[Reader-list] Are Hindus ‘others’?

[anupam chakravartty]

On what basis have you written this line at the start of the article:
"Iftedah he Sicokular Ishq mein ..Sari raat jaage ....Allah jaane Kya Hoga"
is this your view. then i stated my view as well also.


On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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?
> >
> >
> > 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 ....
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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