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We are often told that the conflict in WW2 was a conflict between a clearly good side and a clearly evil side. While it's true one of the sides was certainly the a much greater evil, it would be disingenuous to hide the short comings of the "good" side. The USA was a country that at the time still practiced segregation, and was the only country to use nuclear weapons. The British, French and Belgian empires and their conduct in India and their African colonies was not far off from what the Germans were accused of. It's not good to whitewash these facts.

> If you see the pictures. There is no concept of privacy.

I feel like you are looking at this from a western perspective. Normally Indian families have a much more communal culture. Lots of significance is given to common and shared areas.

> There is often poor ventilation.

This is also untrue. This might be something you have observed in poorly maintained houses that have been expanded with poor and unplanned construction, but traditionally Indian houses like havelis etc. are extremely well ventilated. You have to remember these were originally developed in a hot country before the advent of air conditioning. The windows and openings are often designed with ventilation in mind with jalis (intricate meshes) that adorn the openings to block sunlight and allow airflow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jali

Labour is much cheaper in India. Labour is the most expensive part of maintaining such houses. Given India's median income is much lower than the west, this price is still very expensive for most Indian families.

> How would you intend to enforce this? Declare a law that no banker must be paid more than than the current highest government salary?

Salaries of government employees and public officials are already dictated by laws in most countries, so this isn't like it is some sort of new area of legislation that doesn't have decades of legislation and case law for reference.

why?

> If you want to justify your position, I would suggest highlighting the positive changes you _did_ make, rather than the positive changes you _intended_ to make.

Imagine where the world would be if bell labs didn't invest all that money into positive changes that people _intended_ to make.

I am talking about the split between West Pakistan and East Pakistan (Bangladesh). My point is that the Idea that Pakistan could be a united country based on a common religion failed based on the fact that the Bengalis found their Bengali identity more important than their religious identity.

It's also important to understand that less than half of India speaks hindi/urdu as a native language, and less than a 10th of the country speaks/understands punjabi (which this song is in). There are more speakers of Punjabi in Pakistan than there are in India.

It's also important to understand that less than half of India speaks hindi/urdu as a native language, and less than a 10th of the country speaks/understands punjabi (which this song is in).

Exactly. See my other comment explaining the nuances.

This is a false understanding of the differences between the two countries (actually 3, Bangladesh is also part of this shared culture). It's not 1000s of years of history being opposed to each other but 1000 years of shared history and culture. The differences have only arisen in the last 100 years or so.

Pakistanis share common languages with only a part of India, the main languages being Hindi/Urdu and Punjabi. India also has roughly the same number of muslims as there are people in Pakistan. People outside of the Hindi belt in India might not speak Hindi/Urdu or Punjabi, regardless of their religious identity. Historically speaking, people of the subcontinent have identified more with their ethno-linguistic identity than with their religious identity, no matter what the politics of these countries as well as the talking points of the politicians of these countries might make you feel. Evidence of this fact can be seen in the reasons for the existence of Bangladesh as a country. They separated from West Pakistan on the basis of their Bengali Identity. Similarly in India today, there is a strong movement in South India against the imposition of the Hindi language.

When it comes to music, there are two broad schools of classical music, Hindustani Classical that is from the North of India and now Pakistan, and Carnatic music that is predominantly from the South of India. Hindustani Classical music has always had a shared contribution from Pakistani and Indian signers. Many Pakistani singers (such as Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, and Atif Aslam) have contributed significantly to this school, as well as to modern Bollywood music, and there are many such artists in India as well (such as Zakir Hussein). Many Indian lyricists write Hindi/Urdu songs for Bollywood as well (such as Gulzar).

Arguably music and arts have always unified the two countries while other factors have caused rifts.

Arguably the United Kingdom was not a true electoral democracy until the 50s and until decolonisation. In the early 20th century the United Kingdom governed much of the world and non of those people had much say in the government that governed them.

rif made it so much more bearable to use reddit on mobile. But since I switched to ios I have not found an app that can compare to rif.

I really enjoy Tantacrul's videos on UX. I hope that he finds time to do some videos on Gnome or KDE someday.

Everybody gets a public key certificate, possibly since birth. There needs to be some way of establishing that which keys belong to which person, perhaps via some government registry, and a way to invalidate old/compromised keys. Overkill?

> personal attack on this woman with the intent to humiliate and embarrass her professionally.

This is exactly what it feels like to me.

It's been particularly hard interviewing during the pandemic. In usual times, at least you would visit the office and meet some real people in person. Not saying you can't get scammed in person, but it's definitely harder to impersonate reasonably large organisations like that.

Nidhi Razdan gets a lot of hate, particularly from the right in India.

They are certainly biased to the left. But they are definitely better than any of the alternatives in India... Have your seen what kind of garbage is reported by Indian news channels? There was the entire bullshit non issue about Rhea Chakroborty and the SSR suicide that was extremely disappointing to watch. And you can in no way defend the kind of nonsense that is spread on WhatsApp groups in India.

Yeah, I understand what you mean. I just wanted to point out that often this aspect is also overlooked when it comes to immigration in America. The social aspects mean nothing to me when I could never be certain about my status in the US. In fact if I'd not integrated as much socially, I'd probably be much happier in life right now after having been forced to leave. On the other hand I completely agree with you about the social aspect. I'm worried about how I will fit in to Europe once I move there, and whether I will always be considered a foreigner. I'm trying to convince myself that it's the better choice for me since I was forced to move there. But at the end of the day, I can't help thinking that Europe just doesn't have the same diversity and open culture as California did when I lived there. Who knows, maybe I will be pleasantly surprised when I go there. However, like I said before, in Europe I have certainty about my immigration status. As a highly skilled migrant, I don't have to keep worrying about "What happens if I don't get the H1B visa", "It's been 10 years, and I still haven't received the priority date for my Green Card".

While this might be true, this is not what I've experienced. I lived in the US for 7 years. I went to school there, worked there and paid taxes. But I had to leave because I didn't get the H1B visa. So while people couldn't tell I was a foreigner, as far as immigration is concerned, I was always a foreigner. Even if I would have gotten the H1B visa, as someone born in India, it would have taken me 20+ years to get a green card...

A follow up question to this. What do people feel about relocating to the EU.

Both this question and the question that OP is asking have been on my mind a lot lately. But I don't really have much choice in the matter, because of my situation. I was living in the US for 7 years but I had to leave because I did not get the H1B visa. I could have gone to Canada, but right now they are apparently taking upwards of 9 months to process work permits so I got turned down by a lot of FAANG companies. I ended up deciding to move to Europe.

This decision has been really hard on me for a number of reasons. Other than the fact that all my friends are there and so are all my professional connections, being a first language English speaker, I think that I would also feel more at home in the US or Canada. Then there is the matter on compensation and opportunity. El the only things I've heard about jobs in the EU is that there are few opportunities and the pay is less. I feel like I've been forced to take a step backwards in my career.

> mass-memorizing words as if they're an Asian studying for a chemistry test.

Is this appropriate language to use?

I think the point was that CentOS was one of those distros maintained by people who had a life... Maybe Cannonical won't be around in the future either.

I'm curious to know from you why you think the idea of globalisation is bullshit. As an immigrant such as yourself, I can't say I agree with you. Or perhaps our definitions of globalisation are not the same. In any case, I would like to hear why you think so.

Would you say सफ़ेद, गरम, अख़बार, वक़्त, मुज्ररिम, इलज़ाम, ख़त, etc are not Hindi words? Would you rather say श्वेत, ऊष्म, समाचारपत्र, मुजरिम, आरोप, पत्र? Most people use them interchangeably.

Devanagiri script has one drawback for non-native speakers though, which is identifying the schwa syncope rule. All Devnagiri consonants always carry an implicit schwa unless otherwise modified by a diacritic. However, in Hindustani, this schwa is sometimes dropped, and it is not always obvious where or when it should be dropped to a non-native speaker.

Another issue is the allophony of the schwas surrounding ह (/h/) in words like कहना which is actually pronounced [kɛɦɛnaː] and not [kəɦ(ə)naː]. (note that this is also an instance of the schwa deletion)

This isn't really a difference in pronunciation between Hindu and Urdu as much as it is a sound change that has occurred in some dialects of the Hindustani language. Both Hindi and Urdu have the consonant /z/. However in parts of India this consonant has shifted from /z/ to /dʒ/. It is considered colloquial or uneducated.

As an international student who went to a top US university, I'm faced with a similar situation when it comes to H1B. I understand I have no inherent right to be here, and that part of the reason why H1Bs are difficult to get is because of the many frivoulous petitions on behalf of my countrymen from large IT consultancy companies from my company. But when it comes the option between US and Canada, I'd rather pick Canada just for the peace of mind, even though I'd prefer to work in the US and the salaries in Canada are much lower.

The man said nothing, absolutely nothing during the Balakot event. Which is fine, because the whole thing was a cockup anyway. That didn't stop his base from celebrating the event. (Disclaimer: I don't support Pakistan, but you have to add this disclaimer lest you're called "anti-national" by his base)

Anyway, you have to agree the mans a propoganda machine. Just like at the release timeline for the movie Uri...