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Below is a link to thought provoking article by Francois Gautier (Paris-born,
lived in India for 30 years, is a political analyst for one of France's
largest circulation newspaper and knows India better than Indians
)
He says:
“The need of the hour for the Indians in the US is to unite like the Jews.
But is it happening? Last week there was this gala Indo-US friendship dinner
in Washington. The cream of Indian expatriates was there, as well as more
than 40 US congressman and senators. Most of the Indians there, though,
instead of canvassing the senators and putting across India's point of view,
seemed more interested in giving boring self-congratulatory speeches and have
their photos taken with US VIPs.”
What he means by “Indians need to unite like the Jews”?
Few weeks back CNN showed bias by giving more programming time to the family
of a Palestinian suicide bomber than to his Israeli victims. (Palestinian
suicide bomber received more prominence than one with a relative of his
victims, 1-year-old Sinai Keinan and her grandmother)
Within few days the “UNITED Israeli Lobby” made CNN admit the biased
mistake. The network's top news executive took a damage-control
visit to Israel. Interviewed on Israel Television, CNN's president Mr.Jordan
said: "That was a mistake, it should never have happened and I think we
subsequently rectified that problem by airing extensively the interview with
the Keinan family."
Indians (in US or anywhere) are yet to realize basics of “POWER OF
UNITY”
How far have Indians faired on the basis of giving fair coverage to
Godhra as compared to Gujarat? FG mentions “the lady who did this piece for
the Houston Chronicle was in India, in Gujarat even, and she had ample time
to get her facts straight. But probably, she intentionally decided to omit
the fact that cold blooded Godhra massacre triggered the riots against
Muslims in Gujarat”
India in America
Francois Gautier’s must read columns :
FG link
on IndiaCause
Both available at IndiaCause.com (link to Francois Gautier)
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