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04/09/2011

Gandhi revival!

While the Middle-East is in chaos, an Indian man lies down on a place in the center of Delhi.

He started a hunger strike on April 6th. He is rebelling against corruption!!

In India, there is a law (Lokpal Bill) “that has been kept in the freezer for 43 years” by all the governments (I hope this doesn’t surprise anyone!). Apparently now he had enough…

 

India,Gandhi,Anna Hazare,corruption,Lokpal bill, hunger strike

India,Gandhi,Anna Hazare,corruption,Lokpal bill, hunger strike

 

Let’s see what happens next!

 

Sources:

 

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/lokpal-bill-government-vs-anna-hazare/148415-3.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12968151

http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2011/04/07/01003-20110407ARTFIG00740-inde-mouvement-populaire-contre-la-corruption.php

03/31/2011

A thick-skinned myth…

I met a French girl travelling in India who told me it would be a good thing if Indians became « leaders » of the world because they are non-violent.

I had a quite violent reaction…!

Indians are like every other human being, not more violent, not less violent.

 

Hum, maybe with a few exceptions:

 

§          Sexual violence where “nearly one in four Indian men has committed sexual violence at some point in their lives and one in five has admittedly forced his wife or partner to have sex (worse, more than 65% Indian men also believed that women should tolerate violence to keep the family together and that women sometimes deserved to be beaten)”;

 

§          Violence against intouchables: “every hour two Dalits are assaulted; every day three Dalit women are raped, two Dalits are murdered, and two Dalit homes are torched”;

 

§          The national religious terrorism which makes India the 6th country in terms of risk of attacks (2001: 5,839 victims, 2010: 1,902) – Maoists are not happy, Christians are sent to the jungle, Hindus and Muslims bomb each other shrine and Kashmir is still a battle field.

 

So, Gandhi and these stories have to stop! By the way, though it is not known in Europe, many people criticize Gandhi here. But this is not my point. My point is that today, Indians are just normal!!

 

Sources :

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-07/india/28665246_1_indian-men-international-men-males

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/06/0602_030602_untouchables.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/16/us-security-risk-ranking-idUSTRE61F28D20100216 http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/index.html