From: thiru@lgc.com (Thiru Bollam)
Subject: Re: U.S. Citizen NRIs Please leave India alone (Re: BJP)
Organization: Landmark Graphics LGC
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 17:49:53 GMT

In article <1993Jan23.030810.2374@galois.mit.edu>, kumar@carleman.mit.edu (Kumar) writes:
|> verma@pfeast.enet.dec.com (Virendra Verma) writes:
|> >	I am not a BJP supporter. I don't like politics. I hate congress
|> >	more than BJP. I will pick BJP if asked to pick a party. It doesn't
|> >	mean that I like BJP. I am an American first and an Indian
|>                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|> >	nationalist second. I will fight anything negative about India
|>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|> >	among my fellow Americans. Supporting democratic principles is
|> >	not unAmerican but very much American.
|> 
|> will you please tell us also how much stake (through
|> investments) you have in India's well being? If you do not then shut up
|> and if you do then you are burning your money by supporting the rabble-
|> rousers. 

	Linking the idea of nationalism to the money one invests in the country is
	illogical and ridiculous.  IBM, GM, GE have $????M  invested in India. Does
	that make them more nationalistic than Verma and many others? Kumar,
	instead of wasting bandwidth on the network, try to post reasonably.
|> 
|> Definitely the people living
|> there (and that includes millions of minorities) definitely have much
|> larger stake than you and please do not destroy their economy with your
|> support for BJP et al (known through your posts over last months).
|> 
|> Have you estimated how much financial loss alone India has taken because
|> of the temple building agenda pursued by BJP/VHP in last 2 months alone?
|> What is the expected result which can be worth that economic cost and 
|> worth so many lives lost?

	It's better to take one time restructuring charge than live in stinking
	poverty for ever with this corrupt congress politics. Think of how much
	India has lost in Securities scam, because of high-handed politicking?? etc.
	You will do better in your argument by not linking BJP and economic progress.

|> 
|> BTW, just like India is hindu majority, this country is christian 
|> majority and western thought centered. Will like to known why
|> Pat Robertson and Pat Buchanan and David Duke should tolerate you
|> here? If you should be given the nice treatment here why not
|> minorities in India? Ofcourse many hindus of your variety will
|> love it if Diwali or Holi were to be declared a holiday and Hindi
|> instruction alongwith Ramanyana and Mahabharata offered in schools
|> - will that be pandering the minority at the cost of majority. 
|> Have you ever taken advantage of being 'an asian minority' through
|> affirmative action? Do you think that your children who might not
|> do so well in schools here [high school life here has many more 
|> pressures] should take advantage of affirmative action to get ahead?
|> 
	Every country has David Duke(s)... Don't equate David Duke(s) to a
	a party or an organization, or a government.  It doesn't merit discussion.


|> Enough for now.
|> 
|> 
|> -- 
|> Thanks
|> 
|> Sanjay
|> 

Take care.
Thiru
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