). various clothing patterns, various cusiines. Except africa is more honest and allows its people to be nations, india behaves like an empire and forces them to live together.
Bharat is a religious identity for us, the followers of Dharma.
And as for us, our Country is a part of our faith.
Indians have prejudices and stereotypes embedded in them like he’s from Haryana hence must be an Awaara gunda, He’s from Punjab must be an alcoholic, he’s from Kashmir must be carrying an AK-47 under his jacket, he’s from Kerala must be a communist, He’s from Bihar must be a IAS officer, He’s from Tamil Nadu he must be eating only Idli Dosa and Sambar and etc etc stereotypes. But never saw racism as such. Don’t know of our boys living abroad.
so you are saying if you follow dharma aka hinduism then you must belong to one nation?? and you same guys paint parania about muslim ummah despite the fact muslil peoples form various nations easily.
Also it is not as if the only difference between tamil and bihar is that tamil eats idli/dosa - they both speak different languages, worship different gods, have different clothes. They are different nations by any standard but forced in to indian empire passed on by british,