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Planning to get married in Goa? www.weddingsetcgoa.com Making your 'dream wedding' possible ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred, I was not aware that these ladies were indeed Muslims, till I read this posting. I read the 1st item on Navhind Times online, without any mention of religion. I also, did not research the event online, as much as you did! I am well aware of the discrimination and racial profiling that takes place. It is quite unfortunate that it is taking place. Before 9/11, I used to be surprised at the security checks at US airports.. they were more lax than at any Indian airports! The events of 9/11, then the London and Madrid bombings and the attacks on Mumbai trains and hotels, have added to the fear. Naguesh Bhatcar [email protected] > Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 00:47:39 +0530 > From: [email protected] > > Whether we admit it or not, there's a whole lot of racial/communal > profiling going on out there. Had the women been Hindus or Christians, > the issue would have been probably sorted out with a few brief words. > > The issue of these women's religious identity has already become an > issue in one post I read in cyberspace! Why act as if such biases > don't exist? FN > > PS: Today's Gomantak Times quotes SP Atmaran Deshpande as saying the > live cartridges were "as old as 20 years", and that the father of the > Sayyed sisters told police he didn't realise the pouch containing the > bullets were lying in his bag, which was borrowed by his daughters for > their holiday trip to Goa! > > GT adds: "Amusingly, on two occasions when the two sisters boarded a > flight to Goa from Mumbai airport and they landed here, their luggage > was not detected with live cartridges until they were caught while > returning to their native (sic)." >
