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cheesymacThreads: 5 Posts: 85 Joined: May 16, 11 ♂ [Suspended]	May 25, 11, 22:26 #1
How do Poles think/ relate to India... culturally and economically?

joepilsudskiThreads: 44 Posts: 2,529 Joined: Apr 27, 07 ♂	May 25, 11, 22:36 #2
Poles love Tandoori Krakowska and also Kapusta Paneer...Economically speaking, they are quite cheap, like Indians.

cheesymacThreads: 5 Posts: 85 Joined: May 16, 11 ♂ [Suspended]	May 25, 11, 22:42 #3
CHeap?!?!?!? Did you see how much food costs... and how many ingredients it takes to make Indian food in a traditional manner?! But I meant Polish-Indian bilateral trade and so-forth..

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Edited by: joepilsudski May 25, 11, 23:04 #4

cheesymac:

CHeap?!?!?!? Did you see how much food costs... and how many ingredients it takes to make Indian food in a traditional manner?!
But I meant Polish-Indian bilateral trade and so-forth..

I am a 'plastic Pole' so, of course, my opinion does not count with the home grown geniuses on this forum...In any case, most of them would have no clue as to your question.

In fact, the Indian Mittal family is the owner of three very large steel mills in Poland, including this one in Nowy Huta:

The Mittals are partners with the Rothschild family...So, you already have economic interchange going on at a big level.

BTW, the Mittals are heavily invested in Northern Europe, owning steel plants, shares in utilities and such...I think their investment is good as they have introduced modern techniques in plants were the production capability surely needed updating.

joepilsudskiThreads: 44 Posts: 2,529 Joined: Apr 27, 07 ♂	May 25, 11, 23:16 #5
As far as other trade, import-export, I would imagine this would be on a much smaller scale...What does India export in the way of commodities nowadays?

pawianThreads: 90 Posts: 5,415 Joined: May 30, 08 ♂	Edited by: pawian May 25, 11, 23:25 #6
cheesymac: How do Poles think/ relate to India... culturally and economically? A group of Indian guys live in an apartment block near my house. They work for Comarch, an international software house and systems integrator based in Kraków. They are well behaved, cultural people and good workers, as I heard.

Antek_StalichThreads: 6 Posts: 1,533 Joined: May 6, 11 ♂	May 26, 11, 00:25 #7
I have nothing against Indians except their spoken English is hard to understand.

beckskiThreads: 19 Posts: 2,148 Joined: May 15, 07 MEMBER ♀	May 26, 11, 07:33 #8
cheesymac: What do Poles think of Indians? cheesymac: economically? I like their 22k gold jewelry :) A sincere thanks PF, for putting up with me FIVE terrific years, muah!

RobertLeeThreads: 12 Posts: 133 Joined: May 26, 11 ♂	May 30, 11, 09:59 #9
cheesymac: How do Poles think/ relate to India... culturally and economically? I think the image is positive. I think they are less racist and more friendly than other exotic races. They are also better at science than some other exotic race assosiated with Poland.

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May 30, 11, 14:31 #10

They have good music ...

I have some friends from India, and they are keen on education, plus they try and integrate well. I have heard in West Europe, UK, they do not integrate as well. But in Poland they do somehow ... I dunno how?

However, the Indians here, the students mostly, are mostly on a process to becoming Polonized :), with their children being half Polish and their spouses being Pole.

They usually start businesses, food, or other service related industries.

I would include Bangladesh people in the same group and you are previously (historically) same people, right?

I have only befriended the good folks, if any of them are being a pain here, I am not aware but then it is not my business (government will handle).

modafinilThreads: - Posts: 831 Joined: Jun 28, 11 ♂	Jul 12, 11, 11:51 #11
manching23: Beggars, not same people. Islamic terrorists. Better read some history and geography. Most don't care to see any difference when this far away from that area. It's the same way where all Slavs/Eastern Europeans are called Polish in England.

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Edited by: isthatu2 Jul 12, 11, 12:21 #12

Lodz_The_Boat:

I would include Bangladesh people in the same group and you are previously (historically) same people, right?

Lodz,even the "Indians" historically are not the same peoples,the only historic link most of the subcontinent shares is a history of being "united" under various invaders from the Muhgals to the Portugese to the British Raj......its a fascinating part of the world though lodz so you will enjoy researching this stuff yourself :)

Lodz_The_Boat:

I have heard in West Europe, UK, they do not integrate as well.

Yes,and I have heard that the Moon is made from Chedder Cheese............
Indians dont integrate in the UK,lmao :) cant wait to tell that one in the office :)

Funny thing is though,I can tell you exactly how it will pan out in Poland,coz its happened here in the UK;
At first a few young get up and go types will arrive,mostly single men with good prospects. These will be seen less as some "threat" and more as a curiosity,some locals will find the "exotic" nature attractive and many will marry local girls. Same here in the late 19th early 20th century. Over time though Ranjit Singhski's second cousin from Mumbai will be offered a job in the family buisness,he will arrive in Torun say with his wife and kids,the kids will be engaged to their cousins back in india,when old enough those indian cousins will come to Poland to marry their Polish/Indian cousins..............etc etc
Now, Im neutral on that scenario,but,the bigots can make a case out of it undoubtedly.

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Jul 19, 11, 22:00 #13

isthatu2:

even the "Indians" historically are not the same peoples,the only historic link most of the subcontinent shares is a history of being "united" under various invaders from the Muhgals to the Portugese to the British Raj

Indians are indeed very diverse, but it is not true that the sub-continent has only been united under various foriegn invaders. The Mauryan Empire was most certainly indigenous.

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,727 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Jul 19, 11, 22:33 #14
Polski moc is always going on about how Indians and Poles are genetically linked through the R1a gene that is shared between the people. Or did I misunderstand what he meant?

Des EssientesThreads: 11 Posts: 2,318 Joined: Feb 6, 10 ♂ [Suspended]	Jul 19, 11, 23:28 #15
SeanBM: Indians and Poles are genetically linked through the R1a gene that is shared between the people. Or did I misunderstand what he meant? You understood it and it is true, it does seem to be real phsyical evidence for the truth of Marija Gimbutas's Kurgan hypothesis.

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Jul 19, 11, 23:36 #16

Des Essientes:

You understood it and it

Ah, I was having a dig at Polskimoc, he has this idea of the "Super-race" being Polish and he knows that Indians, among many others, share the R1a gene but he "conveniently" leaves this out of "his" theory and just focuses on how Poles are the "master-race" of Europe, showing the same small section of the R1a map that they use on the stormfront forum (a hate forum), I only know this from when I do some background checks on what people type here sometimes.
But it is something Indians and Poles share, so I thought it two for one, a dig at an eejit and on topic :)

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Edited by: isthatu2 Jul 19, 11, 23:37 #17

Des Essientes:

Indians are indeed very diverse, but it is not true that the sub-continent has only been united under various foriegn invaders. The Mauryan Empire was most certainly

Interesting,will give them a google. i was recently fascinated to discover there were Indian Hindu merchants in Ancient Rome...makes ya think :)

SeanBM:

But it is something Indians and Poles share, so I thought it two for one, a dig at an eejit and on topic :)

and the Polish Lithuanian common wealth....................lithuanian is the closest living language to Sanskrit ............bizzarly enough....

re all the R101 genome helibactor nonsense......we are all linked by something far simpler,being the same friggin species on the same tiny rock in the same vast universe :)

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Edited by: SeanBM Jul 19, 11, 23:43 #18

isthatu2:

lithuanian is the closest living language to Sanskrit

I was told the same thing in Lithuania and I still don't believe it.
Any links?

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Lithuanian still retains many of the original features of the nominal morphology found in the common ancestors of the Indo-European languages like Sanskrit and Latin, and has therefore been the focus of much study in the area of Indo-European linguistics. Studies in the field of comparative linguistics have shown it to be the most conservative living Indo-European language.[2][3]

Wiki

Hmmm... no exactly what Lithuanians say but...

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Jul 19, 11, 23:58 #19

SeanBM:

the stormfront forum (a hate forum),

I copied, pasted, and googled something PolskiMoc said on this forum and it showed stormfront and I read a bit of the Neo-Nazi crowd there insulting Polski-Moc for his "Poles are the master-race" theory which didn't seem to be going over well as all his fellow posters were dead set on recognizing Germanics for this imaginary distinction. If the Kurgan hypothesis is true it was merely due to an accident of history that somewhere, perhaps in the Pontic Steppes, someone figured out how to get horses to pull wheeled vehicles and this gave these people a military advantage which they used to spread out. From then on it has been in good measure equestrion innovations, such as the Avar's stirrup, that have enabled wave after wave of similar peoples to do the same thing in subsequent ages, but none of these peoples has inherently been a master race because there is just one human race.

southernThreads: 116 Posts: 10,959 Joined: May 17, 07 ♂	Jul 20, 11, 00:01 #20
What I know is that where Indians live apartment prices fall.

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Jul 20, 11, 00:10 #21

southern:

where Indians live apartment prices fall.

hhhhmmm, in that case , Im moving......"Aishwarya darling,can I borrow a cup of suger ,again? " :)

SeanBMThreads: 41 Posts: 8,727 Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂	Edited by: SeanBM Jul 20, 11, 00:24 #22
Des Essientes: there is just one human race. Yep, Des Essientes: someone figured out how to get horses to pull wheeled vehicles and this gave these people a military advantage Have you read Jared Diamond's books Guns, Germs and Steel? Interesting book, i think you'd like it.

Des EssientesThreads: 11 Posts: 2,318 Joined: Feb 6, 10 ♂ [Suspended]	Jul 20, 11, 00:37 #23
SeanBM: Jared Diamond I am in complete agreement with his writings on the subject of the Kurgan hypothesis.

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Edited by: Moderator Jul 20, 11, 01:09 #24
Des Essientes: I am in complete agreement with his writings on the subject of the Kurgan hypothesis. So you'll be familiar with the writings of Kortlandt - and most intriguingly, Krell. Do you favour the diffusionist theory? I find it compelling.

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