i mean this with full respect, because i do respect what you’re trying to say here, but i think there are some very strange expectations that are somewhat randomly placed on second gen immigrants at times. i personally struggle to understand why second gen-ers are specifically required to opine on current political/social movements in a country they have never lived in as a pre-requisite to being able to celebrate the culture in which they were raised. i say this because i can almost GUARANTEE that these people’s parents, who were (most likely) born AND raised in india for most of their lives, are also not making any [public] commentary on the protests, yet i highly doubt anyone would tell them they are not allowed to celebrate holidays or customs from their culture unless they speak out about current events first. on top of that, i think it takes on a bit of a “white man’s burden” effect to have indian-americans who have never lived in india be the spokespeople for what is happening in india. idk i’m not saying second gen-ers shouldn’t open their mouths at all but i do think it’s a bit of a misplaced responsibility to suggest that they *must* speak out about current political affairs, and if they don’t, then they are being exploitative of india by celebrating diwali or holi or whatever. my opinion is that it feels a bit self-serving