I wish educated and enlightened people like Pro MS Gopinathan should speak out, without fear or favour, what is needed to emancipate our oppressed and enslaved fellow citizens. We try to follow the democratic US in many ways. In the US no one is asked his caste or religion. Why cant we, in India, learn to see each other as an Indian and grow into a healthy democratic society? Unfortunately, our leaders across all party lines, want to follow the Britishers Divide and Rule policy, keep the oppressed always dependant and under their mercy assured vote banks! Even after five decades of democratic rule, how many children in our country are denied education even up to matriculation? And how many starvation deaths of poor children (call it only mal-nutrition deaths) take place in India? Yes, our democracy had created so many crore-pathies in all castes and creeds. A glance through the assets filed by many champions of the poor to the election commission will reveal at least some truths! The poor and the oppressed deserve extra considerations an assured helping hand - in their struggles to come up, in terms of financial aids and other facilities. NB nair
