Comments on: Foreigners! http://varnam.org/blog/2007/04/foreigners/ History, Current Affairs & Books Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:39:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: varnam http://varnam.org/blog/2007/04/foreigners/comment-page-1/#comment-2415 varnam Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:24:32 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1224#comment-2415 <strong>The Non-Violent Chicken</strong> “Myself and my daughters would never like Sarabjit freed inexchange for any hardcore Pakistani terrorist lodged in Indian jails,” Sarabjit’s wife, Sukhpreet Kaur, told PTI. Ms. Kaur said that for the family, “nothing is above the nation and we... The Non-Violent Chicken

âMyself and my daughters would never like Sarabjit freed inexchange for any hardcore Pakistani terrorist lodged in Indian jails,â Sarabjitâs wife, Sukhpreet Kaur, told PTI. Ms. Kaur said that for the family, ânothing is above the nation and we…

]]> By: Scott http://varnam.org/blog/2007/04/foreigners/comment-page-1/#comment-2414 Scott Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:50:39 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1224#comment-2414 For a society who has been deeply damaged by colonialism can one think of a more offensive image of a white guy grabbing a daughter of India and forcing himself upon her? It is so symbolic. It is right in line with the image of the white colonist forcing himself upon a country and just taking whatever he wants. Richard Gere should pay the ultimate price for this. What bothers me however is those who would blame Shilpa Shetty for this. Too often women victims of rape in India are blamed for what happened like they wanted the rape to happen or it was their fault the rape happened even when the truth might be that the rapists brutalized them and they couldn't stop the rape from happening. While of course Richard Gere didn't actually rape Shilpa Shetty, I still see this whole "Blame the Woman Victim" dynamic in place. From what I saw from the video Shilpa Shetty did nothing to cause Richard Gere to act the way he did, and was in fact as shocked as everyone else was that he would act in such a disgraceful manner. We need to defend this daughter of India, not blame her for this white man's assault upon her. For a society who has been deeply damaged by colonialism can one think of a more offensive image of a white guy grabbing a daughter of India and forcing himself upon her? It is so symbolic. It is right in line with the image of the white colonist forcing himself upon a country and just taking whatever he wants.

Richard Gere should pay the ultimate price for this.

What bothers me however is those who would blame Shilpa Shetty for this.

Too often women victims of rape in India are blamed for what happened like they wanted the rape to happen or it was their fault the rape happened even when the truth might be that the rapists brutalized them and they couldn’t stop the rape from happening.

While of course Richard Gere didn’t actually rape Shilpa Shetty, I still see this whole “Blame the Woman Victim” dynamic in place. From what I saw from the video Shilpa Shetty did nothing to cause Richard Gere to act the way he did, and was in fact as shocked as everyone else was that he would act in such a disgraceful manner.

We need to defend this daughter of India, not blame her for this white man’s assault upon her.

]]> By: Jo http://varnam.org/blog/2007/04/foreigners/comment-page-1/#comment-2413 Jo Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:41:21 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1224#comment-2413 LOL!! Good post JK. LOL!! Good post JK.

]]> By: Sakshi http://varnam.org/blog/2007/04/foreigners/comment-page-1/#comment-2412 Sakshi Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:33:55 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1224#comment-2412 Seriously, Emram Hashmi should be made brand ambassador of Indian Culture. Seriously, Emram Hashmi should be made brand ambassador of Indian Culture.

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