I cannot because I have not asked anyone to be silent about it. What I find 'moping' is refusal to move on by people who have the wherewithal to do so. Bengalis (my family included) have been persecuted with violence in many places [East Pakistan, Assam, Bihar for example]. I don't see them doing the analogue of Kashmiri pandits.

> Would you consider talking about the Holocaust as moping?

I certainly take issues with portraying Jewish holocaust as something special, and placing that as a talking point that lies above other genocides. I say this in spite of a handmade Anne Frank poster that hangs in my room.

The place where I went to school in the US the local right wing Jewish community raised a big fuss when another community showcased a violent and lethal part of their history using a symbolic display of shoes. Their claim was that genocide and such symbolic displays are an exclusive right that they own. This I totally reject.

After Mumbai 26/11 happened, I went to attend a vigil mourning the death of Jewish people killed in the terror attack. I was quite disappointed by the rhetoric displayed there. Not a word was said about Indian people who were killed in the attack. It was all about how Jewish people have been hounded everywhere. The implication being India is also such a place. This is particularly ironic because Jewish immigrants have enjoyed the greatest goodwill for centuries in India. You would know that Jewish settlements in India go far back in time than European settlements and that anti-Jewish narrative is an European thing that has no counterpart in India.

I generally dislike the narrative 'I am a victimized helpless snowflake who did nobody no wrong' whenever anyone plays that less than truthfully.

Bring the history to light, get reparations when applicable, and move on when one is in a position to do so.