HN has been flooded by Hindu Nationalists. Every topic about India I comment on, not only it gets downvoted pretty heavily but typical conspiracy theories get thrown. It is really disappointing, you are right.
As a "Hindu nationalist" I can assure you that no such thing is happening considering the only news to hit the front pages are usually negative news about India.
And I normally see a lot of the 'caste, cow & curry' crowd commenting quite "liberally".
> Every topic about India I comment on, not only it gets downvoted pretty heavily
Playing a devil's advocate here, would you think there's another side to the debate? India is no binary system like US and is a thriving and functioning democracy. I understand the penchant for people to downvote dissent, but could there be another side to the argument rather than "Indian's are Hindu Nationalists"?
And I normally see a lot of the 'caste, cow & curry' crowd commenting quite "liberally".