[Reader-list] Are Hindus ‘others’?

[anupam chakravartty]

Really ridiculous. on one hand, you want send mails after mails demanding
punishment for Sajjan Kumar and Tytler for killing sikhs, while you post
ridiculous issue about religion with a subject line: "are hindu others". can
you stop this divisive political agendas here?


On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>wrote:

> Iftedah he Sickular Ishq mein ..Sari raat jaage ....Allah jaane Kya Hoga
> Aage ....
>
>
>
> http://www.dailypioneer.com/249530/Are-Hindus-‘others’.html<
> http://www.dailypioneer.com/249530/Are-Hindus-%E2%80%98others%E2%80%99.html
> >
>
> *Are Hindus ‘others’?*
>
> *Abhishek Anshu | New Delhi*
>
> *GGSIPU admission form raises eyebrows*
>
> In an apparent error of omission on the part of authorities, Guru Gobind
> Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) has asked all applicants to mention
> their religion in the admission form by marking the appropriate option, but
> failed to provide that of ‘Hindu’ even though all minority faiths are
> listed
> specifically.
>
> Those belonging to the Hindu religion are, therefore, left with no choice
> but to indicate their faith by ticking the ‘Others’ column on the list.
>
> While such a format has sparked widespread confusion and panic among
> students and applicants, IP University Vice-Chancellor Prof DK
> Bandyo-padhyay has said by way of clarification that the “column contains
> minority religions and Hindu falls in the category of ‘Others’”.
>
> “This is nothing unusual as it is known to all that Hindus are the
> majority.
> The ‘religion’ column has minorities in it and the Hindu students should
> fill out the ‘Others’ option given in the religion column of the form,”
> said
> Bandyopadhyay.
>
> The V-C added that in the form, SC/ST/OBC and ‘Others’ are separate
> options.
> “In the form, we have the options of Minorities, SC/ST/OBC and ‘Others’.
> Hindus, being the majority, should fill up ‘Others’,” he said. All
> explanations notwithstanding, students are still perplexed about how to
> fill
> the admission forms and some of them are even in a state of panic.
>
> “I filled up the application form but when I got to the religion column, I
> got confused as ‘Hindu’ was nowhere on the page. I have filled forms of
> various universities but this is for the first time I have seen something
> like this,” Aarushi, an applicant, said.
>
> She added she had to reread the admission brochure to confirm there were no
> printing errors. “I was scared there was a printing error. After going
> through the brochure, I learnt that the option was simply not mentioned,”
> she said. IP University was hit by controversy recently when over 1,000
> fake
> admission forms were submitted by applicants.
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