...ways and means to make sure that the minority communities are not discriminated against
The subtle equilibrium of the inter-racial politics of
Malaysia has come under serious peril from an unanticipated front & the response from the Malaysian Government poses critical questions about freedom of expression. A relatively unknown conglomerate of Hindu NGOs named Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) called a mammoth rally in Kuala Lumpur, to air its objections about the so called marginalisation of the Indian ethnic minority community (read Tamil Hindus). Apart from that, in a somewhat comical demand, the organisation also demanded compensation from Great Britain for the community’s exploitation during the colonial era. An off the guard government came quickly to action & arrested the top HINDRAF leaders.
Surprisingly, HINDRAF’s mass mobilisation has made very little or no appeal to non-Hindus, many of them Indians. The situation was somewhat worsened by the un-diplomatic participation of Indian politicians in a war of words with their Malaysian counterparts. M. Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu reacted angrily to the events. The RSS grabbed the chance to show itself as the sole propagator of Hindu cause & talked about “global unity of Hindus”. As always, authorities too, jumped the gun.
Many ethnic Chinese & Indians, who form the two main minority communities, are uncared for, particularly concerning an affirmative action programme named ‘Bhoomiputra Programme’ that gives privileges to Malays in business, jobs & education. What made the issue complex was the fact that any attempt to air ethnic minority grumbles in Malaysia is always projected by the Malay dominated government & administration as a threat to national security & cannot be allowed to be glossed over, without mentioning the 1969 race riots, which had Malays & Chinese against each other, that claimed several lives. The same happened this time as Sami Velu, the Minister for ethnic minority Indians & himself a Hindu, termed the protest irrational & accused RSS and other NRI Hindus of trying to destabilise the country.
Nevertheless, HINDRAF thinks otherwise. P. Uthyakumar, the legal advisor of HINDRAF told B&E, “Sami Velu is a proxy of the UMNO led government. In exchange for the salary, the royal awards and also some government contracts, his job is to cheat the Indian community.” Meanwhile, Malaysia has said that it is willing to sacrifice public freedoms for the sake of national stability. It can be concluded that recent events have deeply affected the social fabric of Malaysia. For a novice, Lord Rama is the most favoured hero of Malaysians & stage performance on Ramayana, the most watched event. There is a lesson to be learnt there.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
The subtle equilibrium of the inter-racial politics of
Malaysia has come under serious peril from an unanticipated front & the response from the Malaysian Government poses critical questions about freedom of expression. A relatively unknown conglomerate of Hindu NGOs named Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) called a mammoth rally in Kuala Lumpur, to air its objections about the so called marginalisation of the Indian ethnic minority community (read Tamil Hindus). Apart from that, in a somewhat comical demand, the organisation also demanded compensation from Great Britain for the community’s exploitation during the colonial era. An off the guard government came quickly to action & arrested the top HINDRAF leaders.Surprisingly, HINDRAF’s mass mobilisation has made very little or no appeal to non-Hindus, many of them Indians. The situation was somewhat worsened by the un-diplomatic participation of Indian politicians in a war of words with their Malaysian counterparts. M. Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu reacted angrily to the events. The RSS grabbed the chance to show itself as the sole propagator of Hindu cause & talked about “global unity of Hindus”. As always, authorities too, jumped the gun.
Many ethnic Chinese & Indians, who form the two main minority communities, are uncared for, particularly concerning an affirmative action programme named ‘Bhoomiputra Programme’ that gives privileges to Malays in business, jobs & education. What made the issue complex was the fact that any attempt to air ethnic minority grumbles in Malaysia is always projected by the Malay dominated government & administration as a threat to national security & cannot be allowed to be glossed over, without mentioning the 1969 race riots, which had Malays & Chinese against each other, that claimed several lives. The same happened this time as Sami Velu, the Minister for ethnic minority Indians & himself a Hindu, termed the protest irrational & accused RSS and other NRI Hindus of trying to destabilise the country.
Nevertheless, HINDRAF thinks otherwise. P. Uthyakumar, the legal advisor of HINDRAF told B&E, “Sami Velu is a proxy of the UMNO led government. In exchange for the salary, the royal awards and also some government contracts, his job is to cheat the Indian community.” Meanwhile, Malaysia has said that it is willing to sacrifice public freedoms for the sake of national stability. It can be concluded that recent events have deeply affected the social fabric of Malaysia. For a novice, Lord Rama is the most favoured hero of Malaysians & stage performance on Ramayana, the most watched event. There is a lesson to be learnt there.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
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segments and with full force. When we think that the market is right, we time our entry"On the future of the small cars Mayank Pareek,Executive Officer (Marketing & Sales), Maruti Suzuki India is known to be a small car market for quite some time now and this is primarily because of the low penetration levels here. As of now only 9 out of 1,000 people own a car. Naturally, every body desires finally to upgrade. So we look forward to help this vast multitude of population to get a car. To give a prospective, even countries like Pakistan have car penetrations of 20 per 1,000! So demand for small cars will always be there in India. Secondly, if you see demographic wise, if you divide the households into 4 categories, i.e. deprived, aspirers, middle class and rich-the middle class households will almost double to 48% by 2010-11. Therefore demand for small cars will be extremely big.
face to technology. But for the Indian technology giant, HCL Technologies, it wasn’t very difficult to showcase how over the years, the company had unwittingly become an integral part of its consumers life. After all, HCL has been India’s sole hardware brand for decades. So, in April 2007, when HCL decided to give itself a modern and global face, the domestic tech giant picked its own employee to make a communication splash. With a telling tagline – ‘Technology that touches life’ – the commercial began with a hitchhiker (an employee of HCL) taking a lift from an investment banker. During the journey, the hitchhiker explains how HCL Technology is an integral part of everyone’s life. Exactly a year later in April 2008, HCL technologies came up with a sequel to the ad in which the world is shown coming to the employee and talking about HCL making an impact in their lives.
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