We as Indian really dont care about our fellow citizens. For us life comes cheap as it is in abundance. If the same treatment had been given to a US citizen there would have been a hue and cry in the nation and the entire US machinery would have come down on the nation which choose to act against thier citizen. But we in India cant even stand up for our own unless he / she is from a minority community that too if the media has already put a tag on.
GOI is so callous that it ignores its own citizens and treats them like dirt. What makes you think these idiots will care about NRI's? To them NRI's are only cash machines nothing more, nothing less.
scientists are not workers and their patriotic feelings should not be equated as a common man specially if they are fallen victim of current policies of govt and as a scholar they have right to demonstarte their loyality to nation and world community and classifying people as an indian is injustice to the explorers of truth made controversial by market forces
Britishers should b asked to apologise for lot of killings (not only Jalianwala Bag), forced labour, forcefully taking the people in other countries for free labour, killing and torturing people, who faught for independence.
RE:Britishers should b asked to apologise for lot of killings etc
by Humanvalue on Jun 16, 2008 06:41 AM Permalink
Why don't you apologize to the DALITS and BHAUJANS for what your forefathers did to them. Will apologies change anything? Be tough instead of crying like a baby.
This article is not based on correct fact. There are procedures and rules which are available even for the non green card holders. USA is the most civilized country in the world with judiciary system unparalleled in the world. You can challenge any authority, even the president, in the court which is not possible in India. The incident reported in this article might have happened because of some incidents which we don't know. It will be inaccurate to equate everyone with the poor fellow.
RE:Not so correct
by Khandu Patel on Jun 15, 2008 05:18 AM Permalink
It is certainly true that the American legal service can deliver justice. But what is less remarkable is the injustice suffered by Nandy and a celebrated case in Guru Maharaj. Maharaj's case has attracted the whole of the British establishment including the British Government pointing to a miscarriage of justice. Despite that and many years Maharaj has been incacerated in jail, a recent review refused his release even though he is close to death. Don't be so blinded. Maharaj is a British citizen for whom the British Government has only lately wokened up to his plight. Maharaj's misfortune is that he is a Hindu whose fate the Indian media has totally ignored, and except for the BBC, the British media was not interested either. A case of a white nanny charged with murder in the USA some years back rose the shackles of the British media that the spot light turned on the US justice and she won her release by the court of public opinion. Charity should begin at home. The Indian Government has been happy to call on the help of Indians abroad and we have responded, perhaps not as generously as I would have liked. I did not see Dr Singh lose any sleep over Maharaj as he did with Haneef though. When it comes to Hindus, I expect Singh and the Indian Government do great deal for them they have done hithertoo. I am perhaps whistling in the wind, but I may well see the end of the present Government in the not to distant future.
RE:The undeserving!
by Ram Sharma on Jun 15, 2008 10:30 AM Permalink
The story is about Maya Nand, who left India willingly. His forfathers were forcibly made slaves by Bririshers and sent to Fiji. Read properly before making any comment.
RE:The undeserving!
by Humanvalue on Jun 16, 2008 06:32 AM Permalink
This person calls himself a SHARMA but sounds like illiterate. Indentured labourers are not slaves they went to FIJI willingly amd had a better quality of life than their relatives and caste people who stayed back. How can a person like MAYA NAND born in FIJI (and who never set foot in INDIA) claim he is Indian. Well, actually he did not. It is this person Rajeev Srinivasan (who considers San Fransisco and Kerala his homes - see what comes first). The next thing he would want us to do is ask the government to fight for the designer from his state (Kerala) who is booked for multiple rape charges.
RE:The undeserving!
by Humanvalue on Jun 16, 2008 07:31 AM Permalink
INDIAN GOV. has its hands full taking care of a BILLION INDIANS. It has no time for for a FIJIAN who was discriminated in FIJI and sought asylum in US. The only two countries involved are FIJI and US, where does India come in. I am glad your diseased mind is lapping up everything that Rajeev Srinivasan wrote. Did MAYA NAND seek refuge in INDIA? DID HE? Then why worry about him?
RE:The undeserving!
by Sudip Bhattacharjee on Jun 16, 2008 10:36 AM Permalink
Humanvalue is right. India cannot be protecting the people all over the world who claim to be of Indian origin. In fact Humanvalue is right to say that the guy didn't call himself of Indian origin, nor did he ask any help. Its just the author's claim. So, don't stereotype. India has much important things to do that looking after these things.
RE:The undeserving!
by Sudip Bhattacharjee on Jun 15, 2008 03:25 AM Permalink
You will grab the first opportunity to fly out of India whenever that comes.
There is no doubt that Indian Missions provide consular services. The engagements arising through the Pravasi Bharati has even led to improvement. Some programs have been introduced for the Middle East region. The loss of sleep suffered by the Prime Minister over Haneef, points to the Indian Government being especially responsive to Muslim concerns. Just as in the UK, they are politically mobilised in their engagement with their governments in a way Hindus are not. The Muslims have institutions vested with millions of pounds in the UK representing Muslim interests at every level of British society. The only organisation of note, the Hindu Forum of Britain is poorly funded as most similar confederacies here and could not function except for some small grants awarded for special projects in which the Government has an interest. When the UK is home to no shortage of Indian billionaires, you might be forgiven for thinking that not one of them could find money from their small change to establish Hindu society on a firm and sure footing. A good example is with Laxmi Mithal who has found time to Chair China's Earthquake relief efforts, but his Hinduism has been confined to the manner of all our people on 70 million expenditure lavished on his daughter's wedding. In fairness he contributed to the Indian Earthquake efforts. In comparison to sacrifices lavished on our own vanity, the poor soul languishing in trouble has a cat in hell in chance of any charity and sympathy.
Rajeev's article is enlightening and very interesting. While agreeing with all that Rajeev has told, I beg to differ on one small issue. India does stand for some of its people...remember our honourable Prime Minister losing his sleep because one "Indian" was being ill treated in Australia; few "Indians" who were travelling in a plane and doing strange acts were made to go back to the port of departure and had to undergo some difficulties ; one of our honourable former Prime Ministers in 1980's got a particular "Indian"languishing in an USA jail to be released.
India does care for its diaspora - but they should belong to a 'secular' community.
