WHY I DID NOT JOIN HINDRAF

I was born here in Malaysia. In my earlier days, when I was looking for a job, I used to get frustrated reading in the papers."ONLY CHINESE PREFERRED" & " BUMIPUTRAS ONLY".Looked like I was heading for a lower class job. Needful to say all my ancestors were road sweepers, coolies for the British and rubber tappers. There was nothing to shout about in terms of family geneology. But somehow I got through Law School and managed to get out of the rut. Last month alone I billed an Australian Company RM........ for writing 2 letters.I think I got some brains. I will not be anybodys's roadsweeper or garbage collector.But I have to face the fact that I am a minority here in Malaysia. So I must plan for myself.I may have the brains, but my colour alone is enough to close the opportunity.The others may smilingly deny this but thats a fact every Indian here in Malaysia has got to face. Just go to the ATM at any banks here in Malaysia-only 3 languages wil appear- English, Malays and Chinese. The reality here is this- if you dont have money- you dont count- thats the bottom line.

One of the besetting setbacks of the Indian people is that we are deeply religious. Most of our religious festivals are nothing short of an embarassment. To say this very thing, I will be murdered by some Indian gangsters. Look at the land. I feel we have defiled the land that accepted us.Remember Indian, the Malays did not invite us here. It was the British who took advantage of Malays ignorance and brought us here. When the British left, they conveniently dumped us and left.So much for British values. Indians should not dramatize their way out of this fact by shouting in the streets.History cannot be rewritten. I will deal with this issue sometime.

I want to ask the Indian community- are temples more important than educating our people? How many gods and how many temples do we need? Just drive around the Brickfields area.There a temple in almost every street corner.I even came across a little god I had never met before-even those who prayed there did not know what it was-was black and had longer fangs than a vampire. I got the feeling that even the Count Dracula would get a heart attack seeing one of these "god' of ours.

"KALI GODESS OF VIOLENCE A recent report by the press trust of India stated that during the past three years more than 2,500 young boys and girls were sacrificed to goddess kali in India An AFP… more →"

And one of the recurring controversies with the Hindu people is this- wherever we go we have this ingrained habit of building a temple here and there- never mind if its Goverment land.Later when the authorities come to reclaim thier land- the Indians cause a problem. Cow brain Indians- would you like others to build their Churches and Mosques on your land? Would you sit still?

HINDRAF must tell the people in all honesty. DO NOT BUILD ANY MORE TEMPLES IN KUALA LUMPUR. Its a waste of time, energy and money. You will be doing a great disservice to the next generation if you smear their young impressionable minds with our ancestors religious bullshit-because that what it is. Unless this is spoken loud and clear , I WILL NEVER JOIN HINDRAF!!
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