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[quote=Anonymous][quote=CindyBindy][quote=Anonymous]Cindy
When my boss and I went on a work trip to India one of our Indian coworkers asked us if either of us were Jewish. He said he just wanted to warn us of antisemitism. So I don't think it's all roses and kittens. [/quote]

Interesting. Where in India was this, who were you interacting with? Questions about anti-semitism are usually met with, "There are Jews in India?!" But seriously, they have a history of being accepted and protected. If anti-semitism exists in your experience, then I'm really curious about where this happened and in what context. A Deoband town or something? FYI, there are fringe groups of religious fundamentalists, and any anti-semitism is most likely going to come to from practitioners of another Abrahamic religion, because dharmic religions don't have the religious history with Judaism.

Indian Jews created the Bollywood film industry, and their synagogues have always been protected by local kings. There's a running joke about how Israelis routinely holiday in India in droves before/after fulfilling their military duties. There are also stories about Israelis being boorish when drunk, but they all pretty much come to India because they know they'll have a good time and it's cheap.

For your random reading pleasure, if you feel like it:

http://articles.latimes.com/1991-01-27/news/mn-324_1_jew-town

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/12312#.UhbjfH_5ExI

http://www.forbes.com/2007/08/05/india-jews-antisemitism-oped-cx_gw_0813jews.html[/quote]

In response to your question, we were going to Mumbai. Interacting with bankers. Thanks for the links I'll take a look. [/quote]

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