I had to write this as it was bugging me somehow – maybe because I am an Indian too. This is about the famous HINDRAF movement. The issue that was brought up as to what I understand,”A group of lawyers are accusing the British government, which was then managing British Malaya of “abandoning minority Indians to the mercy of majoritarian Malay rule while granting independence on August 31, 1957″. There are suing for the British Government to pay £1,000,000 to each Malaysian Indian for the “pain, suffering, humiliation, discrimination and continuous colonisation”. This extraordinary lawsuit is being backed by HINDRAF or Hindu rights action force. ”

Now, as I have mentioned in my article on 50th independence, the non Malays have always been treated as second class citizens as long as the Article 153 of the Malaysian Constitution is still a practice. This also goes for not just Chinese and Indians but also the local natives who are the real Bumiputeras!

Now, what I don’t understand – why blame the British Government when the fault lies squarely on our Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) which has been doing very little in the 50 years of independence compared to the MCA(Malaysian Chinese Associatian). Then again, if the idea is to get the British strong force to back up and anull the Article 153 of the Malaysian Constitution, then again I think this is not an excellent approach. Yes I agree, the government has not been fair and has always been biased to a certain race but fighting against the system is only going to make one famous and popular but make the whole issue a lot more worse to settle in the long run. So, maybe some will get name while the community in general will suffer! Samy Vellu on the other hand sat on his laurels and refused to get his chair shaken! And that is obnoxious example of power play!

I might be wrong but I really don’t get it?!