It will be better for Pranab Mukherjee, Karunanidhi and the like to be more worried about the problems facing our country rather than commenting about the alleged crackdown on ethnic Indians in Malaysia where such incidents are extremely rare.
In India these are a daily occurrence with the inhuman onslaught on the Honda factory workers still fresh in our minds. Moreover, consider these facts and figures. The country ranks 128 in the human development index which is worse than Botswana. We rank 92 in the global hunger index below some of the sub-Saharan African countries in spite of more than surplus food production. In human rights too, India has an appalling record with communal rights and violence against the lower castes on the rise. In such scenario, when India’s sack is overflowing with distressing problems, our politicians need not look at others.
Deepak Joshi
Bhandup (W), Maharashtra