tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post4714729943008904514..comments2024-01-22T10:47:38.507+05:30Comments on As I Please: Whites only please, we are IndianRahul Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07751088048215388592noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-60701332585320890062009-04-13T14:53:00.000+05:302009-04-13T14:53:00.000+05:30Hi Rahul, I liked your comment on Contemporary Gra...Hi Rahul, I liked your comment on Contemporary Grammar in "nanopolitan." About this one I have a comment. After all the "white foreigners" are far from home and may feel the need to mix with their own community. We do have bengali, malayalee, Telugu, Gujrati, etc haunts in Chennai which are pretty much exclusive. If a hotel should cater to a white group exclusively, so what? <BR/>Shubashree DesikanShubashreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590544161689976057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-18078919021664141942009-04-11T12:16:00.000+05:302009-04-11T12:16:00.000+05:30whoops..some sort of a mutant ninja above...What I...whoops..some sort of a mutant ninja above...What I wanted to say is<BR/><BR/>There is a cultural dissimilarity between us and the westerners.We may come off as noisy,uncouth,abusive,,in short lack of manners.Poor in India have great manners compared to the rich, especially the neo 30something hotshots are possibly the most boorish.We need to tone down, empathise with fellow citizens,wait for our turn and treat all and sundry with respect.This is something we all can learn,, a little interaction with our villagers will improve the manners of city dwellers.longnosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668369964486321672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-83298961758494668612009-04-11T12:08:00.000+05:302009-04-11T12:08:00.000+05:30India have great manners compared to the rich, esp...India have great manners compared to the rich, especially the neo 30something hotshots are possibly the most boorish.We need to tone down, empathise with fellow citizens,wait for our turn and treat all and sundry with respect.This is something we all can learn,, a little interaction with our village dwellers will improve our manners.longnosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668369964486321672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-12351820437178467552009-04-10T08:26:00.000+05:302009-04-10T08:26:00.000+05:30OLO: This is called the Type II "Stockholm Syndrom...OLO: This is called the Type II "Stockholm Syndrome". Loyalty experienced by ex-Colonies controlled by Colonial powers and held hostage over extended periods.AmOKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17351322682932613136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-66171675748671492712009-04-09T10:49:00.000+05:302009-04-09T10:49:00.000+05:30I don't think the reason was tipping (since that d...I don't think the reason was tipping (since that doesn't affect the manager and I got the feeling the attitude comes somewhere from the top) or dollars since most foreigners nowadays pay by credit card. It's just a feeling of 'exclusivity' one gets mixing with 'white folks' and a somewhat dubious belief that they are more disciplined. <BR/><BR/>I might have some sympathy with the latter view having seen some of my fellow countrymen making an absurd exhibition of themselves after a couple of drinks. Of course that's not a patch on drunk British football fans but presumably they behave better when they visit another country. <BR/><BR/>Ironically, it's clear that the foreign tourists who come to such small resorts near Mahabs really belong to what in England would be called the 'working class' (am I giving away my class consciousness here?) who have managed to save some money to go on a not-too-expensive foreign tour. These are not exactly Conde Nast travellers. Whereas Indian tourists at these resorts (which are fairly expensive by Indian standards) would definitely belong to a higher economic class in India. However this subtlety is lost, I believe, on these resort managers.Rahul Basuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751088048215388592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-70026331648427298922009-04-09T09:55:00.000+05:302009-04-09T09:55:00.000+05:30Maybe they should have a reflectometer at the entr...Maybe they should have a reflectometer at the entrance, and define a quantitative criterion for who is acceptable and who is not. Also, if one uses `Fair and Lovely' for a considerable period of time, can one hope to gain admission?Ananthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974808252913561726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007509643610309350.post-58581836579977664462009-04-09T00:00:00.000+05:302009-04-09T00:00:00.000+05:30This might be due to a combination of reasons. For...This might be due to a combination of reasons. Foreigners generally tend to tip a lot. Besides that, they pay in dollars which are generally sold in black markets by most of the big establishments. Not that foreigners don't get <A HREF="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6db0h_clamp-down-on-drunk-british-tourist_news" REL="nofollow">drunk and behave rudely</A>, but it is just that fascination for the white skin and whatever they do even after 60 years of becoming independent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com