I refer to the letters Indian journalists may want to work here , Talk to others, not just Indian M'sians and Request to Indian journalists in India .

Obviously the point of interest for Indian journalists would be to ascertain for themselves the extent of discrimination faced by Indian Malaysians vis-à-vis other ethnic groups. In this regard the views expressed by Ganesan Doraisami are valid.

We could easily imagine the type of 'guided-tour' the government would take the journalists on by introducing to them successful Indian Malaysian personalities MBP mentioned in his letter, none of whom obtained such positions due to government policy but rather sheer hard work and via establishing links with people of the ‘right colour’.

Notwithstanding their interest in Indian Malaysians, a balanced observation would be forthcoming if the journalists note that poverty and neglect cut across race. However, they could easily identify the predominance of certain ethnic groups and geographical regions in dire straits.

Evidently, the best means of establishing discrimination is to look at government policy. In a country where racial discrimination is codified in the constitution, it would be effortlessly easy to confirm that government policies do not address all needs but rather only the needs of a race.

Despite that bias, many bumiputeras have not benefitted as much as other bumiputeras have. This only begs one conclusion – we have an inept racist government. They could strive to be an efficient racist government at least.

We can rest assured that Indian journalists and other white-collar professionals from India do not view Malaysia as their first choice for immigration. Their choice remains the US, UK, Europe, Australia, NZ, Singapore and the Middle East followed by Malaysia. Specifically, journalists from India would not wish to subject themselves to the 'press freedom' Malaysia practices vis-à-vis India's free press.

Hence, the illegal immigrants we seem to attract are those who obviously have a worse-off life in their own country and these people are typically unskilled workers.

It is also worth noting that with RM5,000 per month (50,000 rupees), one could have a king's life in India, employing a driver for 6,000 rupees and a cook and maid as well for 5,000 rupees - definitely an attractive proposition for many to move to the second-fastest growing economy in the world.