The Learning Lessons From The Death of Dr Sinha

[Suresh Kumar]

Friends
For the past 2 weeks, the thought of what can we learn from the
vicious attack on Dr Sihna and how can be prevent such incidents from
being repeated has engaged my mind. It is perfectly understandable
that the Asian India community in NJ and all over the US is outraged
that such a brutal crime can happen in a this country. The community
has rightfully demanded that the attackers be tried as Adults and that
the possibility of a bias crime be thoroughly investigated.
All this is justifiable, but I believe that it will be a mistake to
see unfortunate incident in the limited context of a crime against the
Asian Indian or even the larger Asian American community. This is a
crime against humanity at large. Under different circumstances the
victim could have been of any other race or ethnicity. Rather than
circling the wagons around our ethnic sub-groups, I believe that it
may serve us better if we were to use this incident to promote
integration with all other members in the communities we live and work
in. We need to get more involved with the common activities in the
communities we live in, participate in neighborhood watch groups, join
the Auxiliary police. There is need of us to watch out for our
neighbors and express our outrage for all such incidents regardless of
the ethnicity of the victims.
These, in my humble opinion, are the larger learning lessons from the
death of Dr. Sinha.
Sincerely
Suresh Kumar
Citizens of Old Bridge, NJ

[Suresh Kumar]