NOT PAMPERING!!
Why are the measures to uplift the downtrodden class of Muslims being labeled as pampering and appeasement politics of the UPA? Maybe we are forgetting that the same UPA had pressed for reservation of OBC's & that wasn't on religious lines. The bad state & the treatment meted out to Muslim community people is well known to all, so SACHAR committee findings should not be put under the cloth but implemented with right measures. If the govt. wants to spend on social sector we should give room to it. It's strange that no political party opposed UPA's decision on OBC creamy layer inclusion but created furore when the issue of poor Muslims came. Moreover politicians are here to get votes & govern, so if they garner votes by doing some work for people then this type of vote bank politics is needed rather than false promises. We should understand that it is the responsibility of the govt. to pay special attention to the welfare of the weaker & the marginalized section of the society. The only point being that it should not be at any one else's cost.
December 24, 2006
FLAWED JUSTICE!!!
When police & general public opinion turns biased & communal, it becomes a matter of national concern. We all are finally satisfied & content with 1993 Mumbai blast accused being tried, convicted & rightly should be. What we are blatantly forgetting & ignoring are the causes & events that preceded these blasts. Thousands of innocent Muslims were butchered in mumbai streets & elsewhere after cowardly demolishing their shrine under police vigilance!!! The investigation team was undoubtedly biased registering few cases against the minority killers & leaving none convicted. The obvious resentment among the Muslim community members was then exploited by foreign Islamic terrorist organizations. Many top state politicians, party workers & police officers who instigated & fueled anti Muslim riots have till date remained untouched. For keeping our Muslim brothers attached to Indian society & to make them believe in nationalism & patriotism, justice needs to be done at any cost!!
When police & general public opinion turns biased & communal, it becomes a matter of national concern. We all are finally satisfied & content with 1993 Mumbai blast accused being tried, convicted & rightly should be. What we are blatantly forgetting & ignoring are the causes & events that preceded these blasts. Thousands of innocent Muslims were butchered in mumbai streets & elsewhere after cowardly demolishing their shrine under police vigilance!!! The investigation team was undoubtedly biased registering few cases against the minority killers & leaving none convicted. The obvious resentment among the Muslim community members was then exploited by foreign Islamic terrorist organizations. Many top state politicians, party workers & police officers who instigated & fueled anti Muslim riots have till date remained untouched. For keeping our Muslim brothers attached to Indian society & to make them believe in nationalism & patriotism, justice needs to be done at any cost!!
At last the final nail in the coffin of millions of general category students' hopes was drawn when the supreme legislative body, the parliament passed the controversial OBC reservation bill. By including the creamy layer in the reserved column, the very purpose & reason of reservation has been challenged. Why does this economically, socially & politically sound class need a special package? In the past 50 yrs no real needy has been served through this & unfortunately no one will be in the future. The divide between the so called higher & lower class has increased manifold thanks to the political game being played by our leaders irrespective of their parties. It's in basic human nature that we won't love & respect a man who has been forcibly rewarded with thing that we deserved. Maybe our MP's don't understand this!!
ALLOW GOVT. TO WORK!!
ALLOW GOVT. TO WORK!!
It's impossible to decipher what we Indians really want from the govt. Having surpassed the limits of selfishness, we want all the seven colors in our courtyard without worrying for the bigger gloomy picture outside. We expect the govt. to save our illegal structures in the capital, to serve global items, malls & SEZs but don't want to give land for it! We want all the farmer loans to be wavered off (thousands of crores) & high MSPs for them, but as consumers we want everything at lowest price! We don't want the govt. to decide the pharmaceutical rates as then we the retailers will make less profit, but on the other hand we talk of providing cheap medicines to needy! Our business class brothers don't pay the due taxes but are the front runners in protests & bandhs regarding fuel hike! From where will the cash come to spend on social sector? The self proclaimed intellectuals & economists of India should stop making hue & cry & let the 'real' ones in the UPA govt. carry on the good & hard thought work.
It's impossible to decipher what we Indians really want from the govt. Having surpassed the limits of selfishness, we want all the seven colors in our courtyard without worrying for the bigger gloomy picture outside. We expect the govt. to save our illegal structures in the capital, to serve global items, malls & SEZs but don't want to give land for it! We want all the farmer loans to be wavered off (thousands of crores) & high MSPs for them, but as consumers we want everything at lowest price! We don't want the govt. to decide the pharmaceutical rates as then we the retailers will make less profit, but on the other hand we talk of providing cheap medicines to needy! Our business class brothers don't pay the due taxes but are the front runners in protests & bandhs regarding fuel hike! From where will the cash come to spend on social sector? The self proclaimed intellectuals & economists of India should stop making hue & cry & let the 'real' ones in the UPA govt. carry on the good & hard thought work.
DON'T FOLLOW WESTERN HYPOCRISY
DON'T FOLLOW WESTERN HYPOCRISY
Along with inviting FDI inflows into India , we are importing western world's Islam bashing techniques too. In Britain, a MP said that he was 'uncomfortable' with women wearing veil & meeting him, the world clanged on to the issue & his popularity rose. Debates started in India too about the backwardness & the orthodox Islam. Why? Why can't we let them preach their religion as they want? They have full right to wear what they want & to remain attached to their symbols. This bashing & accusation would force them more into ghettos & alienate from the rest. Has anyone ever raised the issue of gals wearing nothing & modeling on ramps? Doesn't that make those white men & us (the cultural Indians) uncomfortable? The problem with us is that we see Muslims from only the fundamentalist eye & want to keep them engaged in irrelevant issues. Banning of the head scarves of Muslims in France is & should be treated as oppressive as the ban on the turbans of Sikhs.
Along with inviting FDI inflows into India , we are importing western world's Islam bashing techniques too. In Britain, a MP said that he was 'uncomfortable' with women wearing veil & meeting him, the world clanged on to the issue & his popularity rose. Debates started in India too about the backwardness & the orthodox Islam. Why? Why can't we let them preach their religion as they want? They have full right to wear what they want & to remain attached to their symbols. This bashing & accusation would force them more into ghettos & alienate from the rest. Has anyone ever raised the issue of gals wearing nothing & modeling on ramps? Doesn't that make those white men & us (the cultural Indians) uncomfortable? The problem with us is that we see Muslims from only the fundamentalist eye & want to keep them engaged in irrelevant issues. Banning of the head scarves of Muslims in France is & should be treated as oppressive as the ban on the turbans of Sikhs.
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