[Reader-list] Are Hindus ‘others’?

[Pawan Durani]

I share a subject line as it is from a respectable newspaper.

And the fact about the subject can be ascertained not shouted down.



On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:28 PM, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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?
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> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Iftedah he Sicokular Ishq mein ..Sari raat jaage ....Allah jaane Kya Hoga
>> Aage ....
>>
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>> http://www.dailypioneer.com/249530/Are-Hindus-‘others’.html<
>> http://www.dailypioneer.com/249530/Are-Hindus-%E2%80%98others%E2%80%99.html
>> >
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>> *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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