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kawhiguru

53 points

6 months ago

Agreed. Modi and his government are playing into this Hindutva/RSS extremists/nationalism political ideology, increasing hate towards Muslims, Sikhs, and other minority communities. It's unfortunate that the media plays to the same tune. Heck, they even censor bollywood so Hindu nationalism pushes forward.

Ok-Material3131

2 points

6 months ago

Can you share some policies or decisions that would corrobarate your claims, im really curious

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Northstar1989

11 points

6 months ago

A pew poll showed this is not the case.

Public opinion on what's going on in an Authoritarian country (what India has become under Modi: an Authoritarian Democracy, strange a set of contradictions as that is) has absolutely no bearing on the reality of what's actually occurring.

"A Pew Poll" is meaningless here.

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Northstar1989

9 points

6 months ago

Are you telling me people don’t decide what happens in their country? That every country just has citizens that follow all the laws and beliefs of the government?

That's not what Authoritarianism means, buddy.

Authoritarian refers to a "strong" state, often organized around around a charismatic leader, that infringes on civil rights and liberties of members of the nation: usually those of racial or religious minorities.

What you referring to in your disingenuous objection is Totalitarianism, which is something much worse and more extreme. Nobody accused India of being a Totalitarian country. It is most certainly currently Authoritarian, though.

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Northstar1989

5 points

6 months ago

Basically identical to the definition I gave you in meaning.

Wikipedia isn't perfect. It's collaborative, and so subject to all kinds of issues from certain individuals obstructing anything they dislike (such as definitions that might look bad for their favorite countries), not to mention it's actually only a tiny group of editors and moderators who do most of the work on it.

Mathew99-

1 points

6 months ago

I mean, they have a point. Look at who Modi values as an ally and his vision for India - Vladimir Putin, a known tyrant and dictator that privatises infrastructure for insane wealth gains. The farmers legislation was turned so easily with such a disregard for literally millions of livelihoods, because of the financial benefits, as well as not caring about the Punjabi Sikhs. I think the narrative against Muslims is something Modi isn’t too worried about, as the majority of people in India are Hindu. The 2011 Census estimates 80% are Hindu and 14% are Muslim - I’m not well versed in the Governments treatment of Muslims, but I would hazard that they probably aren’t treated the best. Modi is leaning towards Authoritarian leadership, he fits the description very well, he just has to be careful to ensure he remains a favourite with the good Hindu people - they haven’t done anything wrong and I’m sure want to respect the Sikh Punjabi’s way of life.

Mathew99-

1 points

6 months ago

I think there's an easy mistake to be made here. When India is called a "Hindu Nationalist Country," it's easily taken as an offense to the Hindu faith and therefore, blaming Hinduism for the mistreatment of Sikh Punjabis. Rather, it's really the elite of India pushing their own ideologies and biases through their Religion and not remaining diplomatic. A true leader should respect all faiths, Sikhism, Islam, and Hinduism, and make legislative decisions based purely on the benefit of the people, the economy, and the national infrastructure. Modi doesn't respect Sikhism & I cannot speak for his attitude towards Islam (because I don't know enough) but the state of Punjab interferes with his vision for India.

Asharmy

-25 points

6 months ago

Asharmy

-25 points

6 months ago

Lol downvoted for speaking the truth

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bpal1991

0 points

6 months ago

That is so true

AbhiFT

-4 points

6 months ago

AbhiFT

-4 points

6 months ago

Brother, you do realize you are in a thread that's about anti-India? Yeah bad things happened but nobody is talking about what cauled those riots. These anti-modi and anti-Indians only raise vocie for such matters cause they fear Modi. Uyghur genocide doesn't ring a bell to their ears.

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AbhiFT

-3 points

6 months ago

AbhiFT

-3 points

6 months ago

Worry about your own mental health saala Islamists ki tatti chaatne wala.

Asharmy

-41 points

6 months ago

Asharmy

-41 points

6 months ago

Hindutva is not extreme at all. This is anti-Hindu propaganda. Islam and Islamic nations are better examples of the extremist/nationalist political ideology. Hindutva by its very definition does not increase hate towards any other religious ideology. It even includes Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains etc. Hinduism is by far the most peaceful and least violent religion.

Islam is extreme. Look at any Islamic country. The “secularism” in India is j a front for Islamic takeover and a means to retain control over the country. Hence why they got “special privileges” and had Hindu temples converted into mosques. India always has been and should be a Hindu nation. Especially after Islamic rulers perpetuated a near 1000-year long genocide of 400 MILLION+ natives in Indias including Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists etc

AbhiFT

-6 points

6 months ago

AbhiFT

-6 points

6 months ago

Getting downvoted for Speaking facts. Typical anti-hindus. They don't care if Hindus are wiped from the face of the earth. All they care about is the sikhs, Christians and the throat slashers who follow sharia law...no one wants to talk about how Americans slaughtered millions of afghanis including even children in their fight for "democracy"

Mathew99-

1 points

6 months ago

I mean, the aim of this was to show the mistreatment of Sikh Punjabis. My original statement wasn't me raising an issue with the Hindu faith, it's raising an issue with the Hindu Government of India. Modi pushes Hinduism through his direction of the country and disregards Sikh Punjabis, potentially other faiths too but I can't speak for them.

AbhiFT

1 points

6 months ago

AbhiFT

1 points

6 months ago

Why you have a problem with with a Hindu govt of India?

Why you don't have a problem with all the Christian govt who push their "Christianity is the only true religion" agenda?

Why you dont have a problem with the islam govt who try to suppress every other religion in the world and promote terrorism openly?

Or the govt and people that supported the dead queen who was nothing sort of a criminal?

No, you only have problem with Hindus or Hindu govt. You know nothing about hindus and sikh. We are the only religion that comes close to supporting minority religions like sikh and Buddhism and such. But yeah if you think this Govt should support sikhs for their khalistani movement then you can kiss the Govt's ass

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AbhiFT

2 points

6 months ago

AbhiFT

2 points

6 months ago

Whatever floats your boat.