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- From: arun@sun1.vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (Arun Achyuthan)
- Subject: Propaganda? (Re: The Hindu Digest)
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <Bzztrx.4Ix@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:06:07 GMT
- Lines: 88
-
- Looks as if the propaganda machinery of The Hindu Digest has spread
- its tentacles to a.c.k. as well. Let us see how many "lies" they
- tell in one article.
-
- In article <Bzztrx.4Ix@ucunix.san.uc.edu> editor@rbhatnagar.csm.uc.edu (digest editor) writes:
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- >KNOWLEDGE UNITY PROGRESS DHARMA
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- >From: kak@max.ee.lsu.edu (Dr. S. Kak)
- >Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 09:21:33 CST
- >Subject: The Roots of the Recent Violence in India
- >
- >=========================================
- >The Roots of the Recent Violence in India
- >
- > by Subhash Kak
- >
- >More recently the leftist Janata party, has developed its entire
- >political agenda on quotas based on caste divisions. V.P. Singh,
- >who was prime minister during 1989-90 used the recommendations of
- >a certain Mandal Commission to announce reservations for more than
- >70 percent of all jobs. This triggered a wave of suicides by the
- ^^
-
- 70%? Has Dr. Kak provided an extra 20.5% in addition to V.P. Singh's
- 49.5%?
-
- >youth that finally brought down his government. Nevertheless in
-
- What brought down the government was the Ayodhya incident in 1990,
- though the decision to implement Mandal report weakened V.P. Singh government.
-
- >the campaign that followed leading politicians like Rajiv Gandhi
- >and V.P. Singh spoke of their support for further quotas, some even
- >based on religion.
- >
-
- Note that this person does not mention the name of Advani, though BJP
- was also very much in support of the quotas.
-
- >Most recently the P.V. Narasimha Rao Government has passed a bill
- >that would reserve close to 60 percent of all jobs based on different
- >criteria related to circumstances of birth rather than fitness to
- >perform the job.
-
- Fitness to perform a job? Very deceiving indeed.
-
- >The logic of the quotas is to right a historical wrong. The leftist
- >parties in India have exploited the rhetoric of these wrongs and
- >of caste bashing to hold on to their electoral support.
- >
-
- This person is again silent on the "historical righting" acts of
- BJP, VHP, RSS, SS, etc.
-
- >There is a feeling that the Congress party will not maintain power
- >too long because of the international collapse of the socialist
- >model of economy, which was at the heart of the party's policies.
- >What we witness then is a bitter fight between the left and the
- >right for the heart of India.
-
- Looks like Dr. Kak is impervious to the reforms made by Manmohan Singh & Co.
-
- >
- >An asymmetric law
- >
- >*Repeal the law that bars the Hindus from running their schools and
- > colleges.
-
- Hindus barred from running schools and colleges? What about the schools and
- colleges run by Chinmaya Mission, Arya Samaj, Ramakrishna Mission etc.?
-
- >
- >In addition the press in India should be encouraged to develop an
- >editorial convention to stop the incessant airing of historical
- >injustices. Bashing of any community and class should be made into
- >a statutory offence.
-
- I.e., gag the press to suit the needs of the majority, is it not?
-
- Arun Achyuthan
-