Minority Report(card)

Often I read articles in the newspapers which highlight the sorry state of Muslims in the country. It is said that they are the most backward community. Illiteracy is very high among Muslim youth… Unemployment is on rise… So on and so forth… The only solution that the policy makers nowadays suggest is RESERVATIONS!!! It is like a magic potion which can uplift the downtrodden.

A question has been troubling me for a while… We have umpteen minority communities in the country today. All of them... Christians, Parsis, Sikhs, Jains, Jews, etc. are doing very well and are not facing a problem like the Muslim community is facing today. In fact most of the minorities are better off than their Hindu counterparts. So what exactly is the issue with Muslims?

Unbiased introspection will prove that this problem faced by the community is homegrown. The clerics are leading the community to a new low every day. Madarsas are further polarizing the young minds.

Final Comment: Basic modern and scientific education, independent RATIONAL thinking and a modern outlook is what is required to uplift the community.

Munnabhai and his Gandhigiri

“Gandhigiri” is like a new found love for Indians. The press, media and the youth feel that its a solution to each and every problem that the country faces... People say that they can very well “Connect” to the movie. Really??? I beg to differ. I can neither connect to stripping in front of a corrupt official nor washing those yucky “paan” stains.

Gandhigiri will never solve any problem for anyone. I think it will rather magnify the existing problems. In the past many of our people used this tool , the result was that the country started facing never ending problems. Nehru went to the UN to solve the Kashmir problem using his Gandhigiri, the results is a problem which does not seem to have solution.
One has to understand that to live in this world we have to constantly fight. This war never ends and we have to fight our war on our own.