This excerpt from ‘Gandhi: The years that changed the world 1914-1948’ by Ramachandra Guha tells the story of the Mahatma in the months leading up to Partition.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
If Nehru removed Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians from the SC reservation benefit by passing SC order , 1950 which stated that the Dalit who profess the Hindu religion will only take the benefit of SC reservation . Congress and lndian constitution even didnot give Minority reservation to Muslim citizens in Parliament , legislative bodies , Govt jobs and Education ; but there was reservation for the Anglo-lndians ( Chritians) in Parliament and Legislative bodies ; SC reservation was opened to Sikhs ( though Sikhism does not subscribe to castism ) ; later on, Buddhists were added to the benifIt of SC . It is worth mentioning that the Minorities in Pakistan (which includes Hindus , Christians , Sikhs , Parsi , Buddhists, Ahmadia) enjoy reservations in the Parliament , Legislative bodies , Educational institutions and govt Jobs . Even in Bangladesh there is reservation for the non-muslim ethnic minorities . Even in Arab muslim countries of Middle East significant number of jobs have been occupied by the non-muslims . Health Sectors by Hindus , Nursing by Christians , Buisness in Dubai by Gujarati lndian Hindus , Private Banking in Oman by Gujarati lndian Hindu called Purushottam Kanji , Entertainment industry of Dubai and other buisness establishments again by Gujarati lndian Hindus ( Like lndian politics in lndia has been grabbed by Modi ( Modh-Ghanchi bania) , Amit Shah ( Modh-Bania Jain ) , Indian buisness by Ambani ( Modh-Bania ) of Gujarat. Indira Gandhi splitted the Muslims of lndian sub-continent into Bangladesh and (smaller) Pakistan . Sanjay Gandhi destroyed the Muslim bastion of Turkman Gate in old Delhi . lf Rajeev Gandhi performed Shilanayas ( keeping foundation stone ) of Ram Mandir on the disputed site of Babri Masjid-Ram Janam Bhoomi Complex at Ayodhya – Faizabad , then it is Hindus who have been appeased ( tushti-karan of Hindu voters but not of Muslim voters ). Congress again continued to appease the Hindu voters by killings Sikhs in 1984 anti-Sikh riots by the Hindus after the dead of lndira Gandhi . The things did not stop here …. Narsimha Rao – the Congress PM allowed the demolition of the Babri Mosque by the Sangh Parivar Hindutv forces of terrorism . As a PM he didn’t send army to Ayodhya city to save the muslims’ Babri Mosque from being raged to ground by Hindu mob of Sangh Parivar supporters called Kar sewaks . He was viewing the live telecast of the demolition of Babri Masjid on Television without taking any action to protect the Muslims’s historical Mosques from being raged to ground . MUSLIMS HAVE NEVER BEEN APPEASED OR OVER PROTECTED DURING THE PAST 70 YEARS RULE OF THE CONGRESS IN INDIA . IF MUSLIMS WERE CARED ABOUT WELL EVEN AS THE MINIMAL CITIZENS OF INDIA THEN THE PLIGHT OF MUSLIMS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN WORSE THAN THE SCHEDULED CASTES DALIT COMMUNITIES OF INDIA ( WHICH WAS WELL DOCUMENTED AND ESTABLISHED BY THE SACHAR COMMEETTE REPORT AND MISHRA REPORT . Jai Bharat.
The author is wearing blinkers.. there was Muslim appeasement all over… you got a separate two separate countries and yet you continued living here is itself appeasement..
The Sachar committee told us what we already knew. India’s Muslims are, preponderantly – although a solid middle class has always been there, and it is hearteningly growing – less well off, educationally and economically. They are poorly represented in public life, both politics and the bureaucracy, including the police. If economic factors were taken into account, there would be a case to extend the benefit of affirmative action to them. That is easily swatted by saying that the Constitution – already amended more than a hundred times – does not provide for a religious basis for reservations. Census data shows the rate of population growth in the community is slowing, as it is for all Indians. Hosting an Iftaar party, wearing an odd white fur hat in Bombay’s muggy weather, is the closest we get to “ appeasement “ in real life. HDI scrores for the Muslim community need to improve drastically as part of India’s effort to join the First World. Till that happens, their physical safety and emotional security in what is constitutionally mandated to be a secular country is non negotiable.
Sachar committee report was driven by the end conclusions. All the data was collected and analysis made to suit an already pre-determined conclusion.
I will give a simple exercise:
Take the data of per capita expenditure for the Hindus and Muslims as given by the Sachar committee. The Hindu’s per-capita expenditure is higher than that for Muslim’s.
Now divide these figure by labour participation rate for Hindus and Muslims; voila! This ratio is higher by numbers for the Muslims.
Conclusion: Muslims are worse off because their labour participation rate is lower.
Simple, fewer Muslims, per-capita, work. Maybe their women have less freedom of choice than the Hindus when it comes to working. Women labour participation rate among Muslim women is lower than that of the Hindus. May have they have more children (They actually do) per parent, and so their labour participation is lower.
Should the general public pick up the tab for Muslim men’s second wife – which is allowed in our secular country? Should the rest of the society bear the cost of Muslim women not working, as it is not allowed by their ultra-conservative society?
Should the state bear the cost of bringing up Muslims couple of extra children per parent?
Prophet Muhammad was A VERY NICE HUMAN BEING. I can say this with a bit of authority because I have read a good bit about him. I’m very glad that India celebrates his birthday as a national holiday. The only puzzle is why did we have to wait until the time of V.P. Singh to declare it so; the Prophet’s birthday should have been recognised by Nehru himself, given the high opinion of him that mahatma Gandhi had.
If Nehru removed Dalit Muslims and Dalit Christians from the SC reservation benefit by passing SC order , 1950 which stated that the Dalit who profess the Hindu religion will only take the benefit of SC reservation . Congress and lndian constitution even didnot give Minority reservation to Muslim citizens in Parliament , legislative bodies , Govt jobs and Education ; but there was reservation for the Anglo-lndians ( Chritians) in Parliament and Legislative bodies ; SC reservation was opened to Sikhs ( though Sikhism does not subscribe to castism ) ; later on, Buddhists were added to the benifIt of SC . It is worth mentioning that the Minorities in Pakistan (which includes Hindus , Christians , Sikhs , Parsi , Buddhists, Ahmadia) enjoy reservations in the Parliament , Legislative bodies , Educational institutions and govt Jobs . Even in Bangladesh there is reservation for the non-muslim ethnic minorities . Even in Arab muslim countries of Middle East significant number of jobs have been occupied by the non-muslims . Health Sectors by Hindus , Nursing by Christians , Buisness in Dubai by Gujarati lndian Hindus , Private Banking in Oman by Gujarati lndian Hindu called Purushottam Kanji , Entertainment industry of Dubai and other buisness establishments again by Gujarati lndian Hindus ( Like lndian politics in lndia has been grabbed by Modi ( Modh-Ghanchi bania) , Amit Shah ( Modh-Bania Jain ) , Indian buisness by Ambani ( Modh-Bania ) of Gujarat. Indira Gandhi splitted the Muslims of lndian sub-continent into Bangladesh and (smaller) Pakistan . Sanjay Gandhi destroyed the Muslim bastion of Turkman Gate in old Delhi . lf Rajeev Gandhi performed Shilanayas ( keeping foundation stone ) of Ram Mandir on the disputed site of Babri Masjid-Ram Janam Bhoomi Complex at Ayodhya – Faizabad , then it is Hindus who have been appeased ( tushti-karan of Hindu voters but not of Muslim voters ). Congress again continued to appease the Hindu voters by killings Sikhs in 1984 anti-Sikh riots by the Hindus after the dead of lndira Gandhi . The things did not stop here …. Narsimha Rao – the Congress PM allowed the demolition of the Babri Mosque by the Sangh Parivar Hindutv forces of terrorism . As a PM he didn’t send army to Ayodhya city to save the muslims’ Babri Mosque from being raged to ground by Hindu mob of Sangh Parivar supporters called Kar sewaks . He was viewing the live telecast of the demolition of Babri Masjid on Television without taking any action to protect the Muslims’s historical Mosques from being raged to ground . MUSLIMS HAVE NEVER BEEN APPEASED OR OVER PROTECTED DURING THE PAST 70 YEARS RULE OF THE CONGRESS IN INDIA . IF MUSLIMS WERE CARED ABOUT WELL EVEN AS THE MINIMAL CITIZENS OF INDIA THEN THE PLIGHT OF MUSLIMS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN WORSE THAN THE SCHEDULED CASTES DALIT COMMUNITIES OF INDIA ( WHICH WAS WELL DOCUMENTED AND ESTABLISHED BY THE SACHAR COMMEETTE REPORT AND MISHRA REPORT . Jai Bharat.
The author is wearing blinkers.. there was Muslim appeasement all over… you got a separate two separate countries and yet you continued living here is itself appeasement..
The Sachar committee told us what we already knew. India’s Muslims are, preponderantly – although a solid middle class has always been there, and it is hearteningly growing – less well off, educationally and economically. They are poorly represented in public life, both politics and the bureaucracy, including the police. If economic factors were taken into account, there would be a case to extend the benefit of affirmative action to them. That is easily swatted by saying that the Constitution – already amended more than a hundred times – does not provide for a religious basis for reservations. Census data shows the rate of population growth in the community is slowing, as it is for all Indians. Hosting an Iftaar party, wearing an odd white fur hat in Bombay’s muggy weather, is the closest we get to “ appeasement “ in real life. HDI scrores for the Muslim community need to improve drastically as part of India’s effort to join the First World. Till that happens, their physical safety and emotional security in what is constitutionally mandated to be a secular country is non negotiable.
Sachar committee report was driven by the end conclusions. All the data was collected and analysis made to suit an already pre-determined conclusion.
I will give a simple exercise:
Take the data of per capita expenditure for the Hindus and Muslims as given by the Sachar committee. The Hindu’s per-capita expenditure is higher than that for Muslim’s.
Now divide these figure by labour participation rate for Hindus and Muslims; voila! This ratio is higher by numbers for the Muslims.
Conclusion: Muslims are worse off because their labour participation rate is lower.
Simple, fewer Muslims, per-capita, work. Maybe their women have less freedom of choice than the Hindus when it comes to working. Women labour participation rate among Muslim women is lower than that of the Hindus. May have they have more children (They actually do) per parent, and so their labour participation is lower.
Should the general public pick up the tab for Muslim men’s second wife – which is allowed in our secular country? Should the rest of the society bear the cost of Muslim women not working, as it is not allowed by their ultra-conservative society?
Should the state bear the cost of bringing up Muslims couple of extra children per parent?
Prophet Muhammad was A VERY NICE HUMAN BEING. I can say this with a bit of authority because I have read a good bit about him. I’m very glad that India celebrates his birthday as a national holiday. The only puzzle is why did we have to wait until the time of V.P. Singh to declare it so; the Prophet’s birthday should have been recognised by Nehru himself, given the high opinion of him that mahatma Gandhi had.