Indians must see the bigger picture...
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mohamed amiruddin amran
May 30, 2012, 1:00:32 AM5/30/12
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Indians must see the bigger picture
May 22, 2012
P Dev Anand Pillai,
The butt dance in front of Bersih co-chair S Ambiga’s residence in Bukit
Damansara brought about a lot to the fore front of our minds that has been
deliberately hidden all this while. The Malays in Umno have been directed
to see this as a racial issue instead of a national issue where the people
are seeking reform in the way we register our citizens and run our
elections.
The butt dance actually goes to show how the Indians were viewed by the
ruling Umno-BN-MIC regime for the past 55 years. If it can be that easy to
belittle and shame a person in front of her own residence just because she
is an Indian, what have we been doing for the past 55 years with regard to
race relations?
They did not do the same for Pak Samad and Khairy Jamaluddin who had
objected to such behaviour of the men who claim to be ex-veterans of the
armed forces. Why they did not perform the butt dance at the residences of
Pak Samad and Khairy is very obvious.
Selling beef burgers in front of her house knowing very well that she is a
vegetarian only goes to show how Indians can be easily ridiculed by any
perpetrator without worrying about what the consequences will be as long as
they know at the back of their minds that their act has the tacot consent
of the State and its cohorts.
After the Hindraf revolution and the results of the 2008 election, the real
picture as to how they preceive Indians especially Hindu-Indians in this
country was clearly seen for all to witness. Carrying a bovine head to the
State Secretariat, stepping and spitting on it, regularly calling Hindu
students ‘pariahs’ and belittling their faith has all become too common.
This is the actual mask that has now come off from the false one that they
have been putting on all this while whilst the Indians were faithfully
voting en bloc for the Umno-BN regime. The often heard of calls that
”Ambiga is a Hindu woman”, “Ambiga is anti-Islam” and most recently in
Merlimau, Melaka where they were carrying placards which read “Am babi ga”
very clearly shows that the Indians have only been made use of all this
while.
Prior to the coming in of the Bangladeshi work force, the Indians were
relied upon for all the menial work which nobody had wanted to do. But come
the general elections, the leaders of the ruling regime will come to the
palm oil and rubber estates, villages and urban squatter settlement where
the poorer Indian masses reside to try their hand in carrying babies and
feeding the old folks; all this done in the name of getting the votes.
Whilst they do this, they will promise that nearest Tamil school will be
upgraded and be given full government aid. Years will pass and the next
election will come and the process is repeated again and again. When the
Indians finally woke up after 50 years of submission to the regime in 2007,
the real picture is now seen for the whole world to witness.
Generally the Malays are very kind and warm people, but continous
indoctrination that they will be dominated by the Chinese and the Indians
in their own land has made a cross section of them very vary of the
non-Malays in general.
During the 70s and 80s when the last batch of Kirby and Brindsford Lodge
trained teachers were still teaching in our schools under the supervision
and guidance of the Christian missionaries many of whom were heading the
schools as their principals, racism was there but it was not allowed to
fester like what it has come to today.
The Christian missionaries did a good job at instilling discipline and a
liking towards school where every contribution by any student was taken
into account. Many Indian students who came from poor backgrounds sometimes
orphaned or from broken homes were taken in by the missionaries and turned
into worthy citizens.
The best were in the first class and the rest were streamed accordingly to
encourage competition. Levels were set and the students had to reach that
level at every term exam so as not to be demoted the following year. There
were many veteran teachers whom were good English speakers and the influx
of the new generation of teachers had slowly began at that time till to
date where we have many students correcting the level of English which
their teachers speak.
What the Indians have to learnt from this is that the teachers of
yesteryear did not call their wards ” Hindu Pariah” like what that young
teacher did in SMK Georgetown in Penang, teachers those days were respected
by all the races because they encouraged participation amongst all and did
not favour anyone. The best was chosen to represent the school. Be the
person Malay, Chinese or Indian, if he met the requirement he was chosen.
The rules were not bent like what happens now.
Indians have to note that after 2008, they can see for themselves the inner
being of the members of the party that they so trusted all this while. The
members of the ruling regime have just poured scorn on the Indians for
objecting and protesting for not being given an equal chance at all avenues
of oppurtunity that is availed to one.
Tamil schools now saw that if the corruption loopholes are plugged and the
State government is changed, they would have the money to donate to them
for the upgrading and well being of the school. Prior to that Tamil schools
had to beg and beg.
Hindu temples were at the mercy of the current regime prior to 2008, when
demolishment was taking place unhindered till the rise of Hindraf but after
2008, some state governments even had the money to donate to the building
of new temples and the refurbishment of old ones!
The true racist agenda of the regime is now clearly exposed for all to see.
The Indians will have to rise to the occasion and move forward to support
the thinking Malay who believes in equality. Because by believing in it,
the thinking Malay is doing himself and the generations to come a great
favour which is to have a sense of pride and confidence in one’s ability as
opposed to continously seeking to be the rentier class who couldn’t care a
damn about what happens as long as they get their cut of the pie and the
gravy train continues to past their way with a lot of goodies overflowing.
Being stateless in a land in which they have been born in for decades is a
problem that most Indians in the rural estates have been facing but up
until 2008, the problem was always swept under the carpet. There were some
in MIC who helped but the vast majority couldn’t be bothered because they
were afraid of offending their Umno superiors whom they had built a bond
with for common cause which is to continuously fool the people.
Low cost houses could not be obtained until the right person is tipped.
Usually a division chairman will be calling the shots and for those who
paid, their chances will be brighter. All this came into the limelight
after the Indians were finally awakened by the revolt in 2007. The Indians
must not be led by the noose anymore, whether we have enough Members of
Parliament or State Assemblymen, we must demand equality and respect.
If it takes an Indian woman to teach us about our responsibility as
citizens and to ensure that we are registered to vote, then we must support
that woman and be proud of the fact that she has taken it upon herself to
educate Malaysians of every race, colour and creed to face ugly racist
tendencies that we have lurking inside.
The bigger picture is equality and respect. Whether it is “Nambikei” or
“Vishwaz” nothing can be achieved if there is no equality and respect. What
is the use of the head of the administration in Putrajaya saying one thing
but his administration does another?
If they can show their butts to Ambiga just because she is an Indian, Hindu
and has the courage to lead, it won’t take long for them to do the same for
the next Indian who decides to speak up.
Let’s rise and do the right thing: Vote! Vote! and Vote!
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