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To: LindyBill who wrote (76503)	2/22/2003 6:39:32 AM
From: kumar	Respond to of 281500

yes I grew up in India. and one of the things I learnt (hopefully), after being out of India all these years is that these kinda things ought not to influence a person. certainly does not infuence me any more. BTW, - on a tangential note, when the right to vote was available to Indians, it was available to all Indians regardless of sex, caste, religion etc.

To: LindyBill who wrote (76503)	2/23/2003 3:23:26 PM
From: kumar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<<I fail to understand how/why religion/sex matters in making a political choice.>> <I find that hard to believe, kumar. We all want to vote for people like ourselves. Human Nature. Antisemitism, and the belief that women are inferior is ingrained. Will take a long time to get rid of it, if ever. You grew up in India, and saw people there vote for their own kind. And kill the ones that were not.> Bill, a further clarification of my response to you yesterday. India currently has a president that practices the Muslim faith. He's not the 1st muslim president either - Zakir Hussein was another one. India has also had a woman as Prime Minister of the country. Today, there are a few states in India that have women as Chief Ministers of their states. The leader of the major opposition party is a lady who is a Naturalized Indian of Italian origin. Perhaps the above data helps you understand why I feel that religion/sex should not be a factor in making political choices.