[Reader-list] Giving money to any individual student based on faith, caste, is it correct in rule of laws, in democra

[anupam chakravartty]

im sorry i just realised that this comment was meant for rakesh, not
rajen...apologies

On 5/21/09, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear Rajen,
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> social issues have to tackled inclusively. do you even know what
> inclusiveness means? im sure you dont. i am sorry but i will state it now.
> your "dont mix communalism with solutions to social problems" idea is
> pseudo, when you in another post you go to say that with the growth of
> religious fundamentalism, hindus must be united.
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> let me very clear, that with postings of this sort no solution will come
> out it. identity politics is narrower, shallower and mostly stupid as doesnt
> consider people as individuals but merely as groups with common traits.
> certainly, it helps in administration, but it defecates on the social fabric
> of our society and our aspirations as a nation.
>
> -anupam
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>  On 5/21/09, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Dear Rajen
>>
>> One clarification. I said 'don't mix communalism with social
>> demographics'.
>> It should actually be 'don't mix communalism with solutions to social
>> problems'. In other words, don't look at ghosts which don't exist.
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