@levina see this video? Hindu sentiments are hurt here and freedom of expression doesnt apply it seems whereas when its drawing Muhammad then Hindus join the freedom circus with the Western trolls.
Thanks for bringing this video to my notice.
Before I start writing on this topic, which is religion, I want to remind you that this is off topic and am assuming I've your permission to continue on this topic.
1) Cleanliness:
If you ask me do I care when an Australian calls my country a sh*thole?
Yes, i do.
I do know that there's atleast an iota of truth in what he said, my country has huge issues with cleanliness, all these years our rivers were overflowing with filth. But things have started to change, my trip to Delhi last year reinforced my belief that India is improving. So now I have learnt to ignore such comments.
2) The religious angle:
I'm not sure if this video would hurt only the hindus. IMO, his remark would hurt every Indian because he talked about India as a country.
As a hindu the only time I was offended was when I saw our goddesses being portrayed in a bad light. Yes, in many of our temples we do have undraped statues but the purpose of which is bring out the sensuality of the body, but not to
titillate in the Western sense.
In this same way if Muhammad's cartoons (which I've not seen yet) offended muslims then freedom of speech was taken too far to hurts somebody's religious sentiments and I dont support it.
Dont go by what happens on this forum, some Indians might join the westerners in trolling you guys but they dont represent majority in India. If I were to post an anti-muslim post on my FB, then am sure my friends would come down heavily on me for offending a religion. Believe it or not!
