I do not entirely agree with Dr Mohanraj's O ye Indian!

"I am puzzled why Indian parents send their children to unrecognised medical schools in the first place," he says.

Mohanraj is ignorant not to realise that Indians have no money and they can't get seats in their own country. Plain logic says that they are left with no choice but to send their children to 'cheap' places. Some pre-med students had to switch to unrecognised colleges because they couldn't afford the steep fees imposed by the 'recognised' ones. Why didn't the JPA help them at that point? At least, we would have had more doctors now. (Not all these students are weak, I've seen them. Some are better than their home-trained counterparts.

".... arm-twist poor minister S Samy Vellu to get these dubious degrees recognised," he says.

Poor minister? Definitely not. And where else can they go for help when there is only one Indian minister who also projects himself as the only hardworking man in his party? He asked for it.

Mohanraj says, "The issue of having two Indian cabinet ministers keeps popping up. Do people seriously believe that the lot of Indians will be any different if there were two - or even three - ministers from the community?"

Oh yes. For the record, I do. Maybe Mohanraj will be happy if we have no Indian cabinet ministers at all. After all, we are all Malaysians. Wake up O ye Indian!

"On a lighter vein I cannot resist adding that there are indeed a few ministers (besides Samy Vellu) - at least three cabinet ministers I can think of, who are ethnic Tamils but for reasons that are obvious, call themselves Malays!"

On a lighter vein, I would also like to remind him that these ministers are Umno members. It is said that our former prime minister is also half Indian. And since he's now retired, maybe he can join the MIC and help Samy Vellu steer the party.

"So, stop harassing poor minister Samy Vellu and let him get on with his job. Even if, as some argue, only a few Indians benefit from his leadership, that's good enough and I hope their success will have a domino effect on the rest of the community," he says.

You need to help only a chosen few and you are supposed to be left alone to get on with your job? I envy that job! And I'm still waiting for that domino to hit me.

Mohanraj says, "...get rid of that untidy oily look...".

Looks like I either have to ask half my family members to change vocations or get rid of them altogether! Come on! Professional Indians like you are still few. The majority are hardworking wage earners who were either denied their chance to have a decent education or denied government jobs that would have placed them in air-conditioned government departments.

"When minister Samy Vellu advised medical doctors from unrecognised universities to go and work abroad, he was right one hundred percent," he says.

Well, when the voice of the majority wants Samy Vellu out, they too, are right 100 percent!

"It will hardly matter if we do not have so-called adequate political representation. Just look at successful communities throughout the world, many not only have no political representation but have been persecuted by the majority community," he says.

Sorry, but I didn't get the point. Both statements contradict each other.

And finally, "History shows that in every society there were one or two generations who suffered the most but only to produce a subsequent generation that was successful. That is indeed our karma."

Please brush up your history. The first generation was sent to the Death Railway - gone. The second generation drank 'samsu'- gone. The third generation was denied varsity places and government jobs - gone. The fourth generation was led by Samy Vellu - gone. The fifth generation comprises those who have been successfully hoodwinked by politicians and continue to mislead the next generation - totally gone!

I rest my case.