[Mrs. Don-o]

It's unclear why Hitler's admired --- seems more ignorance than malice --- still, such a massive degree of ignorance is frightening. And of course, not at all confined to India.

[PDR]

It's an anti-British thing.

[100-Fold_Return]

Off the cuff doubt the veracity of this tale.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Ping to an interesting article.

[expatpat]

how favourably some Indians view Hitler and his legacy

"Some indians" = "Muslims".

[Lx]

Would you like Macht fries with that?

[tupac]

It is curious why he would be admired, even though there is no doubt that Hitler was one of the greatest figures in human history. There will be more like him.

[Lancey Howard]

"Hitler no friend to THIS Indian! The Hekawis HATE Hitler!"

[skraut]

Ping

[bd476]

This article is terribly slanted against Hindus and Hinduism.

The group Shiv Sena, mentioned in the article is a political group, not a religious group. It was founded by and is still led by one person for the past 40 years.

Shiv Sena's alleged founding purpose was to promote only the concerns of those living in India's third largest state, Maharashtra, not the concerns of all States in India, nor the concerns of all Hindus, nor the concerns of everyone else living in India.

Shiv Sena does not represent the spiritual foundation and mores of Hinduism any more than the Jimmy Jones cult in Guyana represented the spiritual foundation and mores of Christianity.

[ReignOfError]

I saw a bit of this in Thailand. Swastikas, confederate flags, Che Guevara, hammers and sickles all sold pretty well. Their iconography is not ours.

[x]

Historically, you could find at least a tiny bit of that feeling in Ireland, South Africa, Quebec, Palestine, Iraq, and other areas the British ruled. It was an example of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

India has an enormous population -- it's more like a continent than just another European-sized nation -- and a lot of that population is illiterate or semi-literate, so you can see where that leads.

One of the key figures in this was Subhas Chandra Bose, an Indian nationalist who sought deals with Germany and Japan during the Second World War. Apparently, he still has some fans in India. With a population so large, even a miniscule percentage of the population adds up to many people.

[Osage Orange]

I'm Indian..and he's no hero. Although he stole the NAZI sign from Indians....Perverted it, but stole it.

Oh...wrong Indian.

[TADSLOS]

It's those blonde haired, blue eyed aryan Indians that are the trouble makers.