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To: arun gera who wrote (58527)	1/8/2005 9:19:39 PM
From: LKO	Read Replies (1) of 74559

My original proposition was about the slant in news stories about India. And I was referring to the particular Dalit story. As a news story, it was unprofessional reporting. (For example, it quoted only the Dalit and not the defendant party in the accusation, and did not mention any other investigation on part of the reporter to verify the story). But everyone was ready to buy it without criticism as it reinforced their bias about India. I just provided some real world Indian context to the story. story.news.yahoo.com The story does have refusal from a govt spokesperson and states that the claim was made by an activist. It is not all that unprofessional. You will claim it does not have an interview from the upper caste people who were in a marriage hall and not the school but is not all that biased and unprofessional either. Regardless of your claim to represent "real world India context", I do not think you also know all the facts of the case and we have to agree to disagree. In a complex society of India such an occurrence is not inconceivable but very believable. In US, also there are african americans who run into the problem of DWB (driving while black) snd stopped by police and african americans who will (mis)represent and fail to take responsibilities for their own faults and blame convenient "discrimination". Maybe that Dalit gentlemen was a sleaze-bag trying to score unreal discrimination points, but I am familiar enough with the social context in rural India to not automatically dismiss this story. It is not a problem with your alternative point of view, but that it is merely a point of view which seems like a sensitive reaction to criticism. Let us agree to disagree and no more from me on this off-topic discussion on this thread.

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