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Sunday, July 03, 2005

Trackback:CSMU

Here we go again. Another slap on the Indian community. With the de-recognition of the CSMU. Suspension of Sothinathan. Headlines. Racial debates. Then utter silence.

I’m not going to dwell on the racial issue again. It has been much talked upon, much debated upon. And I’m so sick of bringing it up again.

Indians are solely to be blamed on this issue. Surprised? Let’s track back the list of events which happened before the big issue.

The visit of one of the ministers to Russia. The vast number of our Indian students flocking to greet the minister who did nothing for them. Necessary? No. Question: If Samyvellu visited Russia, would the Indian students there go in droves to meet him? I have my doubts. The fact remains that between the first minister and Samy vellu, the latter actually have contributed to the advancements of the students. Do we appreciate that? No. Back in MMU, there was even a joke during one of the Indian events, that when Samy vellu enters the venue, the song ‘Who let the dogs out’ to be played. So what did the first minister do? He observed the amount of would be Indian doctors who will return to Malaysia soon and this being an obvious threat to the, let’s face it, Malay community.

Indians received the first blow. The Russian medical institute was condemned. The Russian council fought back and defended their institution. Matter was silenced. But the fire in the minister didn’t stop.

Our Indian ministers were too busy fighting about who is going to stand in the next election. Even during the annual gathering of MIC, everyone were to busy to figure out who would stand against who than to bother on how to help and contribute to the advancement of Indians. With the first blow, the ministers should have realized that efforts are being made somewhere to make sure that not many Indians would be able to become doctors in Malaysia. If they were smart enough, first warnings should have been given to parents out there to send their students to other parts of the country to study medicine and not concentrate on Russia alone. There’s always Indonesia, India, or even the Middle East countries which of course being the Malaysian Muslim counterparts, our ‘tolerant’ Malaysian leaders would not dare to touch. Did that happen? No. Indians kept flocking Russia.

Second blow. CSMU. Case closed. Now what we do? Shout in parliament? What difference would it make? We are a small community. No one will come to our aid. We are living in a place where our leader shout to other countries and say that they are living in harmony with other races but in reality, they are finding ways to stamp their muddy shoes on each of our heads.

Let’s look back at the Arumugam Pillai institute. Our leaders didn’t even know that the institute had started functioning and no Indians had enrolled. Why? Would the Chinese community have given up like that? There was 2.5 million in the fund. Where did the money go? Why were the Indian leaders so stupid to give up the money like that?

In order to survive, we Indians need to be smart, good practical, strategic thinkers. Strong fighters.

Let’s face it. We are always considered foreigners in this land. In order to survive, we need to be smart and outsmart the other races when it comes to strategy. We don’t just need to work hard, but instead we need to make sure that we are always one step ahead of others.

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Special thanks to MP Sothinathan for defending and fighting for the sake of Indians out there. But all these could have been avoided if we had taken preventive steps before hand.
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