YOURSAY | ‘If he was more than ‘a bit sad’, he could’ve solved the community’s problems.’
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Minority Rights Action Party concerned that UKM will hold a talk on 'questioning' the Indian community.
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“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
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COMMENT | Indian Malaysians do not need a political party to look after their ‘interests’.
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YOURSAY | ‘Do in 100 days for Indians what MIC and Umno could not in 61 years.’
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LETTER | Us Indians have been burned by Mahathir, time and again.
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LETTER | Gov't should have an independent body under the PM's office to help local Indian artistes.
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LETTER | Will everyone stop this charade of victimising Indians as a pawn towards capturing Putrajaya?
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LETTER | For some, the quota system is the only chance to escape the poverty trap.
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Indian M'sians should not vote for BN any longer - yet, why do some persist in doing so?
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COMMENT | Indian Muslims must be smart enough to know: God helps those who help themselves.
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Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak launched the federal government’s Blueprint for the Indians last Sunday. He described the blueprint to uplift Indians in Malaysia, with an allocation of more than RM1 billion, as a serious document and not just “empty talk”.
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This is the first time Prime Minister YAB Najib Abdul Razak has launched such a blueprint for the Indian community in Malaysia, there was never such a blueprint launched extensively looking into the various aspects of the Indian society.
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I refer to Malaysiakini’s report ‘Najib dishes out millions for Indians, says not for polls’ (April 23, 2017).
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Issues which affect them are Malaysian problems.
0Yet another blueprint for the Indian Malaysian community is to be announced on Sunday April 23, 2017. This blueprint is the prime minister’s initiative to give hope to the Indian Malaysian community in return for their vote. Unfortunately, the bureaucrats do not seem to be involved in the design and implementation of this plan. Private individuals, NGOs and some businesspersons have provided input and rolled out the blueprint.
0It is not easy to go into business today. The struggle is real. From unequal opportunities to biased perceptions based on ethnicity and race, there are circumstances that we cannot combat even with a high level of education and professionalism.
0It has been reported in the Bank Negara Annual Report 2016 that the National youth unemployment rate in Malaysia has reached more than three times the national unemployment rate of 3.1 percent, due to the slower growth in hiring.
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This is in response to Professor Navin Rajendran’s article in the Kuala Lumpur Post regarding community transformation. The statement had a headline that reads ‘Unity is the key to community transformation - Prof Rajendran’. In the five-sentence post, the professor was also quoted as saying that the community needs transformation in order to build a better future for the next generation.
0I have read the writings of Ronald Benjamin and I herewith furnish my reply to his concerns. As opposed to Benjamin’s belief, we do look at the broader issues affecting Malaysians as a whole and at the same time protect the interests of the minority communities. Benjamin can read my writings on Climate Change, Human Trafficking, Ageing Population and even on the analysis of the UK Court decision as to why Zakir Naik was banned from the UK.
0One of the major challenges faced by the academically low performing Indian Malaysian students from the challenged communities - the Bottom 40 percent or B40 - in secondary schools is their inability to integrate or ‘mix’ with other communities. This inability has greatly affected the upward mobility of these youths and the key barrier to this is the lack of proficiency in language (including Bahasa and English).
0It was quite interesting to read an article by Professor P Ramasamy, the Deputy Chief Minister II of Penang, about the tunnel vision of MIC leaders and the subsequent response to the letter by Dr M Saravanan, a member of Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC). To my understanding both of them have a tunnel vision for the Indian Malaysians as their argument takes an ethno-political slant rather than facing up to the real issues that face Malaysians as a whole.
0I write with reference to Professor P Ramasamy’s article in Malaysiakini entitled ‘MIC’s 'tunnel' vision for Indian Malaysians’. First and foremost I wish to state here that I have the utmost respect for Professor Ramasamy as the Deputy Chief Minister II for Penang, chairperson of the Penang Hindu Endowments Board and a fellow researcher.
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The prime minister has announced a 30-year transformation plan - TN50; which will propel the nation’s direction towards globalisation via a new canvas. The PM hopes to make this a success by empowering youths through the Youth and Sports Ministry.
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