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A few funny letters to the editor of The Economist came to our attention. The link probably requires subscription, but I will quote the entire letters, no worries.
SIR - It is disappointing to witness an increased blurring of the line between faith and nationality. You referred to a study that showed British Muslims identify more with their religion than their nationality by comparison with French Muslims. As well as wondering if one would ask Italians if they felt more Catholic than Italian, or Indians if they felt more Sikh than Indian, since when did faith become indicative of someone's nationality? Too many people today presume the two are intertwined, yet not all Arabs are Muslim, or Jews Israeli, or Americans Christian. Confusing religious identity with nationality can only lead to more misunderstanding. For instance, my origins are Egyptian and German, I was born in the United States and now live in The Netherlands. What, if any, is my faith? Tarek El Heneidi Amsterdam Dear Mr. Heneidi,
Your faith is Islam. If I were in Amsterdam, I would spend my time in the pot cafes and cavort with scores of blonde Dutch chicks. You choose to read a fuckin' boring mag like The Economist and not only that, get your knickers all in knots over some weird article that remotely touches upon your faith.
Sincerely, Barbarindian.
SIR - Your reading of the constitutional conventions that led to Bangladesh's president, Iajuddin Ahmed, becoming the head of the country's interim government and the circumstances that led to his assumption of the office of chief adviser was wrong-headed. The reason he is now "commander-in-chief of the armed forces and his own adviser" is that under the constitution the president is the military's supreme commander and is allowed to assume the chief adviser's office, provided certain conditions exist. Since all the constitutional steps were rigorously followed and the necessary conditions were fulfilled, your innuendo about an "unconstitutional concentration of power" is absolutely preposterous. Fazal Kamal Bangladesh High Commission London
Dear Mr. Kamal, Bangladesh has a constitution? I mean other than the Koran? Could you please send us a copy? By the way, how does it feel lickin' the lip smackin' goodness that comes out of your Prez's rear? Does your leader read The Economist? If not, could you not have saved a few swift strokes of your tongue for later reuse? Sincerely, Barbarindian.
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posted by barbarindian at 9:34 AM Permalink

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Please stay away from Dalit infested areas, especially in Maharashtra. You are completely safe in TN (for the time being), the powerful OBCs rule there.
Three persons were killed and over 60 injured on Thursday during protests across Maharashtra following the alleged desecration of B R Ambedkar's statue in Kanpur, DGP P S Pasricha said.
Five coaches of the Deccan Queen train were burnt and over 90 buses damaged in various parts of this city during violent protests. Update:
The case is getting weirder by the minute.
Arun Valmiki, the man arrested for defacing Babasaheb Ambedkar's statue in Kanpur on Tuesday, has alleged that the police forced him to make a false confession.
Residents of Ambedkar basti in Kakadeo where the statue was damaged, however, claimed Valmiki had not returned home and he may have "gone underground" fearing police action. and ...
Senior Superintendent of Police P C Meena rejected Valmiki's allegations. "He admitted to having damaged the statue in a drunken state along with two friends on Wednesday," says Meena. Valmiki's release came after angry Dalits took to the streets, blocked traffic and damaged vehicles claiming he was "falsely implicated". Let's be cool and try to assimilate this, work with us here. We are as confused and puzzled as you are.
1. A Dalit dude, living in Ambedkar basti gets drunk and damages a statue. 2. Dalits go on rampage, damaging property worth more than Rs. 7 crores (how many IIT seats is that?) 3. Police catch the dude called Valmiki 4. Valmiki fesses up 5. Residents of Valmiki basti get mighty upset so back to step 2.
Let me pour myself a large tequila, be back in 15.
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posted by barbarindian at 8:37 AM Permalink

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006 |
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006 |
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Abi asks (by proxy of course):
The roused conscience of the nation should ask itself why [nobody heeded the horror of the Bhotmanges of Kherlanji]. Because Kherlanji is a remote location? But it's only a mobile call away from everywhere on earth. Because the Bhotmanges were dalits? The same question was asked by Dr. Bruno elsewhere.
Let me answer the question for you, Herr Doktor Professor. Actually, the reverse is true. The incident was reported because the Bhotmanges were Dalits. Such incidents happen with alarming regularity in our country. Dalits are not the only victims, as a matter of fact, as far as law and order is concerned, it is the badlands out there. Even the socialists acknowledge it:
Indian judiciary says that capital punishment should be given in the rarest of rare cases, and this is not one of them. Rapes and murders take place all the time.
and more,
But what Santosh did was very human, born out of human impulses, and has to be resolved within the parameters of human society, not outside it
Stalking a young woman for two years, violating restraining orders, entering her home when no one else was around then cruelly violating her and beating her to death with a helmet is merely normal human impulse. Much like a kid helping himself to the cookie jar. We don't need capital punishment for this, right? Right.
The truth is, the incident got wide publicity. A google news search reveals it was reported by TOI, NDTV, The Hindu and Tehelka (please, none of that Tehelka is an activist newspaper and doesn't count BS, it is pretty much mainstream, with heavy artillary support - only it no longer stings so much).
Now back to the professor. You didn't happen to notice this news, did you?
In yet another slap on the face of the so-called "Sushasan", claimed by the Nitish-led NDA government, two Dalit women of a family on Saturday night were raped by four persons in Lakhanpur Sondipi village under the Muffasil police station of the district. [...]
An FIR, however, was lodged in the Muffasil police station on Sunday in which three unknown persons, besides one, Kapildev Yadav, of the adjacent Pathlatol village were made accused in the crime.
Happened within just a few days of the other incident. The professor didn't take note, neither did the other poseur socialist. They found one poster girl for their political agenda, did the blogging bit and that was it.
I think if one really wants to help Dalits or at least give them a fighting chance, one has to acknowledge the root cause of the problems. First of all, they are outnumbered by the OBCs. If winning votes is the only objective, of course 22.5% is going to lose out against 52% (plus 12% minority religion folks) again and again. And that is exactly what is happening in the hamlets of India. Again and again.
He said a majority of cases against dalits are related to land grabbing by OBCs, and not by upper castes.
"Wherever the two communities are stronger, there is confrontation. The atmosphere in the state shows that there is a confrontation between dalits and OBCs."
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posted by barbarindian at 11:21 PM Permalink

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Sunday, November 05, 2006 |
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A group of militants barged into the house of one Ahad Bhat at Mangloobi-Dalwah in Gool sector of Udhampur district in the wee hours today and fired indiscriminately on the inmates. Bhat, his wife Fatima, their daughter Mubeena and niece Shameema died on the spot. Senior Superintendent of Police, Udhampur, Basant Kumar Rath said the family was targeted after Bhat refused to marry his daughters to two militants who had visited the house with the proposal last night. (more ....)
You won't see the socialists picking up this story. No pics either.
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posted by barbarindian at 9:59 AM Permalink

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Wednesday, November 01, 2006 |
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* * * please scroll down for updates * * *
If the answer is yes, please head over to the Satyam Shivam Sundaram blog, pronto.
You must have heard, how could you not, if you are one of the gazzillion perpetually ashamed of his religion/caste Indian, about the atrocious brutality committed on a Dalit (erstwhile Dalit, I suppose, for they had embraced Buddhism) family.
Needless to say, the socialist/gimme seats lobby is overjoyed at this incident and it shows. For some reason, this atrocity translates into the absurd solution of sending rich OBC/Dalit kids in the metros to IITs and IIMs. Yeah.
My heart particularly aches for the young woman Priyanka. She was a good student, but she would find it difficult to get into a good school. The creamy Dalits will continue to grab the prime land as always.
By the way, in case you missed it, here is a little factoid for you:
The Bhotmange's were one of the two Mahar families of the village that is dominated by the OBC's, the landlord clans here. Bhaiyyalal had movedto this village to farm his mother's 5-acre land about 18 years ago. But it was surekha, who tilled her farm and fought for regaining the hold over a portion grabbed by the upper castes, which is a decisive political force in this part. So, hope you will feel better when we start sending rich OBC kids to IITs and IIMs from the next academic session.
Jai Hind.
[Note: we recommend the death penalty for the perpetrators, unlike the Afzal shouldn't hang/Santosh Kumar should, gang of socialist freeloaders.]
[Update: 1] Shivam Vij confirms that the perpetrators, members of the Power and Kalar castes, are OBCs. Remember that this is the true face of rural India today - marginalized Dalits and MBCs living in perpetual fear in villages dominated by powerful and ever ambitious OBC landlords.
[Update: 2] Dilip D'Souza compares this incident with past black lynchings in America. Well, I suppose he has got to try harder. A correct analogy would be a massacre of a say a Red Indian family by black youths in a Philadelphia suburb (for instance).
[Update: 3] Shivam does NOT support the death penalty for the perpetrators. Well, nice try. Do that in a Dalit annual meeting or something.
[Update: 4] Abi has a post up at the Other Idiots site, which claims percentage wise, Dalits actually experience less violence than the general population. Although he ends the post by suggesting under-reportage, I believe he is building up something stronger. Don't be surprised if you see him googling up documents all over the internet and proving that the most recipients of violence are OBCs and most givers are the privileged.
[Update: 5] The good Doctor Bruno never fails to surprise us. He left a comment for me on the It's my way or the Highway blog:
@ Barbarindian : This incident says that OBC Castes need education. Being dominant in a village by virtue of being the majority caste / rich may be just a factor. Education is more important. How to educated these guys, any ideas??
Er, is that a question Doc?
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posted by barbarindian at 10:02 PM Permalink

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