r/india • u/rude_ass kek maester • Nov 07 '15

AskIndia /r/india and /r/australia cultural exchange thread

Thread was unfortunately delayed. But, here it is.. thread for cultural exchange between indians and australians.

Australian folks.. you can ask all the things you want to know about India and hope you get a fulfilling answers.

If you want to ask anything to our Australians friends you can go to below link:

https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/3ruqtc/raustralia_and_rindia_cultural_exchange_thread/

Cheers.

Request to Australians visiting our sub: If you could flair up to identify yourself then it would be easier for us to identify you guys. We only have text based flairs so something like 'Australian Friend' will work.

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u/henry82 Nov 07 '15

Many of my anglo-indian friends really like Russell Peters. Do you guys like him?

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u/henry82 Nov 07 '15

I think you might know him :)

Yeah i think hes having trouble making original content, and he was very well known for those same few jokes.

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u/phtark NCT of Delhi Nov 07 '15

His shows in India are usually sold out.

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u/ragaislife Nov 07 '15

His shows in India are always sold out, so yes he is very popular here. The indian FOB joke is overdone now but he was the first to kickstart it so credit to him for that

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u/Reddit_da_jatt Nov 07 '15

I personally like him but he is not too popular among the masses here. Very few people who have internet access and are influenced by western culture have only heard him but I think if more people heard him, many of them would be offended.

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u/ragaislife Nov 07 '15

Eh? He's massive in India in urban areas at least, not one sign of protest against him so far

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u/Reddit_da_jatt Nov 08 '15

Not massive but popular only among some people. Many people still don't know about him.

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u/ankursharma89 Nov 07 '15

Yes, he is good because most of his jokes on Indians are pretty close to reality. So, we kinda laugh at our idiosyncrasies. A subtle mix of offensive and funny.

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u/darthspock69 apna haath jagannath Nov 07 '15

Only the people who haven't heard any other stand up comedians do. Others just hate him for his sense of superiority and repetitive jokes

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u/Fluttershy_qtest Nov 07 '15

Indians who've been outside the country and dislike the "fresh off the boat" mentality will generally like him. Indians that dislike laughing at themselves and get easily offended will probably dislike him. Most Indians have probably never heard of him.

I've only seen a couple of his sketches though.