The Malaysian Indian Curse

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The Malaysian Indian curse


July 24, 2013
by: FMT

The reality is the Indian community is ‘cursed’ with bad leadership and that has crippled the growth of the community. The Indian leadership mentality in this country needs to be reshaped and the current leaders needs to be ‘educated’ with leadership lessons or forced to resign in order to allow the new breed of leaders to take the helm.

The root cause for the disparity among the Indians are the caste (jati) system inherited from India. The recent fiasco over MIC presidential elections is surrounded by the caste support for the top post. The Mukkulathors and Kounders are the dominant caste and the current president is aligning the candidates with the respective caste. Despite their education, the leaders are still playing the caste sentiments in politics. In this context, whom shall we blame for the backwardness of community? The leaders for campaigning based on caste or the community for practicing the caste system till today without regards to human values?

The social stratification of the community has hampered the progress of the Indians and we are the root cause for our downfall because of the choice to practice caste system. Mahatma Gandhi, BR Ambedkar, Periyar, EV Ramasamy spent their lives fighting for the eradication of the caste system. Their achievements helped uplift the Dalits (untouchables) in India. In Malaysian context, the caste system is the root cause for our political and economy failure and the Indian community in should take responsibility for the society’s collapse.

The leadership should abandon the caste system and embark on reconciliation programmes among the jatis. The focus should be on electing the leaders based on their education background, contributions, leadership qualities, etc. not jati. The ancient Hindu texts suggested that the caste system is flexible not rigid. The flexibility has allowed a lower caste sage Valmiki to compose the epic Ramayana. That implicates that anyone who works hard could liberate their life from the clutches of the mundane caste system and poverty.

Excerpt: The Malaysian Indian curse | Free Malaysia Today

The article discusses the communal failures of the Indian community in Malaysia from a political and social perspective.

 

[shuntmaster]

Bad and corrupt leadership in the malaysian indian community is the biggest reason for majority of the problems facing the community. People like samivelu are the scum of the society, who represented the community for a long time, to enrich themselves at communitys cost. Also, the bhumiputra racial policies of the federal government had a big contributing factors to communitys problems. Inspite of the problems, some of the most successful malaysians, like anathakrishnan, come from the indian community..

 

[mahesh.]

As far as I know, Caste politics are increasing in India. I do not see any progress in this matter in near future. But on the plus side, lower caste people are now gaining political and economic status.

 

[Tshering22]

As far as I know, Caste politics are increasing in India. I do not see any progress in this matter in near future. But on the plus side, lower caste people are now gaining political and economic status.

And ironically caste politics is promoted by those who call themselves the messiahs of secularism. Mayawati and Yadavs promoting vandalism in the name of secularism such as the recent riot in Meerut, the vandalizing of Buddha Park in UP and the obvious stubborn attitude of Congress in rest of the parts of country that laid the foundation of modern casteism in politics.

Any effing form you go to get, you have the mention of a caste/minority or some other stupid 'tribe' name.

This divisive politics has been ingrained in the Indian gene by Brits first and then later Nehruvian Dynasty.