Did you hear the news?
Not like its news anymore. But even Archie Comics has a new gay character.
So the gay- pride parades work after all and they're not just a bunch of colourful-y dressed people.
I mean. don't get me wrong. I'm not homophobic or anything but I'm not so sure that a 5th grader should acknowledge homosexuality. Not till its not such a big FAT source of AIDS.
Its not just the 377 propaganda.
Its the movies too.
Shiney Ahuja has now been let off. The maid suddenly takes a U turn and decides to tell the court that Shiney didn't rape her. Of course its for the good of all. How could you explain that situation to your 6 year old who just watched Bhool Bhulaiyya and saw his picture in the TOI.
And then there's Queenie Dhody.Why would anyone so fortuitously promote belts.At first I thought it was a love affair.Now I just think she gets them for free.
And there's Gujjus and Socialism and the Congress and morals and SECULARISM (The biggest lie ever, btw)
I mean, seriously.
Can't we just give the propaganda a break?
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Good Lord Niyati...Law School is taking a considerable toll on you!! Thats 'some' frustration.Btw, its ironic. Ur last post read, 'Yellow brick road is pink n Shiny'.N now, pink + yellow = Gay Parade and Shiney ofcourse, the 'Bhool'a hua Star.
"And there's Gujjus and Socialism and the Congress and morals and SECULARISM"
Elaborate please.
Specially about Secularism being a a big fat lie.
True. True. 3 days before project submission, frustration comes out in the oddest of ways.
But you must admit it.
Propaganda and for that matter stereotyping kinda sucks.
Gujjus themselves think they're propaganda. With the money in the pocket and everything.
The Congress is more like a megaphone for propaganda. Lets shout out what favours our vote bank.
Socialism was never anything BUT propaganda.
And Secularism.
My favourite.
Do you really think our law, our government, our people think of all religionsas equal. ofcourse not. The british ensure that would never happen in more ways than one.
Let's put down a simple example.
My mom used to get worried everytime i became close friends with a Muslim.
And I will be excommunicated if i marry outside my religion.
Yes, I do go to Law school.
Secularism is regional in India in my opinion. And the acceptance of an inter-religion marriage seems to be too stern a test of secularism. Acceptance of a friendship, of course, is a valid test.
There are so many other tests.
Its visible the minute you try to see.
The girl who wears a burqa to class immediately makes few friends.
It may be a non-metropolis thing but its fast catching up there too on different grounds.
Everyone judges those who made it on quota.
Why should a well-to-do, excellently educated girl get benefit of reservation because she's a backward class Muslim?
The creamy layer test is almost never used.
One of my friends, when she fought with her Muslim friend, her mom told her, "Beta, she's muslim. You should have expected it".
All I'm saying is that affirmative action was okay to a point.
Now its just increasing the discrimination against them.
Even teachers mark people based on their religion.
As far as I know, there is no reservation for Muslims in national universities. Some regional govts. have tried to implement it, but its currently under the review of the court. Correct me if I'm misinformed, coz you're the lawyer.
Muslims, as a whole, are more backward than OBCs in this country. Yet, because of the limited caste system amongst them, they're completely excluded from any kind of reservation, which further compounds their backwardness.
I'm against the current form of reservation, but I do think the genuinely backward sections need affirmative action, in as early a lifestage as possible.
Sad to know about the discrimination you've seen. I, for one, have very limited first-hand experience. While the secular fabric of India often seems very strained, I do believe there are enough strands of genuine secularism that can hold all of us together. May everyone move past communalism and focus on food, education and healthcare.
Its not misinformation but its definitely incomplete information. Let's take for example the National Law School of India University. It is formed under a Karnataka Act. As a result, like you said, the regional government is successfully following a policy of "special" reservation for Karnataka SCs and BCs in Law School. 12/80 seats, mind you.
That's okay too. But you know what sucks? The people who file appeals in order to utilize these seats are those who have means. Those who don't deserve this reservation. Those who file the appeal, have not only created seats for themselves but also go around telling the other SC students how they are going to have them kicked out of here.
What I meant is not that affirmative action is bad. What i meant like you, is that the "current form" of affirmative action practised by the State is harming the very people it is seeking to protect.
What i mean is not that secularism as a concept is a lie. The Nehruvian preaching of Unity has been strangely adhesive till date. But what i do mean is that the secularism in practice today is not much short of hypocrisy.
Ideology is pervasive, my friend. In a country like ours, our version of secularism is claimed to have worked just fine. But those same "regional governments" have ensured that there is no real practice of the same.
So I was right! :P
we're debating opinion here and not fact. How could you possibly be wrong =)
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