DesiPundit

Indians “lack … confidence in their civilization” because most of our notions of India have been formulated on the basis of how someone else viewed the “native” culture and that remains true to this day. The parts of India that we are eagerly celebrating are those that have been deemed acceptable by the West (once the Mughals, then Britons and now Americans). Madonna isn’t cool because she wore mehendi. Mehendi is cool because Madonna wore it.

Anonandon refutes Nirpal Dhaliwal’s argument that Indian insecurities about being subsumed by westernization are unfounded [hat tip: Chetan].

So apparently Indians are oblivious to the world. Oh man. That dude sounds like a total tool. Actually, the full quote was about young, spoiled elites who’d never known the feeling of being a minority

Manish Vij whom Nirpal quotes in the Tehelka article responds thus.