Social Why is Hitler so Popular in India?

Ne er understood how India is racist n looks down on others while being one of filthiest countries on earth.
 
the ice cream is that good.
 
Doesn't the Swastika have Indian roots, or something?

I believe it's much older and used by many people around the world both now and in the ancient past with different variations. I think it was originally a solar symbol.
 
Ne er understood how India is racist n looks down on others while being one of filthiest countries on earth.

It is the filthiest country on earth if you look at street defecation among other things.
 
Probably the same reason why characters like Churchill are popular in the West and not so popular elsewhere.

From what I understand, Hitler funded and backed up India's nationalist efforts against the Brits (for example by sheltering a leading Indian Nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose in Germany). So from their perspective he's probably not the worst guy around. Hitler, for the most part, didn't kill Asians, he didn't kill Africans, he mostly just killed European white guys, so a non-European probably doesn't give a shit about him. Unless they are made to care through exposure to Western movies and historical narratives.
 
Me neither, they have the right idea. They want Asia to be for Asians, and they are proud of it. They are preserving their people, their culture, their ideas and holding onto what is theirs by blood and soil. IF they lost a war on their front, that's on them, but for now, they stand tall and strong and I applaud them for understanding and upholding their biological imperative.

"I don't hate blacks, I just think they should have their own place for themselves......"
 
Following on from the most racist countries in the world thread, I recalled over the years seeing numerous articles with regards to the popularity of Hitler in India. Some of them are listed below. This thread isn't supposed to be a generalisation about all Indians, nor should their be bigoted comments towards Indians - I just find it intriguing that a man who essentially regarded Indians and other races to be subhuman is looked upon with such admiration by a certain section of the population.

It seems that his popularity is possibly down to ignorance, a failure to understand who he was and what his legacy is. Some people interviewed have stated that because of his use of the swastika, he is "one of us". One student said that they are taught about Hitler but things like the Holocaust are omitted. The focus is on his ability to manage effectively.

Article describing Hitlers influence on right-wing Hindu nationalists:
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/hitlers-hindus-indias-nazi-loving-nationalists-on-the-rise-1.5628532

Hitler ice cream in India:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/hitler-the-ben-and-jerrys-of-india
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/hitler-ice-cream-from-india-sparks-controversy

Indian children's book where Hitler is featured as one of many world leaders who have “devoted their lives for the betterment of their country and people.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/world/asia/india-hitler-childrens-book.html

Clothing store named after Hitler (the store name was changed after a backlash)
https://www.spiegel.de/internationa...in-india-triggers-global-uproar-a-853199.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history...sh-community-condemn-Hitler-clothes-shop.html

Hitler cafes in India plus Hitlers rock star appeal
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mvxwm3/hitler-is-a-rock-star-in-south-asia
Hitler is popular in pockets all over the world. I’ve seen in in Mexico and China. As is Stalin.

I think it’s hard for Americans to understand, because his face and that gif-length clip of him gesticulating in a speech are juxtaposed with shots of bulldozed bodies, in educational videos we are all subject to from a young age. Elsewhere, Hitler is more of “just another blood-soaked 20th-Century badass.”
 
the raw Kaffir whose occupation is hunting, and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with and, then, pass his life in indolence and nakedness.”

Ghandi said they were lazy

And, to this day, 'Kaffir' remains the South African version of the 'n-word'.
 
Whatever the answer is, it probably won't be a simple one. We are talking about a culture and a mindset that has room for 33 million gods. Hitler 'popularity' is (most likely) an exceedingly minor blip in that whole cosmic shebang.
 
Because Hitler idealized the Aryans, an Indo-European people who settled in northern India.
 
Following on from the most racist countries in the world thread, I recalled over the years seeing numerous articles with regards to the popularity of Hitler in India. Some of them are listed below. This thread isn't supposed to be a generalisation about all Indians, nor should their be bigoted comments towards Indians - I just find it intriguing that a man who essentially regarded Indians and other races to be subhuman is looked upon with such admiration by a certain section of the population.

It seems that his popularity is possibly down to ignorance, a failure to understand who he was and what his legacy is. Some people interviewed have stated that because of his use of the swastika, he is "one of us". One student said that they are taught about Hitler but things like the Holocaust are omitted. The focus is on his ability to manage effectively.

Article describing Hitlers influence on right-wing Hindu nationalists:
https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/hitlers-hindus-indias-nazi-loving-nationalists-on-the-rise-1.5628532

Hitler ice cream in India:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/hitler-the-ben-and-jerrys-of-india
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/hitler-ice-cream-from-india-sparks-controversy

Indian children's book where Hitler is featured as one of many world leaders who have “devoted their lives for the betterment of their country and people.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/world/asia/india-hitler-childrens-book.html

Clothing store named after Hitler (the store name was changed after a backlash)
https://www.spiegel.de/internationa...in-india-triggers-global-uproar-a-853199.html
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history...sh-community-condemn-Hitler-clothes-shop.html

Hitler cafes in India plus Hitlers rock star appeal
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mvxwm3/hitler-is-a-rock-star-in-south-asia

Remember when GSP wore the Japanese rising sun flag to the Octagon? Most people in the west think that flag is "cool". People in Asia see it like we see Hitler and swastikas. They saw GSP coming out to that like we would see someone coming out to the Octagon covered in swastikas. The Indians probably just think Hitler and swastikas look cool. Why would someone in India give a fuck about an atrocity that happened in Europe and was done by white people to white people?

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Whatever the answer is, it probably won't be a simple one. We are talking about a culture and a mindset that has room for 33 million gods. Hitler 'popularity' is (most likely) an exceedingly minor blip in that whole cosmic shebang.
Nah it's pretty simple. People in the west do the equivalent all the time; see my post above about GSP.
 
Nah it's pretty simple. People in the west do the equivalent all the time; see my post above about GSP.
If your point is that simple celebrity-worship is the likely answer, i'd be inclined to agree with you.

Indians seem particularly hard-wired for devotion/worship.
 
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