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> I'm South Indian, I didn't grow up there, but I can vouch for the condescending tone of Snigdha (the author of this piece). It's very much like how a condesce
by DangerousPie 9y ago
> I'm South Indian, I didn't grow up there, but I can vouch for the condescending tone of Snigdha (the author of this piece). It's very much like how a condescending North Indian talks about a South Indian. And she's the 'educated' North Indian here talking to an 'un-educated' one. The condescension is palpable, and present throughout the piece. I have not read her other 2 pieces, but they're on similar topics, and I expect a similar tone. I'm not sure if it is a reflection of her distaste for the people in these highly questionable occupations, or just sprinkles of editorial hate.
Maybe I just didn't pick up on it, but as someone who doesn't know anything about the background of the author (nor about Indian stereotypes) this article didn't seem condescending to me at all. Are you sure you're not just projecting your own stereotypes about North/South Indians onto the author here?
- tacomonstrous 9y agoI'm South Indian as well, and I didn't pick up on any condescension. If anything, the writer went out of her way to present the views of obvious scammers as fairly as she could.
- nonamechicken 9y agoSame here. I actually didn't understand why OP mentioned South India at all.
- reallymental 9y agoMy point was about the perceived superiority that some people have over the others, due to their geographical/cultural/religious biases. I mentioned I was South Indian to emphasise my bias towards such a tone. But as I have acknowledged in my above comments, I may have looked at the article through biased eyes, but I still think I'm right in my assumption about this author's tone.
- reallymental 9y agoThat may very well be the case. I did try to go through the paragraphs again to see if I could get a better read on it, unfortunately I came out with the same conclusion.