{"id":12104,"date":"2026-04-15T22:44:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=12104"},"modified":"2026-04-15T22:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:44:41","slug":"130290661-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=12104","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Indians doing everything to escape India&#8217;: Woman&#8217;s garba move at Canada citizenship ceremony draws flak &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130290749,imgsize-39130,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/indian-woman-draws-flak-for-doing-garba-at-canada-citizenship-ceremony-after-her-video-goes-viral.jpg\" alt=\"'Indians doing everything to escape India': Woman's garba move at Canada citizenship ceremony draws flak\" title=\"&lt;p&gt;Indian woman draws flak for doing garba at Canada citizenship ceremony after her video goes viral.&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Indian woman draws flak for doing garba at Canada citizenship ceremony after her video goes viral.\"><\/p>\n<p>Indian woman draws flak for doing garba at Canada citizenship ceremony after her video goes viral.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A woman doing garba at the Canadian citizenship ceremony has triggered a major controversy that snowballed into hatred against Indians, as social media users said only &#8220;third-world people&#8221; do such things.<!-- --> They also questioned why Indians become so happy when they give up Indian citizenship yet they cling to their culture in foreign countries.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>For the couple who posted the video, it was more than just a ceremony as they wrote in the caption of the video. It was a full-circle moment after eight years in Canada. &#8220;Attending my Canadian citizenship ceremony in person at Mississauga. From dreams, struggles, and small wins\u2026 to finally calling this place my home officially,&#8221; the post said, explaining why the garba was an expression that their roots were alive in every step.<!-- --> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>&#8220;From garba to Oh Canada!&#8221; the video proceeded as the couple showed their citizenship certificates, holding the Canadian flag. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The video went viral, mostly drawing flak. The criticisms were based on two aspects: why there was no respect for Canadian culture which they are calling their new home; and why so much happiness that the woman had to do garba at a formal citizenship event attended by many, from different countries. Social media users asked the couple if they loved their Gujarati culture so much, why did they go to Canada. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>&#8220;Indians doing everything to escape India and then celebrating with Indian dance form is peak irony,&#8221; one wrote. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>&#8220;If you wanted to be Indian so bad, she could have stayed in India. It\u2019s not anti-Indian comment. I\u2019d say the same for a Scottish immigrant if they came in their tartan kilts playing bagpipes,&#8221; another wrote. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>&#8220;We don\u2019t see Polish people who becomes Canadians doing this. We don\u2019t see Britishers who becomes Canadians doing this. We don\u2019t see Australians who become Canadians doing this. Why always it has to be mostly people from India, Pakistan or Bangladesh doing these kind of things in a civilised society? ALWAYS!!&#8221; another wrote calling this a third-world behavior.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/rest-of-world\/indians-doing-everything-to-escape-india-womans-garba-move-at-canada-citizenship-ceremony-draws-flak\/articleshow\/130290661.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian woman draws flak for doing garba at Canada citizenship ceremony after her video goes&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29403,18752,29402,29400,29401],"class_list":["post-12104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-canada-citizenship","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-woman-garba-viral-video","tag-indian-woman-doing-garba-canada-citizenship","tag-woman-garba-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}