Trigger Happy!

Attack on minorities is not new in our country; however the latest oppression of minorities has gone to newer heights and does not have much parallel in the history of Tamil Nadu. Whenever the Christian community is in the news for any people oriented activities, the caste Indians never hesitates to blame their activities to the "Foreign Fund” mirage. However it is those caste Indians who beg the world for foreign investment in the name of FDI. In India, from infra structure to human development, it is the government which begs for foreign fund and not otherwise. The oppression of minorities is a one sided game for the corrupt government to conceal its mis-governance. People forget corruption too fast when government blames the minorities or those who oppose its inhuman development models. This is what happened in Idunthakarai, a small hamlet which is in the forefront to oppose the unviable Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant. The Tamil Nadu Police forcefully entered the St Lourdes Church and broke the revered statute of St. Lourdes and urinated in the holy place to insult the minority Christian community in the Indian Republic. The elderly women who were praying in the church were dragged out of the church and assaulted mercilessly. One fisherman was killed by the police firing and another was driven to death by a low flying Coast Guard aircraft. Not even the British used its powerful fighter aircrafts against the poor Indian citizens. The message by the caste fanatic Indian ruling class is clear; “We will eliminate every voice of dissent in our way to please those Russians and Americans so that we can cocoon ourselves in our city forts”. The more the minorities oppose its easy for the ruling class to be trigger happy. The safety, security and equality guaranteed by our constitution to tribals and minorities are ensured to be only in the paper, so that the rulers can continue to exploit these voiceless citizens.

Killing the Voice of the Dissent

Human race has always reacted with brutal force as soon as it senses "Dissent". A change from the usual tested course of movement is not appreciated at all. But history has always taught us a simple lesson that dissent alone helps us understand the wholesome truth. The birth of protestant order was due to dissent. The Catholic Church resented the dissent but had to live with over the period of time. Usually the ruling class holds the stick whenever the tax payer exhibits dissent. Just to make sure that the obedience is upheld and their power is restored. It is this attitude that forces governments across the globe to brutally crush dissent. The recent killing of fisherman in Koodankulam, TN, India is an example how ruthlessly the governments can be on such simple folks. In India almost in every police firing it is the Dalits and the other socially backward communities that are killed and injured. This clearly shows how India is still run by the Caste fanatics who love to continue to hold the whip and suck the blood of these socially deprived communities. The Gandhi-Nehru family which is hell bend on promoting caste based power system in this so called Democracy, has continued to fuel the growth of casteism and indirectly fuelling racism. This outrageous system comes very handy for the rulers to enforce their vested interests and continue to kill the voice of the voiceless simply to eliminate dissent. The more we allow such atrocities, the more we are sinking towards backwardness and anarchy!