It's wild that even when a country is (mostly) racially homogeneous, humans will find the most minute differences (imagined or otherwise) to discriminate.
Cause a lot of indie devs are also idiots when it comes to business decisions. Many (especially solo devs) didn't get into the industry to make boatloads of money; they are often creative types who are passionate about their work.
I mean, I'm pretty sure the Ku Klux Klan doesn't allow black women. They have the right to do that.
It is not the "th" (θ) sound used in "thigh." It uses the "th" (tʰ) sound which actually doesn't really exist in English (as far as I'm aware).
That's partly why English speakers have trouble saying some Indian words and the British renamed a bunch of Indian cities.
It's a different th sound (tʰ) which is different from the one in "thigh"
That's actually surprising cause most Indo-Aryan/Sanskrit based languages don't have the English "th" (θ) sound used in words like "thigh". Of the ones I am familiar with, I think only Malayalam has the "th" sound. So, it would be interesting to know if the Indians you know happen to be from the Indian state of Kerala.
Edit: For those downvoting me and telling me that Indian language have a "th" sound please read what I wrote. I said it doesn't have the "th" (θ) that is used in English. The "th" sound that those replying are talking about is an aspirated constant (tʰ) which is a different sound from the one used in "thigh." Both are transcribed to "th" in English. But English is a kind of stupid language where the same letter combinations can mean wildly different sounds. I can confirm that the θ sound is not used in Hindi or Tamil.
How much power does one use? Asking for a friend.
Anyone can buy a wheelchair...
And wheelchair ramps were made legally required in many places.
I heard that in the South every carbonated beverage is a Coke. However, I don't understand how this works practically. If you wanted a Sprite, would you order a Coke-Sprite?
Also Heroin, but Bayer probably is fine with letting that trademark lapse. (Also Aspirin was a Bayer trademark).
I would like them to be required to prominently display their power consumption. I feel like every other household appliance I own makes their energy consumption fairly clear, but I have no idea what kind of energy my fans use. Like it's probably more efficient to turn on every fan in my house all day rather than turn on my AC, but I have no idea if that's true.
Gluten free pasta exists.
Also love the idea of having to quickly drink your hot drink before your straw becomes a limp noodle (literally) 😂
No, I intentionally used the word race instead of ethnicity. I'm well aware that India is diverse and has thousands of ethnic groups. I used race because many of these groups still share many phenotypical characteristics. In places like America there is more of a physical distinction between people of different races.
So, it's interesting to me that humans can find ways to discriminate even when they look similar (or at least more similar than some other countries). This is probably not even unique to India. I'm sure other racially homogeneous nations experience similar types of discrimination that isn't obvious to outsiders.