This morning while I was watching Tv commercials I saw this utterly disappointing advertisement which is " no fun " for me and doesn't entertain my culture at all. 
All I could see is just pure negativity and racism. I know right , everything that comes on Tv doesn't have to be true or perfect , the media has its part to play but this flipkart commercial is just too major for the entire nepali ( Gorkha )community and therefore an objection is a must.
The flipkart advertisement shows one kid dressed up with " the Gorkhali topi ( hat ) as he plays the role of a security guard.“Why does some people in the Media still have the idea that all the Nepalese has to be portrayed as a " security guard " with horrible Indian accents. Look we could understand if this was an old documentary or a film that was based years ago. This is a very much 21st century modern advertisement and if some of the people in the media still thinks that the Nepalese just fits in as " security guards " , then I
can imagine how incredible our India is.
For us , the flipkart advertisement is like mocking at our own culture and this is beiyond toleration. The Gorkhali topi with the khukuri badge is our pride and identity. 
Earlier and even now the Gorkha soldiers have been fighting equally to protect our nation and in return we don't derserve mockery of our culture in the national television. Also in context to the horrible fake Indian accents , this is to bring to your kind notice that almost all the Nepali towns and districts in India has hindi as its second language and we can of course read and write in Hindi. So the horrific Indian accents doesn't make us laugh. And this is pretty surprising as to how can some people in the media make advertisements like this without even knowing or understanding the background of the culture. Had it been related to some other culture in India , it would have got the entire national media and news channels attention.
Dear flipkart , stop promoting racism !
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