[OJFord]

> Where has this 'pride in their past' narrative come from except for the comment that lists those topics?

Nowhere, but that's the thread we're in. I was just pointing out you perhaps misread what it was a list of, because it seemed to me perfectly consistent with the rest of the comment.

> The comment I appreciated kumarvvr posting makes no proclamations about pride or India or Hinduism, it talks about cleaning practices and traditional herbs almost exclusively.

I appreciated it too - and still do - just perhaps more so before reading some of the others.

Again, not 'taking a side' here, I don't really even know enough to judge what I'm being told, if you see what I mean. Here I was only intending to make a sort of meta-comment about your reply and the comment it was on, I'd have said the same in isolation without seeing the rest of the thread/submission.

(E.g. note I said 'allegedly' and 'someone' - I wasn't making any claims about anyone and certainly nothing personal.)

[palmetieri2000]

Thanks for explaining!

>I appreciated it too - and still do - just perhaps more so before reading some of the others.

I think we are on the same page.