Sir Eoin O Fada wrote Yesterday at 1:01am:
Where do I get the idea that there are light skinned Indians?
Personal observation and as far as India being a shithole, where did you get that idea?
Probably from videos about north India, the South is renowned for its cleanliness.
Historically Australia’s towns were also shitholes particularly Sydney when it was infested with rats and with fleas [the later within living memory]
India is cleaning up its act just as we did, remember when there were dog droppings in Sydney’s CBD?
I have travelled for thousands of miles on Indian railways, including many, many short trips on Mumbai’s crowded suburban trains and never once smelt BO.
Cannot say the same for Sydney and Melbourne and as for the London Underground. I was once nearly late for an important appointment because the stench of BO in the train was so sickening that I had to get off, fortunately the next train wasn’t so bad.
Back in the 1960s in England it was common to be told by land ladies that allowing twice a week showers was a concession to Australians.
As for the Sikh religion, it teaches that the Soul is neither male nor female, therefore men and women are equal.
Seems that Sikhism discovered such equality long before we did.
Maybe you are not white. Therefore, anyone lighter-skinned than you is considered white. I worked with an Australian born person with Indian heritage. He might well have had a lighter complexion than the average Indian (regardless of origin of birthplace). But, he was still darker than most Australians (at least those of European Australian heritage).
India in general is a "shithole" simply because it is overcrowded, polluted and rubbish. You can find some very nice (exclusive) neighbourhoods throughout India. In fact, there are about 40 million Indians that earn at least $100,000 per year. So, they can afford to buy homes in very decent neighbourhoods. But 40 million Indians out of 1.4 billion Indians earning good money is not indicative of a rich society.
I base my observations on third party information. Video footage of towns and cities full of rubbish blowing through the streets. The pile up of garbage. The waterways full of rubbish and pollution. It is a wonder how the Indians don't die of disease in record numbers. Maybe they do, but the birthrate is so high that the population can remain stable.
I am not old enough to remember when Sydney was a shithole. I have observed footage of Sydney's run down neighbourhoods. But, at least they are cleaner than the neighbourhoods I have watched in media footage of India. 26 years ago, 75% of Indians would defecate in the street. Today, about 11%. And whilst there is public toilets available all over India today to discourage open defecation, there are still hundreds of millions of Indians who still defecate publicly. Did you see the (censored) video of the Indian in Australia who was caught taking a dump near a footpath? The mindset of Indians is still disgusting.
The last person I accused of having bad body odour was actually myself. That was because I stayed home for 5 days and did not shower. It got to a point that I got into the shower and had a 10 minute body scrub. And had I gone to work or out shopping, I would have definitely showered to the point of satisfactory cleanliness. My Indian co-workers (or ex-coworkers) have made efforts to shower and shave before their shifts. One of them actually overuses his body deodorant to the point of eye-watering levels. Only once have I ever met an Indian in Rockhampton who showed unacceptable levels of hygiene.
Until recently, I would heckle the English for their hygiene. But, I was basing that on an old stereotype that they rarely shower. Some guy on facebook questioned me about why I would make such a judgement, as he (an Englishman) would shower at least once a day. I have yet to know of a Brit that has bad hygiene.