India Banned Its Own Flag.*

[@Tapakapa]

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[@GeoBlits]

Take my money scary glasses man

[@thelakeman2538]

7:51 a true Indian law classic, define overly broad laws such that you can charge anyone you don't like with it if you try hard enough, even if you can't, dealing with the legal system is a punishment in itself.

[@friedsugar2701]

A true Indira Gandhi classic

[@Observer-f5k]

​@@friedsugar2701 it is not like anyone after her try to change this like all Indian politician are like this

[@friedsugar2701]

@ They all benefit from it, be it this or colonial laws.

[@Yurinsm]

Brazil also has some similar law, but NO ONE CARES, not even the government, and I doubt that if anyone was ever prosecuted for it.

[@IkeSan]

The only time I remember they cared was when WWE made a tour there and Chris Jericho stepped on it when he was doing heel persona.

[@outpostcheerfuloyster]

When I think of 🇧🇷, I think of sport uniforms, including speedos.

[@blueshoes7519]

​@@outpostcheerfuloysteryeah, that's mostly because of the football (the REAL one :trollface:) team. When I was younger I would also be associating it with sports.

[@MrTohawk]

And that is why Germany uses a separate official government flag with the eagle on it that only the gvoernment can use.

[@thalente8074]

I think Austria does the same

[@vmycode5142]

except unfortunately nobody gives much of a hoot and the flag with the eagle on it is seen quite a lot outside its permissible area of use.

[@tirex3673]

@@vmycode5142Not really, the eagle on the government flag is not the same as the one on the german code of arms.

[@ShankarSivarajan]

There's another German flag that no one is allowed to use.

[@kshitijmisra8032]

And yet somehow after the republic day parade at your local park, the floor basically has the indian national flag as texture.

[@leadharsh0616]

Yeah because the code currently applies to large cotton flags intended to be used as a representation of country or something. Small paper ones dont come under that is what i have heard

[@Nthsey]

As an American, I’ll die on the hill that Texas v. Johnson is the single most “American” case heard by the Supreme Court. The flag represents our right of free expression including but not limited to burning said flag to represent dismay with the state of affairs.

[@pikleman5880]

We do have a Flag Code, but it's strictly a suggestion. It is a law saying "This is how the government PREFERS you use the flag," but you don't have to follow it. As long as you're not causing harm (e.g. throwing a burning flag at someone or onto their house), you're generally fine.

[@Steelers1180]

So what do you think about burning the pride flag? Mexican flag? Soviet flag?

[@mnm1273]

@@Steelers1180 A yes LGBT is famously a country. But all of those are legal too. No one's forcing you to like people who burn the flag, the case was about if they have the legal right to do it. You're not going to go to prison in the US for burning a Soviet flag

[@fernsong8558]

@@Steelers1180 That's fine too

[@MusikCassette]

actually the Flag code explicitly allows burning. in some cases it requires it. however humping the flag (like trump does on a regular bases) or waring it as underware; That is disrespecting the flag.

[@dltSystem32]

As an indian, I didnt even know about this

[@luigifan001]

clean your streets

[@sir_rektsalot]

@@luigifan001 What are they supposed to do, clean every single one of the millions of streets in India?

[@anhaadevoursyou]

@@luigifan001 easier said than done

[@chillpumkin]

Same :p

[@luigifan001]

@@sir_rektsalot also no more poop wars and phone scam centers pls

[@SomasAcademy]

I like how this guy speaks with a very soft accent so that he sounds almost like a first-language English speaker, but also regularly skips words like "is" or conjunctions like "on," or delivers sentences with an unusual word order in a way much more characteristic of second-language English speech. I'm used to hearing people with thick accents and certain grammar quirks (like my Russian friend Vlad, his English is great but his accent is strong and he regularly skips articles or uses the pronoun "he" for inanimate objects), or people with thicker accents but native-level grammar (like my Mexican friend Max who has a super thick accent but works as an English teacher), and I'm used to second-language English speakers with near-native sounding accents and perfect grammar (like I once knew a Brazilian who sounded like she was born in England), but the combination of soft accent and quirky grammar is something I'm not used to hearing. I find it jarring but endearing lol

[@thechto-to3151]

I think it might be on purpose and part of the style of presentation. Kind of like trying to sound poetic but not too much

[@Tapakapa]

Exactly this. I do it the same way in German.

[@hiesen-iw2mm]

it makes me pay more attention to what hees saying lol

[@theconqueringram5295]

It's a shame that orange is such a seldom used color on flags. It's beautiful!

[@thatsleepybirb]

yeah, it used to be on the dutch flag too, but then the collaborationists used it… so now you can’t use it anymore

[@rickfresher]

Orange as in saffron his an important colour it represents dharmic faith as in indian religions

[@FrankHghTwr]

The reason it was like that was because that was the way they did it in the UK. Even if India was free of the british empire, they still thought the brits were a bit of a role model, while the brits were going "huh maybe we should get around to changing that some day" "We did" "Oh, maybe we should get around to telling people some day"

[@oliverqueen5883]

I’ve seen so many Indian flags with writing on it but now that I think of it this was never in India 😂

[@macaroon_nuggets8008]

i didnt know that indian constitution got that drip!

[@WaldoHandFord]

“Dominate KZbin flag game.” Darn right!

[@knightseagle1347]

I am Indian but even I don’t know all the laws of flag and most people of India don’t know what happened between in 1948 to 2000 history

[@blueshoes7519]

I would like a shout out to my Indian fellows! 🇧🇷🤝🇮🇳

[@langbo9999]

And in Denmark 🇩🇰 We using the Flag all the time.

[@richardvaasone5658]

Oh my god, is this why Top Gear had Richard paint the flag of Mexico on his mini during their India trip? I mean, I was sure it was scripted, but I never though there would be a real reason behind that

[@commenterthe3rd]

in Türkiye if the flag falls to the ground we kiss it make it touch our forehead and then put it in a clean place above the ground again, you arent forced to do that but its very disrespectful to not do that

[@Nagvanshieus]

We Indians do that with our kitaabs (Books) but we exclude the kissing part.

[@Crackability]

bayrakların artık ancak evlerin camlarına koyulduğunu ikimizde biliyoruz, internette popüler olmak için yalan söyleme.

[@HECKproductions]

here is an alternative idea: stop caring so much about wether an arbitrary piece of cloth gets dirty or is upside down the importance people give to flags undeservedly is insane

[@OkarinHououinKyouma]

That is not true for countries with centuries-long struggles to gain Independence.

[@StickRaccoon]

never thought i'd hear tapa saying "mid"

[@realIndranil]

Cool video, from India! + you are definitely the master of KZbin flag genre!

[@shadonk]

Upload Randomly about a random topic and disappear for a few months. Peak Content

[@FlorianKisser]

7:30 "up to 3 years" would be 3≥ or ≤3, not 3≤

[@Jan12700]

So then everyone that did destroy the Flag in r/place should never go to india?

[@PrograError]

Same as those people who disparaged the HK gov, they better not to transit there...

[@परोक्ष]

It only applies to physical piece of fabric flags

[@rosieroti4063]

Ah!! A country that considers symbolism more important than logic... Preserving its millennia long tradition of enforcing honour to make believe sacred entities and their symbols while shunning important things like social equality, hygiene, innovation, technology, etc.

[@परोक्ष]

If shunning technology leads to landing rover on Mars then maybe it's not a bad thing. All the virtue of "Social Equality" has worked really well in South Africa, a country run by politicians living like corrupt war lords

[@परोक्ष]

Certain Minorities only complain about evils when it benefits them

[@arnavpuri8897]

Thank you for covering this event and I was genuinely surprised that any will cover it 😅 but a great video 👍

[@manaskapoor98]

Indian prime minister literally runs a program called ‘Har ghar tiranga’ which translates to every house should fly the Tricolor Indian national flag

[@blueshoes7519]

2:44 This gave me flashbacks of J*ir B*lsonaro and how he used symbols of patriotism like the national brazilian flag as part of his campaign, and how it was super hard to not think about him when looking at the flag for some time (I may still do, but not that much). National flags shouldn't be part of any election campaign. By the way, some of my classmates for that year supported him (due to family bias and lack of critical thinking), but they didn't knew how to sing the anthem, which is pretty d*mb if you ask me.

[@resiknoiro7506]

This is still a bit overkill. I think it even should be allowed to burn flags. Burning a flag is expressing your discontent with the state, and that counts as freedom of expression.

[@_tsu_]

₹550 is 1 day salary. Not 2 annual. Which year are you looking at??

[@NoName-eq9md]

He said the year in the video

[@ferretyluv]

In the 50s.

[@PauxloE]

If you want people to not use some official flag, you need to give them an alternative. Like Germany with the government flag with the eagle, and the national flag without.

[@timothytumusiime2903]

5:46 Big anguish, many pain 😢😢😭😭 😏😏

[@appa609]

Meanwhile in Canada: Hindis and Punjabis fighting in phalanx with flags on poles

[@bondrewd-2000]

OK... but what if I threw a potato to the flag? Like a whole raw potato straight from the ground

[@dindings]

Singapore is worst if you fly some other flag, my neighbor made a flag for sentosa and he got a ticket

[@qwertyman1511]

wait, then how do you get rid of a flag? a flag in the thrash is probably bad.

[@HaryanviKashmiri]

you dont

[@OoflandRepublic]

Do you like our flag of new Republic of Oofland?🤔

[@anhaadevoursyou]

Okay, so yeah, this is true the Indian flag has a lot of rules. In fact, there’s a very specific way to fold an indian flag and to dispose an Indian flag (it must be given a proper burial). Regarding the fine and the possibility of jail time, punishment only occurs in very specific scenarios, and it's not very common. The Indian flag is treated with the same respect as a religious book, so it must not be disrespected. As for the fine for flying the Indian flag, that rule was originally implemented during British rule in India to prevent people from revolting and raising their voices. Surprisingly, that law managed to stick around for years even after independence

[@Nagvanshieus]

The blue dharmachakra should be placed in middle, rest be folded.

[@anhaadevoursyou]

@@Nagvanshieus yes thats the folding rule

[@dogevb]

the uk did something like this

[@pyeitme508]

OOF!

[@Splicer-lb5xb]

If you know any lawers here, you've probably heard the saying, the laws are vague and the people are unaware. I'm sure you can extrapolate the rest.

[@maybenations]

I.e how to introduce and promote "unofficial" flags

[@e123-o3y]

To be fair, 500 rupees in 2024 is 52000 rupees. That’s a lot of money but India has bad inflation so ya know.

[@HaryanviKashmiri]

you meant to say 500 dollars

[@Derpingmuffin]

gosh, doing an essay with two days left on the clock - Super needed the distraction for a bit to reset my mind. Thankyou for this!

[@Sen_Koro]

FIFTH! 🥳 BTW i just got to know this as and Indian.

[@flammpanzer]

is that why India dosent have a flag emoji? or does it have an emoji and im just going insane? idk

[@daanyalsheikh]

pretty sure it does have a flag emoji 🇮🇳

[@diasstebanak]

🇮🇳

[@jaceladag]

🇮🇳

[@Simonthurrell-g7f]

🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@edsonluz4319]

I think it's that emoji you're searching for: 🇮🇳 Or maybe you're using Windows, which has no flag emojis at all.

[@I_Love_Learning]

I definitely understand (Edit: but still don't agree with) where India is coming from. I live in the United States and I constantly see images of the flag being used for the dumbest stuff. Yesterday, on my walk, I saw a truck with the whole back window covered with an American flag print to advertise their plumbing company.

[@mnm1273]

And? It's ridiculous to want that to be illegal

[@pikleman5880]

So? You may not like it, but they have a right to do so. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean it should be illegal.

[@I_Love_Learning]

@ I agree! I never said I wanted it, just that I understand it fully. I find it abhorrent, but I still understand it, just like I understand why puppy mills exist and why one would want to start one.

[@I_Love_Learning]

@ I agree! I never said I wanted it, just that I understand it fully. I find it abhorrent, but I still understand it, just like I understand why puppy mills exist and why one would want to start one.

[@This_PC.]

hmmm

[@FireAtrile]

WHAT

[@Ready_To_Roll0]

this is the first censorship law i actually support. you should not be displaying the Indian flag anywhere. thats not something to be proud of

[@m_elite]

Like I'm a leftist but those guys are best described by 💩 , so I fully support it too

[@HaryanviKashmiri]

🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 ooo look its the indian flag ooo 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@noewaeda]

🇮🇳

[@DongKEKong]

SAR DO NOT REDEEM THE FLAG

[@deathpigeon2]

making a flag a state flag instead of a national flag is a good way to cut down on nationalism around the flag, which is a pretty good thing. naveen jindal is notably a bjp politician, so, like, his patriotism was a specifically pretty fascist patriotism. which makes sense given how hard he fought to be able to use the state flag as a national flag.

[@zelkremskyholder1239]

How is his patriotism fascist exactly? Also all citizens should have the right to fly their countries flag, not allowing them to do so kind of alienates the general populace from the government

[@thelakeman2538]

Most of the prominent industrialists in India are BJP supporters. Vajpayee favoured them when he was in power, Modi favours them even harder given the whole corporate tax cuts, labour laws dilution, wealth tax abolition, preferential state contracts, privatisation, all the collusion that was happening when electoral bonds were still a thing (basically a method Modi govt cooked up for unlimited political financing, until the SC shut it down) plus one of the guys running the rebranded planning commission (Niti aayog) admitted that they want to create Korean style chaebols but can't because "India's too much of a democracy". So ofc the billionaires love them.

[@deathpigeon2]

@@zelkremskyholder1239 he's a politician in a fascist party.

[@zelkremskyholder1239]

@ How is BJP fascist?

[@PrograError]

@@thelakeman2538 TBH seems like everyone want to create one these days... except for EU...

[@DerMannDerSeineMutterwar]

I be honest, I don't care about flags. To me the perfect optimal amount of flags is one at the gouvermental building, side on side with the State flag, the County flag and another flag for special occasions like a pride flag or the flag of an allied country in jeopardy (Ukraine for example). A nations flag at a house is kinda a red flag (and not only in china) to me.

[@bendymotions6980]

ok then??

[@NeurodivergentSuperiority]

India was aryan first saar.

[@Nangong123]

least obsessed 'sharty teen

[@seneca983]

Saar? That's in Germany.

[@HaryanviKashmiri]

holy hell the bots are everywhere

[@fishbarbeque8540]

🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🥘🌭🍛🤮🤮🤮🪰🪰🪰

[@HaryanviKashmiri]

robs u

[@SwordQuake2]

Flag insult is such a moronic concept.

[@PrograError]

Obviously flag burning is the intent...

[@wholelottanothing2]

People don't have hobbies so they get offended at mundane stuff

[@MynameisnotGraey]

Agreed.