[Reader-list] 'Striking AIIMS docs live in a glass house'

[aniruddha dutta]

Oh God, shit, how stupid are we for criticising the middle class.... after
all, we all file  our tax returns and the poor rural 'junta' do nothing
because they don't file tax returns... wonder who are the people who do all
the urban construction-work, share-cropping, cheap industrial labour and so
on for abysmally low wages, on whose work we survive? Mr Shashidhar, do you
know that a huge percentage of India's population CANNOT (not DO NOT) file
tax returns because they can't even earn Rs 20,000 a year and the least
taxable income is about Rs 60,000? About Rs 20,000 is also what it  takes
for coaching, tutorial etc. expenses for many of these educational
institutes... so much for merit and opportunity. But then it is useless to
argue about such basic points... so instead, let's just sing a paean to
ourselves, the middle class.

Yours Enlightenedly,
Aniruddha, Kolkata.


On 6/2/06, Shivam <shivamvij at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Mr Shashidhar,
>
> I sincerely apologise to you for hurting your sentiments!
>
> Jai Hind to you too!
> Shivam
>
>
> On 6/1/06, shashidhar sabnavis <iwasthere2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Dear Mr. Shivam,
> >
> > I do not know where you get your facts from, he thinks
> > that an institute like AIIMS has management seats, he
> > must be the biggest fool on this planet, Has Mr.
> > shivam been to any of the medical colleges, the
> > students there study like dogs.. Without food without
> > sleep and at the end of the day they have nothing but
> > 2 or three seats in higher education, there have been
> > no efforts from the government to raise any of these
> > seats. The government spends about less than 5% on
> > health and education combines, and as far the general
> > population is concerned these are the only development
> > activities ever, now if you scrutinize the education
> > budget, more than 80% is spent on the hallowed and
> > inaccessible higher education.
> >
> > One more point of consideration, Who pays for all
> > this, the 2% educational cess you and I from the
> > shameful middle class, Let me ask the very loud and
> > brash Mr. Shivam how many Rural Empowered SC. ST. BC,
> > OBC junta even bother filing their tax returns. They
> > do not pay the money, they do not study, they want
> > seats what else..
> >
> > And the entire middle class who come to voice their
> > opinions are shameful, in his opinion we must all give
> > up on issues and sit at home and let people elected by
> > a 40% representative population make rules for us.
> >
> > Does Mr. Shivam what stink exists in rural India and
> > what kind of people are allowed to pass exams, nobody
> > dares takes these people in their organization because
> > their standards so abysmally low, instead of ensuring
> > that children go to schools and enjoy their education,
> > develop aspirations and works towards them, we want to
> > push them into schools of excellence established to
> > serve the country..
> >
> > Shame on him for calling the youth of this Great
> > nation a Shame
> >
> > Jai Hind,
> >
> > Shashi
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