[Reader-list] Fwd: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender

[Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi]

COME ON NOW, RAKESH JEE, WE ALL RESPECT THE TRANSGENDER persons, without
whom the marriages do not happen as they sing for married couple to be
happier, a child born is blessed by them, so also all the epics of all the
faiths have the transgender in them in important roles, Man Mohini Singh is
also important in India with the female voice, he looks smart in blue
turban, but is very string to sale of national interests to his headmaster
uncle Sam.Being woman is respectable as transgender, but this manmohini is
neither here nor there with his flip flops. !
Even Ardhanarishwara has many damaging facts to tell as lust for personal
glories takes over societal interests and national interests.
Regards,
Rajen.

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > What I find particularly surprising and appalling in the mails sent, is
> the
> > reference to our PM as 'Manmohini Singh'. The reference to him as being
> > 'weak male' and a possible 'transgender', is also bringing to light the
> > truth of a certain section of males in the society.
> >
> > The problem I have with such a description is that by stating that the PM
> > is a 'weak male', it has been assumed that males are always strong.
> What's
> > more, indirectly it seems to have been stated that females are weak. The
> > notion of masculinity being stronger than femininity seems to come out of
> > such a description of our PM. This is against the very basis of equality
> of
> > men and women, which is a part and parcel of our Indian Constitution, and
> > which we are supposed to adhere to, not only as Indians, but also as
> human
> > beings.
> >
> > Hence, if Rajen jee or anybody means that masculinity is stronger than
> > femininity, I believe such statements are an inkling of the constant fear
> of
> > their masculinity being scrutinized, which makes males behave in a manner
> to
> > prove that they are 'males indeed'. And in the 21st century, if this is a
> > problem, it is certainly despicable, and somewhere our society and all of
> us
> > deserve the blame for that.
> >
> > Equally, the trans-genders have been looked down upon, when Manmohan is
> > referred to as a 'trans-gender'. Aren't trans-genders human beings after
> > all? Again the Indian Constitution doesn't allow us to look down upon
> other
> > human beings. Neither do human rights, or values which we as rational
> beings
> > must adhere to. Then what's the problem even if Manmohan is a
> transgender.
> >
> > This reminds me of another statement which was made in the documentary
> > 'Father, Son & Holy War'  (documentary made by Mr. Anand Patwardhan) by
> > someone : 'Agar Rao (Narsimha Rao, then the PM of India) ko Babri masjid
> > banana hai to use keh do sadi aur haathon mein chudiyan pehen le. (If Rao
> > feels that Babri Masjid should be reconstructed, then he should wear
> bangles
> > and sari).'
> >
> > What's the use of stating that 'trans-genders, gays and lesbians are also
> > humans', when you will still look down upon them? Is that behavior
> > acceptable even to you?
> >
> > I am not defending Manmohan Singh at all in this kind of discussion.
> > According to me, Manmohan is an ineffective PM, as was Vajpayee. While
> > Vajpayee slept over Kandahar, Godhra and its aftermath, and also during
> > investigations of the Parliament attack, Manmohan has to his credit most
> of
> > the negative things surrounding the UPA govt.
> >
> > His govt. has been involved in a Rs. 2,500 crore scam (unearthed recently
> > and published in Outlook). The CAG constantly has indicted the previous
> UPA
> > govt time and again for many wasteful expenditures in the past and even
> now
> > (Even the Garib Rath is a total failure, going by the CAG report, because
> > the 'garibs' who were to use the train, are not using it at all). Defence
> > dept. may be sitting on the top of another huge scam since Bofors, the
> > telecom dept. has been under the cloud ever since A. Raja was the
> minister,
> > the consumer-price inflation has been touching the sky for the past 3
> years
> > (it is 8% for almost the entire year going by the CPI figures), handling
> of
> > terrorism was a failure, and most of all, the NREGA was mostly running
> > ineffectively. Even the much-touted handling of the Railways, under the
> > previous Railway Minister, Shree Lalu Prasad, is now under the scanner,
> but
> > ironically, even during his field days as a minister, the CAG was
> constantly
> > criticizing his moves.
> >
> > Even the credible achievements of the UPA govt can be attributed either
> to
> > the organizations fighting on the ground (for bringing issues to notice),
> > Left or to Sonia Gandhi (for thinking they are important and introducing
> > such legislations in Parliament). The PM's achievements were handling
> > problems in the Ambani family, mingling with the corporate sector, and
> > involving himself in a vote which brought about another shameful day in
> the
> > Parliament (if you remember the trust vote his govt faced in 2008). And
> of
> > course, now he is back with the UID in his second term.
> >
> > Manmohan is certainly a weak PM (or strong depending on which side you
> > are), but so of course were many. And what's more, problems won't be
> solved
> > if we make Dara Singh the PM of India (whom I believe Rajen jee would
> > consider to be a strong enough male). It's in making the administration
> > responsive and humane that the govt. would work. And that's what we
> should
> > strive towards.
> >
> > And more importantly, all of us should learn the meaning of equality and
> be
> > careful before making such statements. It's a request from me.
> >
> >
> >
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-- 
Rajen.