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Indian Christians, French Sikhs and Sri Lankan Tamils
India has no business questioning French laws on Sikh headgear or expressing concern over the Sri Lankan government's action on the LTTE.
In much the same manner, no other country has a right to pass judgement on India's handling of the violence against Christians in Orissa & Karnataka.
Update: The original post (above) was more or less the content of a letter I sent to 'The Hindu' (Letters to the editor section) after reading the report on the resolution adopted by the 'all-party' meet in Tamil Nadu.
Just as Pakistan has no business expressing concern over 'atrocities on Muslims in India' or European countries passing judgement on India's handling of violence against Christians in Orissa & Karnataka, India has no business questioning French laws on Sikh headgear or expressing concern over the Sri Lankan government's action on the LTTE.Only the last sentence was published.
The political parties in Tamil Nadu have vested interests. Most of them have been sympathetic to the LTTE, some overtly and some covertly. It is not in India's interest to interfere in Sri Lanka's domestic affairs, especially when the aim of the Sri Lankan military exercise is to isolate and eliminate the LTTE, one of the world's most dreaded terrorist organizations.
Labels: christianity, india, letters to the editor, ltte
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Impose a fine on the Left parties for the strike
On Thursday, September 29th, a strike was called by trade unions allied to the 'Crazy Commies'. It paralyzed life across the country, with banking and air traffic hurt the most. The strike was against the government's economic policies, amendments to labour laws and privatization. In addition, autorickshaws in Karnataka were off the road, protesting against the govermnent's unwillingness to increase the subsidy towards the conversion of autorickshaws to using LPG cylinders rather than petrol/diesel.
I didn't feel the pinch as I had taken care of banks related work the previous day and I didn't have any intentions of travelling by autorickshaws on a day when those that did ply on the roads would have charged exhorbitant rates.
But I am not the 'common man' the Loony Left claims to represent. That common man was actually put to hardship. Those of his creed who worked in banks and in the aviation industry did not work. I am not sure if that day counts as a day of unpaid leave as far as their management is concerned. In fact, I am not even sure if they wanted to join the strike. Bullies from the trade unions would undoubtedly have forced a lot of people to fall in line and participate in the strike and either not go to work or join them in creating chaos on the road or bullying others into not going to work. Yes, does seem eerily similar to ragging!
Common people who didn't work in banks or in the aviation industry were still put to hardship because they couldn't get transactions done at banks. Assuming that 'common men (and women)' do not use airlines to travel, banks coming to a standstill hurt them the most. So as it turns out, a strike organized to bring to light common people's woes ended up causing more woes to those common peoplefolk, apparently the Loony Left's votebank.
Pissed off at the very fact that there was such a strike, I dashed off a letter to the editor (LTTE!) of 'The Hindu'. This is what I wrote:
The strike today, called by trade unions, undoubtedly incited and encouraged by the Left parties, has resulted in crores of rupees worth of losses to the Indian economy in terms of banking transactions, people being unable to get to work or appointments on time, either because flights were cancelled or because other transport unions also joined in.
It really is high time the government called the Left parties' bluff and threw them out of the alliance. They cannot hunt with the hares and run with the hounds. If they oppose the government's policies to such an extent, how are they justified in supporting it?
This is blackmail of the highest order. I hope the Left parties are made to pay up the damages, in much the same manner as the BJP and Shiv Sena were forced to pay up for the damage caused during the bandh called by them to protest against the blasts in Ghatkopar in Mumbai.
The newspaper did publish the letter, which you can find in the fifth entry in yesterday's edition. There was some snipping out, as the contents indicate:
The strike has resulted in losses that run into crores in terms of banking transactions, people being unable to get to work on time either because flights were cancelled or because other transport unions joined in the strike. It is time the UPA Government snapped ties with the Left because it cannot continue to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. I hope the Left parties are made to pay up as the BJP and the Shiv Sena were for the losses caused during the Mumbai bandh in 2003.
Previous rants on the Loony Left: EPF issue, "LTTE" on pressure put by the Left on the finance minister over the budget, another "LTTE" on the Loony Left criticizing the govermnent over economic issues while staying mum over Shibu Soren's hiding antics, the government's response over it considering the Left's concerns over various issues and the pronouncements by the Cretinous Commies just after it became apparent that the Congress would come to power.
Labels: communist, crazy commies, left, letters to the editor, loony left, strike
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Yesterday's rant about the ongoings in Parliament was published in "The Hindu" as well, albeit in a terser format.
I got in two letters to the editor in a single day, this one under a pseudonym I use. This was in the context of my rambling on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service.
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Technology
It has finally happened. In a cheeky and unique IPO, Google announced that it would seek to raise $2.7 billion in its IPO offering. Well to be more precise, it cheekily announced that the exact amount was going to be $2,718,281,828, which is well, $1 billion times the base of the natural logarithm. It announced that during the recent quarter (ending March 31, 2004), its revenue was $389.6 million and had a profit of $64 million. The business press clearly sees the frenzy and interest in Google's IPO as a once in a decade sort of theme, starting from Intel in the 70s to Microsoft in the 80s and finally Netscape in the 90s.
Politics
You read it here first while the folks who read The Hindu read it this morning in my letter to the editor.
The US Army comes under attack, not in Najaf or Fallujah, but at home on CBS' 60 Minutes II report on their story of abuse of Iraqi prisoners of war by American GIs.
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Opinion
I managed to get my point of view across in a letter to the editor published in 'The Hindu'. Mine is the third letter in the page.
Some of my earlier contributions which have been published were on the killing of Veerappan's hostage, the former Karnataka minister Nagappa, a HRD ministry move to incorporate multiple views of history into school textbooks and Vaiko's arrest under POTA.
Cricket
None of the Indian cricketers selected to tour Pakistan will be casting their votes in favour of the NDA parties as a protest against the decision to go ahead with the tour to Pakistan.
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