tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post5782100660115572307..comments2024-03-07T14:43:21.888-08:00Comments on Whatever I want to write about: On the road for the brown and the beardedSriram Khéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907731254833435446noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-27152885033294398892015-05-15T10:05:35.094-07:002015-05-15T10:05:35.094-07:00Well ... India is a completely different story alt...Well ... India is a completely different story altogether. There is no way I will ever want to compare India and the US on these kinds of issues--the "difference" in the treatment I get here is of such a smaller magnitude compared to the atrocious discrimination that people are subject to in India on a daily basis.<br /><br />Even the copy pulling over in India is almost always a case of corruption.<br /><br />Yes, the robot thing is an annoying one--but, that is the best way, I found out, to keep the automated and human trollers awaySriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-13155387604132763002015-05-15T00:04:33.879-07:002015-05-15T00:04:33.879-07:00hmm..i am not sure when was the last time you drov...hmm..i am not sure when was the last time you drove in india..any indian city for that matter. try driving any vehicle with a wheel or more especially during the last week of the month time. the cops will pick on you whether u push ur vehicle walking or crawl just to loot your money. <br />Driving over 100 kmph and trampling people sleeping on footpath might not cause you any heartburn or fine is a different story. unga comment verification tool is semma comedy..i am not a robot nu I have to self attest. Imagine Manmohan singh wanting to comment on your blog!!! aio pavam :Dgilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03259194565523548553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-75722327260971418132015-05-14T07:32:59.106-07:002015-05-14T07:32:59.106-07:00So, finally Gils found his way here. Cool! vaang...So, finally Gils found his way here. Cool! vaanga, sir, vaanga. valathu kaal mothalla ;)<br /><br />You were way more daring than me, Ramesh, to ask a security officer why you were singled out ... how much ever the officer is friendly, I would never ever want to ask those kinds of questions; am always afraid I will hauled over to a cell and nobody would ever know what happened to me, even though my logical mind tells me I am being paranoid.<br /><br />If that is the case with me, then the case of blacks in the US, the Dalits in India, the Uighurs in China, the .... the list is endless ... :( though, in every instance, things were far worse in the past--a small ray of hope.<br />Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-90772199491615649592015-05-14T00:53:18.956-07:002015-05-14T00:53:18.956-07:00avvvv....peria comment type pannen..kaaka ushh aai...avvvv....peria comment type pannen..kaaka ushh aaiduthu<br />do you catch every fish on pond while fishing..athey logic thaan traffic violationukkum. Crimeku color edhu? naama ozhungaana speedla pona en pudika poran. Had he caught you despite you following the rules..kandippa racism harassmentnu ella caselayum avana ulla thallidalam..<br /><br />thala: neenga druglorda!! hehehehe..hohohohoh...ungalukkay intha alaparaina enakelam Alcatraz thaan :D:Dgilshttp://supershanki.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-44644196239133521502015-05-13T18:25:30.222-07:002015-05-13T18:25:30.222-07:00Of course the brown skin makes a huge difference. ...Of course the brown skin makes a huge difference. Our outward appearance makes us get profiled and in the post 2001 world, this has magnified a millionfold. <br /><br />I face it all the time when I travel overseas. I was a frequent traveler before the Indian IT boom happened and Indians were seen everywhere. The mere fact that I was Indian looking was enough to get me pulled out of queues and "interrogated". Nowadays my problem is that I get singled out for pat downs and bag searches. It puzzled me for a long time as to why ? I once asked a British guy at airport security who seemed friendly as to why I was being singled out so often. He said I fit the classic profile of a drug runner - brown, tall, thin, and with a passport full of visa stamps !!<br /><br />The only sensible thing to do is what you do - never be in the wrong and simply tolerate the extra scrutiny. Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.com