re: #42 Aunty Entity Dragon

I can certainly say she’s a class beneficiary. Caste isn’t the only level of caste in India, otherwise she wouldn’t be over here as a consul. You can’t acknowledge that, and at the same time claim that caste is the only system of class in India.

I’m really confused as to what you’re now alleging. You’re saying that the US attorney looked at India’s claims, looked at the maid’s, and then decided the maid’s story was more credible based on nothing at all?

I trust the US government far, far more than the Indian government, with its enormous levels of corruption.

re: #43 Aunty Entity Dragon

It matters a very great deal whether they agree. It will determine just how they treat our people over there.

Then it doesn’t actually matter if she is, or if there’s the least credible claim, you’re saying. Yes, India can insist things are different than they are. That’s obviously true.

We managed to hit on several real sore points in Indian culture, and the fact that she is a dalit is making it even worse since the Indian government absolutely cannot look like they are going to throw her under the bus…and elections are coming up. Anti Americanism has always been a popular go-to in 3rd world countries and in India we get tied in with anti-British colonialism.

There’s also leftovers from the cold war. It may have been impolitic, but as I said at length, a lot of the reasons why India is in turmoil over this is because of ugly stuff it exposes about India, not about the US. The US can’t not uphold the human rights of Indian citizens who are in the US in an attempt to make nice with the Indian government.

The internal politics make it next to impossible for the Indian PM to back down on this one.

This woman has certainly done an enormous amount of damage to her country through her actions, yes. On the bare, bare possibility that the maid is somehow a masterful liar who was able to convince a US attorney that this obviously highly charged move was a good idea, she’s done an enormous disservice to her country. The US has not done anything wrong here, unless you think that the US attorney is actually incompetent, corrupt or hates Indians or something.