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"First they came for the Communists,
but I was not a communist so I did
not speak out.
Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists,
but I was neither, so I did not
speak out.
Then they came for the Jews,
but I was not a Jew so I did not
speak out.
And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for
(attributed to Martin Niemoller, a
German, speaking about the Nazis.)
This is exactly what is happening to the Indian people at the moment. The
government is using religion, region, sectarian,
language, class and caste divisions to divide and
subdivide the society so much, that no one is willing to stand up for others.
All of need to unite - Hindus, Jains and Sikhs. Divided, we will fall.
By using the title "majority community" the government continues to discriminate
against us.
As Hindus, as a "majority community" we are legally
debarred sitting on various committees, have reduced stake in education,
financial help, job market etc. All this with the active help of laws
enacted by a government voted in by the "majority community" !!
Read this fascinating article that details some of this discrimination -
http://www.organiser.org/
The divide and rule policy of Congress and UPA government has resulted in a
fragmented society that has continually allowed this government to erode our
rights and has pushed meritocracy out of the way and replaced it with quota-raj.
Quality is sacrificed over quota and at every turn, what the government terms as
"majority community" is disadvantaged.
Unless and until we realise how this impacts us, our children and grand
children, we will never realise the momentous mistake we are making by
supporting the current government.
Those who live outside
In the world outside
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