While I agree that there's not a good reason for OP to have changed the title, both OP and the journalist are Indian, and saying the OP should 'trust the English-language abilities of the journalist who wrote the headline' is a bit ignorant.
> saying the OP should 'trust the English-language abilities of the journalist who wrote the headline' is a bit ignorant.
Serious question- how is this ignorant? I genuinely don't see how that follows from what I said, since nothing in my comment implies that Indians have inherently inferior English-language communication skills, or that Indian-English is somehow inferior to the vernacular I use. It simply states that one individual (i.e. OP) should have trusted the abilities of another individual (Chavi Mehta, the journalist).
> both OP and the journalist are Indian
I really don't see how the journalist's ethnicity is relevant, and I'd love some clarification on why you do. Regardless of where they're from, they were hired by Reuters, a news outlet which publishes content in English. I'd be willing to bet that they were vetted for this job at least in part on their ability to write in the vernacular used by Reuters. OP had no reason to doubt the effectiveness of that process, and should therefore have "trusted the English-language abilities of the journalist...", as I said.
OP themself was a bit ignorant (of the HN guidelines, not in the sense that you mean) when they edited the headline.
It's also a bit arrogant for them to assume they're better at crafting headlines than the entire team responsible for publishing the story (the journalist, their editor, the Reuters proofreaders, etc.).
All that said, I've already invested way more effort into this conversation than is warranted by OP's (relatively minor) faux pas. I decline to continue participating.
> nothing in my comment implies that Indians have inherently inferior English-language communication skills
I’m not sure how implying English is not their first language does not call English language communication skills into question. Incidentally, you are likely correct, as very few Indians speak English as a first language.
> I really don't see how the journalist's ethnicity is relevant, and I'd love some clarification on why you do.
Ethnicity is not relevant, cultural context is. Likely neither OP nor the journalist speak English as a first language.
> It's also a bit arrogant for them to assume they're better at crafting headlines than the entire team responsible for publishing the story
Reuters is a news agency. Their headlines are supposed to be uneditorialised almost by definition. It’s not about being “better at crafting headlines”, it’s about adding an editorial slant to a neutral headline. I agree that it was the wrong thing to do, but news outlets the world over will “craft” different headlines for this story based on the same wire story.
