Hi C'da: > What am I missing? Or forgot that Indians, in general, are the most close and narrow-minded, prejudiced and racist people alive on the face of the earth?
“In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass” > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:36:00 -0600> To: [email protected]> From: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]> Subject: [Assam] What is Going in Maharashtra?> > I hadn't > followed what has led to what I saw in the ToI article > below. But I am very > curious about claims of Indians in this forum > that Mumbai is the MOST > cosmpolitan of Indian metropolitan regions, > where such conflicts as this > does not exist.> > From recent outpouring of certain assamnetters' revulsion > towards and > condemnation of their fellow Oxomiyas, whom they perceive to be > > uniquely xenophobic, this news is certainly coming as a surprise. > More so > because it is coming from Mumbai.> > What am I missing?> > cm> > > > > > > > > > Maha exodus: 10,000 north Indians flee in fear> 14 Feb 2008, 0030 hrs > IST,TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES> Print Save EMail Write to Editor> > > NASHIK/PATNA: With violence against north Indians in this industrial > town > and adjoining areas showing no signs of abating on the second > consecutive > day, the number of migrants fleeing for their homes - > mostly in Uttar > Pradesh and Bihar - crossed 10,000, making it perhaps > one of the largest > exodus in the country from a single district in > recent years.> > And > ironically, on the second day of attacks, its first victim wasn't > from UP > or Bihar; he was from Ojhar, a mere 21 km from Nashik.> > Ambadas Haribhau > Dharrao, 55, an employee of Hindustan Aeronautics > Ltd, was fatally wounded > when Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists on > Wednesday attacked and pelted > stones at the bus he was travelling in.> > The violence started 10 days back > when MNS activists attacked migrant > workers as the Samajwadi Party held a > rally in Mumbai.> > Since then, MNS chief Raj Thackeray has carried on a > vitriol-laced > campaign against north Indians, stoking chauvinistic feelings > and > appealing to Marathi pride.> > > _______________________________________________> assam mailing list> > [email protected]> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _________________________________________________________________ Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail®-get your "fix". http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
