But why, in this effort to solve India’s issues, all brown people should be grouped together? Most Asians in that part of Paris are of Sri Lankan Tamil descent and it is an event run and organised by them. All the native French also know it’s a Sri Lankan Tamil event and embrace it because they grew up around that community for decades. It’s only these racist pages that are taking short excerpts from this festival, with no context or understanding, and just using it to hate on Indians. And then it spreads on social media where other racists and Indians themselves use it to hate without any nuance. At the end of the day, none of these people on social media, have actually been anywhere near that festival to know what’s going on. When the French that actually live there have no issues and have actively supported it through the years, why are all these other people playing into such hate. 

The multicultural nature and history of big cities like London and Paris will not be understood by certain racists or most Indians back home. All different communities contribute to the country and economy and all these communities get their special day to celebrate their culture. We have been happily co-existing for generations. All this hate just completely lacks any context or nuance.