Religion… what is a religion actually? Some say its Rule that we all have to follow or else you will have to answer to God at the end of days. This Rule is also documented as well so that we don’t fall short of it. Some say it’s just a way of life with moral and ethical value, plus some irrational subject which is irrelevant in this 21st Century. I know what you guys are thinking, who the &%$@ is this guy to preach about religion. Well I am no prophet to preach and neither am I a skilled religious individual with permanent head damage (PHD) to lecture about religion. I am after all a common man with questions in his head about the fact of religion not being relevant in this 21st Century. I am going to beat around the bush and jumble up a few topics in here, so just be patient. Allow me to elaborate.
I am a non-religion believer. I find that religion and politics are the world’s 1st enemy. You think not? Check out the war in Palestine. How long has it been going on? I lost track. How about the internal religious affair in India? Hindus and the Muslims I mean. We don’t hear about it much nowadays, but it does happen. Somali Civil War motivated politically, Kosovo War motivated politically, Northern Ireland War motivated religiously rooted by Catholics and Protestants, Bosnian War motivated also by religious differences between Muslims and Catholics, East Timor War between Christians and Muslims, Kashmir War between Hindus and Muslims etc. Oh yeah... the Iraq war as well motivated politically. How could I forget that?
Let’s do a Root Cause Analysis here and I’m going to make it as simple as I can. Politically motivated war is caused by power hungry dictators who are willing to go millions of miles to get the power they have or had. Reason being, with great power comes great responsibility. Yeah right. Correction, with great power come great greed. Power = Fame = Sex = Money = Playing God = Greed and then comes Egoism = Boldness = Angry = Stupid = Downfall and you die.
I would like to touch a little bit of our local Malaysian Politics here. This is the part where I jumble up topicsJ. With the equation above, minus the downfall and die, we could clearly see the head of our largest Malaysian Indian Political Party, MIC. Ever since I got my interest in politics, I always regarded the party irrelevant to the Indians. Simple logic, why do you need a middle person to convey a message of your dissatisfaction to the person who makes the supreme decision? Don’t you know that the message you want to convey will surely be distorted along the way? Gather 5 people. The person at the utmost left start to whisper a sentence to the one beside him and do the same till it reaches the one at the utmost right. When he delivers the message, see what comes out. It’s not the original message anymore. Same applies here in politics. We don’t need a race based party to talk to the Prime Minister, we convey it directly.
Now let’s touch the religion Hinduism. You want something to happen; you go to temple, pray to God but how? You ask the Priest to do a ‘pooja’, which is conveyed in Sanskrit. Does God only understand Sanskrit? And if you want God to hear you, why do you need a Priest? Why do you need a middle person? Call Him out loud and speak to him directly. Once again, don’t you know that the message you want to convey to God would be distorted? And in this case it’s even worse because most of us don’t even know the Sanskrit Language. Who knows what the Priest is saying. You wouldn’t even know if he says, “Dear God, please don’t let me meet these morons (you) every day. They are making me sick… swaaaheee “You see where I’m getting? And Priests!!! For heaven sake, wear a T-shirt or a cloth to cover you body. You are not turning the ladies ON!!
One religion can have so many diverse teaching. In Malaysia, Hindus don’t eat beef or pork. I contradict the pork part of course as it was never stated that pork is a religious animal. Anyway, the Hindus in Indonesia eat pork, beef and even dog. It’s like chicken in Malaysia. Yes my friends, Hindus in Indonesia do eat dog and Hinduism was noted in Indonesia long before it was in Malaysia. So which teaching is right? Christians do eat meat, but they are also those who are vegetarian, why? If you are a vegetarian for health sake, then I understand, but why use religion as a tool to be vegetarian. Christians who are Catholics, Christians who are Protestants, Hindus who are Sai Baba devotee, Hindus who are Hare Rama Hare Krishna devotee, Muslims who are Shia, Muslims who are Sunni and each has got their very similar teachings but different in certain ways. This brings conflicts, wars and eventually millions die and the nation gets buried. So, religion is irrelevant in the 21st Century. It only brings deaths.
I’m not against any particular religion in this issue, what I’m trying to point out is that religion was man made. Indirectly, not perfect. Most Holy Books of most religion is man made. Man wrote these holy books with the inspiration and guidance of the prophet at that time or even God directly and so they say. Some holy books were even written and compiled long after the death of a prophet. This also means that Religion is part of history because it was written and documented in holy books a very long time ago and we are still reading it which means religion believers are actually reading and exercising the content in a holy book that was written by man a very long time ago that actually exists till now. I repeat, a very long time ago. It was written at their time probably a few thousand years back and it was perfectly fine at that time to follow because the situation and issues that arose then was handled with resolution that was coherent with that time. You can’t be using the same resolution that was used a few thousand years back for the problems or issues we face today can we? Its called ‘OUTDATED’
We all know that the History we read now was written by successful men at that time. It was written by those who were still living at that time. Those who won the war. Those who lost the war however did not survive to write any history because they are already dead before they could do so. Even if they had, it wouldn’t be published or rated as religious holy book because they lost!!! They fought for something and they lost. So we actually don’t know what the real story is to behind a religion as there is always 2 parts of a story. We have only heard the winners’ version of the story. The winners’ version could very well be the incorrect or the untrue version. So are you believers following the untrue version of religion? Ask yourself. For example, why are there are so much hype in a murder case that is brought to the courts these days? Why, because we, the people want to know what is the verdict of the court. It’s because we don’t know the whole story of the murder that took place. Only the court will decide and pronounce the verdict. However, this will only happen after the court hears both part of the story and then we accept the courts verdict, although some don’t, but that’s a different episode. When mankind now has the intelligence to hear both part of a story and then decide what is to be done, why mankind now can’t do the same when it comes to religion. Why do mankinds only believe in 1 religion? Why can’t they believe in 2 religions and accept both? Why can’t they just not freaking believe in any religion because it has no strong evidence to prove it? It is irrelevant now; it is irrelevant in this 21st century.
We believe in end of days, we believe in Armageddon, we believe that God himself is to come down to earth and cleanse it. We believe that there is going to be a ‘Great Battle’ when this happens. We believe and believe so blindly that we don’t ask questions. End of days will come, but it will come with WAR. War between men, with different religious understanding. War between men with different political views. End of days will come when the ozone layer is so thin, that the sun’s radiation will hit men directly and we all die. End of days will come, when uncontrolled diseases with high alert epidemic break out and wipe the human population. End of days will come because we don’t care about others’ perspective. We are so selfish that whatever we do, regardless if it hurts others or not, it is the right and the correct thing to do. End of days will come because we grow so egoistic that we never take an instance to put ourselves in others’ shoe and just think a moment, on how he/she feels. We made the world how is it today, and we are to break the world that we see today as well. It’s all human. We make mistakes, but you can try to amend it by just starting to pat the person next to you, smile and spread some warmth. Then again, human are also hypocrites. We say something today, and do the total opposite tomorrow. I am human as well.
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Are you Confused in Religion?
Hello and vanakam __/\__ to all. Its been quite sometime now since i actually opened up my blog and checked it out. Thanx a lot for all the comments written. I’ll take every single thing that you guys and girls have commented previously as .. RUBBISH!!.. haha! just joking.. it amazes me that none have actually gone to the extreme to conflict or contradict my contents in the blog. I guess you guys go through what i go through then. Well, join the club then. Feel free to post controversial comments. Always welcome 
Religion… a very vast field of study. According to statistics, there are several main religion in this world. The most followers are the Christians [2.1 billion], followed by Islam [1.5 billion], Atheist and Freethinkers [1.1 billion] and then comes the Hindus [900 million]. Through this we all know that the current largest religion followers are the Christians, but have we noticed that the 3rd most followed religion are the freethinkers and the atheist.
Before I go further lets define the terms Atheists and Freethinkers. Atheism in simple words is not to believe in deities at all meaning there is no such thing as God and Freethinkers tend to ask questions about these religions meaning they need specific logical points to believe. No blind believing or whatsoever in their point of view.
I too on the other hand would categorize myself as freethinker but with the believe that there is a DIVINE power with no logical equation defining It. Of course I’m a Hindu by birth, but as time passes by, you tend to question these rules and regulation in religions. The 3rd largest population are the freethinkers and atheist because we want to question the guideline of the religion because there are flaws in it and because there are certain things that cannot be reached in this particular materialistic world.
So much controversy in religions, so many sub-set in main religions that people get confused which is right and which to follow. We as the sophisticated, the well-informed people in the society, will make inquiries in order to understand and to follow certain religion. Remember guys, religion is a way of life, it is there to teach us how to live life, it is a rule, not a constitution… and RULES are meant to be broken.. I’m not preaching neither am I lecturing, I’m just pointing out my views and pointing them in a blog will surely preserve them.
I’m sure you’ve noticed that I’ve not mentioned any religion in particular. This is due to the fact that we live in a multi religious country and I don’t want to get into trouble as we all know now that bloggers are under severe hit in our country recently. However, allow me to give one religion as an example. Please do not get me wrong, but certain factors need to be explained in order to understand.
Hinduism.. and i choose this particular religion due to the fact that i’m one. My name is Kuhaneson which is another name for LORD MURUGA is given to me by my parents through religious ceremony. I wrote the 1st letter of my name in Tamil on a wide silver plate with rice (nellu). So, i can courageously say that my name was chosen precisely. When i was young, i went to religious classes every Sunday in an Amman Temple back in my hometown Ipoh. I also went for religious song classes ( Theivaram Classes), Sangeetham classes and for your surprise also Natyam classes. Well my dad was kindda into these cultural and religious aspects. However, nothing lasted for me though. I quit everything as i turned older. As for what I’ve learn t in these classes, there are certain factors that are contradicting to what I’ve read recently. I was thought that Lord Bramma was the ultimate utmost powerful God. The Gita however renounces it by saying Lord Krishna is the Godhead. There are also some scholars that say Lord Krishna is Lord Bramma!! Confusing?? This is due to the fact that Lord Krishna has taken 9 re-incarnation to earth to save the people. We are of course awaiting the 10th re-incarnation, but there also scholars that say the 10th re-incarnation has already taken place. You would wonder who is it right? hehe.. lemme tell you what these scholars presume to be the 10th re-incarnation of Lord Krishna. Some say it was MAHATMA GANDHI who actually practiced his own verse of religion which is Human Institution and he claimed that all religion are connected to one another. He actually tried to get rid of rituals in Hinduism. Other scholars said that the 10th Lord Krishna was Sai Baba. No comments on Sai Baba, But ah… never mind. Trouble free approach! So how about Lord Sivan? What is the hierarchy of the Hindu deities than? Who comes 1st and so on? Who to worship to get the best out of them?
When i first joined UNITEN, sorry to say i was creating havoc with my buddies. I still remember one of my seniors who was in final year that time, called me up with a philosophical book in his hand. He told me that day that one day you will suddenly realize that you have started to read books, articles and journals without knowing why you are doing it. He took himself as an example by showing me the book in his hand. I guess I’m undergoing that particular process in life. If you have undergone that metamorphosis.. than I’m sure you know what I’m talking about, if you haven’t, just wait… it will come up.
Chiowzz!!
-September 11th 2007- Kuhan
To Vote or Not to Vote…..
Doesn’t seem long before i posted in my blog.
Yep, it was about 2 to 3 months back about religion and now with another
controversial theme in our country today, POLITICS.
To be honest.. as I have always been, I’m
very new to this focus on politics. In fact, I really hated that topic due to
the fact that I had no knowledge at all on it. However, after certain studying
and reading of newspapers, magazines and not to forget other blogs and also the
local and international news on TV, I was enthralled by politics. My parents
would always discuss this theme with my elder brother back at home in Ipoh and I would always be the listener. So I do know certain things that does happen in our country although it is not essential that what was spoken between the walls in my home are 100% accurate. I would say those are just thoughts of individuals.
A quick history, both my mother and father are government servants and have
retired now for quite sometime. My brother is in the private sector and is
doing rather well I would say. I on the other hand, am experiencing evolution
of my brain. I am a student. My younger sister is just too young to know all
this. My parents and my brother have been voting for quite sometime now and
please don’t ask me who they voted for because they don’t even reveal that to
direct family members. I actually asked them about it and they said it was
confidential. Fair enough. But hey, somehow we could conclude who is voting for
who rite. I mean my parents are retired civil servants and my brother is in
private sector… ring any bell? As for me, I’m 24 and eligible to vote in the
coming election if I register myself as a voter as soon as possible. The
question now arises here…. To vote or not to vote? Am I wise enough to vote?
Let me rephrase that, are we being exposed to news and information accurately?
Because only by recognizing the truth that is going on in our country can we
vote appropriately. Sure this question arises very often to those in my pool of
age.
I’m not here to moralize or to persuade you to vote for the ruling party or
opposition party. I’m just here point out certain things. I’m not a future
leader to tell you what to do, but since this is my blog, I have all the rights
in the world to point out my views. So for those who have contradicting vision,
do drop by comments.
Peace and harmony.. that was what our country was. Or shall I say, that was
what we intend to believe. That was what that has been taught by our teachers.
“Negara kita sungguh aman dan damai walaupun dengan berbagai jenis kaum kita
dapat hidup bersama.” BULL SHIT!! We all do discriminate other races. Whether
we do it between ourselves or our circle of close friends, or we do it
publicly, we do this. Don’t be a hypocrite by saying other wise. Haha… we are
all full of it, aren’t we. When a bunch of non-Malays see a Malay driving a
Mercedes, we quote by saying, “The government help this *&%*er to get
everything just by sitting and swaying his legs.” When a Chinese drives a
Mercedes, it is sure some underground business. When an Indian drives a
Mercedes, he is not the owner of it but just a driver for some big shot. All
this happens only that we don’t say it aloud to hinder racial situations. Well
back to the harmonious BOLEH land, as far as I know, the country was kindda
peaceful till certain things took part in recent days. Have a fair election by
BERSIH, judicial reform by the lawyers, Indian rights by Indians and so forth.
Its not wrong, but its not right either. It is not wrong lawfully, but it not
right morally. Thats what I would say. I would hate to see blood dripping in
the streets here. My advise is, if you feel that you are not treated fairly,
show your power in the coming election, but then again, who do you vote for?
How sure are you that the person you vote for next, would not do the same as
the previous one as we claim? Would you take the risk? If you did and it turned
out real bad, you need to wait for another 5 years? Anything could happen in 5
years, but if it turned out for the good of the people, BRAVO!
A recent survey published in one of our local newspaper showed that out of the
certain percentage that did not vote for the previous election, 6% actually
answered "I dunno who to vote for". I laughed my heads out when I
read that, but after a while, I realized that I was also one of the 6%.
Now comes the real fucked up part. I’m an Indian and i’m proud to be one. About
the rally recently… I did not go. And I’ve no comments about it. I’m still a
student and I don’t want to screw my life. Well my circumstances are different.
As I told you, I’m 24 and still a student. Do your conclusion or calculation or
whatsoever. So, the thing now is, if there is a candidate who is an Indian
standing for the current ruling party and another Indian from the opposition and
you yourself are an Indian. What happens?
As for now, I have not registered as a voter and even if I do, I would not know
whether I will vote in the coming election. What happens to the future of our
country lies in our hands especially the youths. The question of Indian
being marginalized.. yes and no. Some are doing really well, some are
under poverty. It is extremely difficult to satisfy all, but an effort should
be shown. A recent survey showed in our local newspaper (controlled media) says
that the poverty level of Indians is actually lower compared to the Malays. How
does this happen? Simple, some Indian are earning really well, and some are
doing real bad. Plus the both and divide by 2, u get lower percentage because
Indian population itself is low. When you do that to the Malays, who have
higher percentage in population.. the figure speaks for itself. Yet, the really
low earning Indians are a pity to see. Their living area, food they eat and all
will craft tears. The fucked up thing about Indians are that we don’t help our
own. Ah come one!! Don’t give me that look. You know it, I know it.“ Oru
tamilanne innoore tamilan thaandaa seyivaan” That’s a term we Indian have all
heard about. A translation would sound something like this. “Only an Indian will
cheer for a fall of another Indian.
Anyway, a multi racial country should stay a multi
racial country. The best place you could see and feel this scenario of multi
racial people getting together to eat in one place is Merdeka Garden hawker stalls back in my hometown Ipoh. Those who have been there, you know what I mean. The food
is great, the people are great and the scenario there speaks for itself. I will not want to loose that. There are Wan Ton Mee by the Cinese, Nasi Lemak and Burger catered by the Malay and Thosai, Idli, Puri etc by the Indians. And all races come to this place and all food prepared by all races. An amazing scenario. The First Garden Hawker stalls is another example.
What do we want exactly? Try for a better country? or stick with the current one? Maybe my opinions are not logical for some as you may argue that I’m still a student and have not been into the real world. However right you are, I’m sure you do have the thoughts that something might go wrong in the coming election. Are we ready to take this revolution? If you are ready, be a 100% true to your standings. If not.. I don’t know .. take my stand of not to vote?
I guess the phrase "Don’t ask what the country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" by President JFK really matters now. Do something for the country, don’t just sit and expect the government to pour us with benefits and advantages. I mean of course it is the government’s duty to hear the peoples’ voice and do respond to it, but come to think of it, if we were given high quota in local universities, do you really think we would have earned the name where Indians are the best lawyers
and Doctors, Indians are the better programmers and all?? I don’t think so. We
strived for place in the university. The competition among us were tensed and
that is why some of us made it. Well I dunno… Not pointing fingers to anyone
though, just positioning facts in the right order at ourselves.
Again.. to vote or not to vote… question
yourselves.
-5th Dember 2007- Kuhan
Yep, it was about 2 to 3 months back about religion and now with another
controversial theme in our country today, POLITICS.
To be honest.. as I have always been, I’m
very new to this focus on politics. In fact, I really hated that topic due to
the fact that I had no knowledge at all on it. However, after certain studying
and reading of newspapers, magazines and not to forget other blogs and also the
local and international news on TV, I was enthralled by politics. My parents
would always discuss this theme with my elder brother back at home in Ipoh and I would always be the listener. So I do know certain things that does happen in our country although it is not essential that what was spoken between the walls in my home are 100% accurate. I would say those are just thoughts of individuals.
A quick history, both my mother and father are government servants and have
retired now for quite sometime. My brother is in the private sector and is
doing rather well I would say. I on the other hand, am experiencing evolution
of my brain. I am a student. My younger sister is just too young to know all
this. My parents and my brother have been voting for quite sometime now and
please don’t ask me who they voted for because they don’t even reveal that to
direct family members. I actually asked them about it and they said it was
confidential. Fair enough. But hey, somehow we could conclude who is voting for
who rite. I mean my parents are retired civil servants and my brother is in
private sector… ring any bell? As for me, I’m 24 and eligible to vote in the
coming election if I register myself as a voter as soon as possible. The
question now arises here…. To vote or not to vote? Am I wise enough to vote?
Let me rephrase that, are we being exposed to news and information accurately?
Because only by recognizing the truth that is going on in our country can we
vote appropriately. Sure this question arises very often to those in my pool of
age.
I’m not here to moralize or to persuade you to vote for the ruling party or
opposition party. I’m just here point out certain things. I’m not a future
leader to tell you what to do, but since this is my blog, I have all the rights
in the world to point out my views. So for those who have contradicting vision,
do drop by comments.
Peace and harmony.. that was what our country was. Or shall I say, that was
what we intend to believe. That was what that has been taught by our teachers.
“Negara kita sungguh aman dan damai walaupun dengan berbagai jenis kaum kita
dapat hidup bersama.” BULL SHIT!! We all do discriminate other races. Whether
we do it between ourselves or our circle of close friends, or we do it
publicly, we do this. Don’t be a hypocrite by saying other wise. Haha… we are
all full of it, aren’t we. When a bunch of non-Malays see a Malay driving a
Mercedes, we quote by saying, “The government help this *&%*er to get
everything just by sitting and swaying his legs.” When a Chinese drives a
Mercedes, it is sure some underground business. When an Indian drives a
Mercedes, he is not the owner of it but just a driver for some big shot. All
this happens only that we don’t say it aloud to hinder racial situations. Well
back to the harmonious BOLEH land, as far as I know, the country was kindda
peaceful till certain things took part in recent days. Have a fair election by
BERSIH, judicial reform by the lawyers, Indian rights by Indians and so forth.
Its not wrong, but its not right either. It is not wrong lawfully, but it not
right morally. Thats what I would say. I would hate to see blood dripping in
the streets here. My advise is, if you feel that you are not treated fairly,
show your power in the coming election, but then again, who do you vote for?
How sure are you that the person you vote for next, would not do the same as
the previous one as we claim? Would you take the risk? If you did and it turned
out real bad, you need to wait for another 5 years? Anything could happen in 5
years, but if it turned out for the good of the people, BRAVO!
A recent survey published in one of our local newspaper showed that out of the
certain percentage that did not vote for the previous election, 6% actually
answered "I dunno who to vote for". I laughed my heads out when I
read that, but after a while, I realized that I was also one of the 6%.
Now comes the real fucked up part. I’m an Indian and i’m proud to be one. About
the rally recently… I did not go. And I’ve no comments about it. I’m still a
student and I don’t want to screw my life. Well my circumstances are different.
As I told you, I’m 24 and still a student. Do your conclusion or calculation or
whatsoever. So, the thing now is, if there is a candidate who is an Indian
standing for the current ruling party and another Indian from the opposition and
you yourself are an Indian. What happens?
As for now, I have not registered as a voter and even if I do, I would not know
whether I will vote in the coming election. What happens to the future of our
country lies in our hands especially the youths. The question of Indian
being marginalized.. yes and no. Some are doing really well, some are
under poverty. It is extremely difficult to satisfy all, but an effort should
be shown. A recent survey showed in our local newspaper (controlled media) says
that the poverty level of Indians is actually lower compared to the Malays. How
does this happen? Simple, some Indian are earning really well, and some are
doing real bad. Plus the both and divide by 2, u get lower percentage because
Indian population itself is low. When you do that to the Malays, who have
higher percentage in population.. the figure speaks for itself. Yet, the really
low earning Indians are a pity to see. Their living area, food they eat and all
will craft tears. The fucked up thing about Indians are that we don’t help our
own. Ah come one!! Don’t give me that look. You know it, I know it.“ Oru
tamilanne innoore tamilan thaandaa seyivaan” That’s a term we Indian have all
heard about. A translation would sound something like this. “Only an Indian will
cheer for a fall of another Indian.
Anyway, a multi racial country should stay a multi
racial country. The best place you could see and feel this scenario of multi
racial people getting together to eat in one place is Merdeka Garden hawker stalls back in my hometown Ipoh. Those who have been there, you know what I mean. The food
is great, the people are great and the scenario there speaks for itself. I will not want to loose that. There are Wan Ton Mee by the Cinese, Nasi Lemak and Burger catered by the Malay and Thosai, Idli, Puri etc by the Indians. And all races come to this place and all food prepared by all races. An amazing scenario. The First Garden Hawker stalls is another example.
What do we want exactly? Try for a better country? or stick with the current one? Maybe my opinions are not logical for some as you may argue that I’m still a student and have not been into the real world. However right you are, I’m sure you do have the thoughts that something might go wrong in the coming election. Are we ready to take this revolution? If you are ready, be a 100% true to your standings. If not.. I don’t know .. take my stand of not to vote?
I guess the phrase "Don’t ask what the country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" by President JFK really matters now. Do something for the country, don’t just sit and expect the government to pour us with benefits and advantages. I mean of course it is the government’s duty to hear the peoples’ voice and do respond to it, but come to think of it, if we were given high quota in local universities, do you really think we would have earned the name where Indians are the best lawyers
and Doctors, Indians are the better programmers and all?? I don’t think so. We
strived for place in the university. The competition among us were tensed and
that is why some of us made it. Well I dunno… Not pointing fingers to anyone
though, just positioning facts in the right order at ourselves.
Again.. to vote or not to vote… question
yourselves.
-5th Dember 2007- Kuhan
A Political Dismay for a 50 year Government
I guess all the rush for me on the 8th of March
08 did pay off. I did my rights as a Malaysian citizen for the first time in my
life. I voted, and I voted right. Went back to Ipoh in the evening of the 7th,
voted on the 8th and got back to KL on the 8th itself to
attend a function back in my University. As the function was going on, there
were so much hype and tension among us students on the results of the 12th
General Election of Malaysia. SMS and calls were coming in and going out off
the hall where the function was held…. and at about 9.30pm, we received
enormous news. Sungai Siput seat, where the ever strong, proud and superior candidate
who has been in power over that seat for 30 or so years lost his ground. That
was the biggest ever news. I did not want to trust the source who delivered the
news, so I contacted my brother to double check. He replied no and that won’t
happen. At 10.15pm I got another SMS from my brother, “Dato lost.” Now this
source I can trust. I was hysterical and so were all the others in the hall. We were shocked!!! Many
said, that will never happen, many actually laughed when rumors were spread
about this even before polling day, but many also did laugh sinisterly when man
was told we could fly one day and that man would land in moon one day. The
truth is, he lost. My father was very saddened by the news due to the fact that
he claims now that there would be no voice for Indians anymore. His despair was
fair enough, but what happened to the person who voiced out for the Indians
regarding the ratio of medical lecturers and its students in Russia? What
happened to the person who first spoke unruly about the Indians taking their
demonstration to the streets on 25th November 07, and then a sudden
U-turn by speaking on behalf of them in parliament? What happened? I don’t
know. Do you? Well, if you ask me, I would say what had happened on the 8th
was for the good. Yes, the previous candidates that the people voted for did do good for the Indians and yes as a human, nothing is ever enough and we will never be satisfied with what we have. That is why we will always complain that the previous leaders did not do enough. However, do you really think that for the past 50 years since independence, the Indians have reached the level that is to be reached?? Ok lets leave the 50 years time frame. That is for the whole lot of Malaysians. Lets narrow the focus on Indians. 30 odd years by a single governance and where are we?? Still striving for a place in a local university. Still having problems in business equity. Still our crime rate are the highest. Isn’t 30 odd years enough to show that Indians can make it among the elite? Yes they are people who made it to the elite, but the ratio compared to other races are still very low. If we keep the scare and threat among us that the superior governance of 30 odd years are to be toppled and something negative would happen then the change is not going to be implemented. Give it a try and see what are the changes. That is why we need to make a difference and we did just that. Lets hope what had happened is for the good.
Let me give a re-cap of the results. I’m sure everyone knows
this already, but this is my damn blog so just stop whining and read.
OPPOSITION INDIANS WHO WON – PARLIAMENT 2008
Ramasamy Palanisamy DAP
Karpal Singh Ram Singh DAP
Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj PKR
M. Kulasegaran V. Murugeson DAP
M. Manogaran DAP
Gobind Singh Deo DAP
Sivarasa K. Rasiah PKR
Manikavasagam Sundaram PKR
Charles Anthony R. Santiago DAP
N. Gobalakrishnan PKR
CURRENT GOVERNMENT PARTY INDIANS WHO WON – PARLIAMENT 2008
Subramaniam K.V. Sathasivam MIC
Devamany S. Krishnasamy MIC
M. Saravanan MIC
OPPOSITION INDIANS WHO WON - PARLIAMENT 2004
Karpal Singh Ram Singh DAP
M Kulasegaran V Murugeson DAP
THEN GOVERNMENT PARTY INDIANS WHO WON - PARLIAMENT 2004
Subramaniam KV Sathasivam MIC
Devamany S. Krishnasamy MIC
M. Kayveas PPP
S. Samy Vellu Sangalimuthu MIC
Veerasingam Suppiah MIC
Palanivel Govindasamy MIC
Karnail Singh Nijhar Amar Singh MIC
Komala Devi M Perumal MIC
S. Vigneswaran M Sanasee MIC
Thus, from there we see that in 2004 polling, there were 11 representatives in Parliament. Comparing 2004 to 2008, we now have a total of 13 representatives. Its not a large difference, but there is an increase of 2. However, the difference is that instead of an Ruling Party Coalition making the majority of Indians, it now the Opposition Party. So how do we know that the current Indian representatives are not as the same as the ones before? Will the petrol price go down or at least stay as it is? Will the price of other goods rise? Will the living status of the people enhance? Will all these promises be kept? I would say new broom sweeps clean. Most representatives now are new faces and younger ones too. I mean not compare to me but compared to the ones they beat. Since they are new, they will and must fight for the rights, and I have sincere faith that they will do just that. In the event they don’t, we can always kick them out and vote for another in the 13th GE.
Everyone is talking about the 8th March 2008. It was a historical day for my country. Denial of 2/3 majority in Parliament which if possessed, can amend the Constitution, 5 states ruled by Opposition Parties, big names going down, simple win by the ruling party etc etc etc. The part where amending Constitutions is concerned, The Constitution or rather the PERLEMBAGAAN is the highest rule in a country. Even higher than the monarchy. Its like the Bible for the Christians, the Al-Quran for the Muslims and the Vedas for the Hindus. Its not as sacred as those holy books, but it does have its importance. I do not have the exact figure but we in Malaysia have amended it more than 100 times, where independence reached were not older than 50 years. Thats like shaving your facial hair according to your interest of style. This has been going on because of the 2/3rd majority in Parliament. Now this cannot be done. As for now our constitution is safe. But for how long, only we can decide because we decided this term and we gave a warning to treat us well from now on.
Lets keep our fingers crossed, 5 years time I hope there will be a difference. In fact I’m confident that there will be a difference. Not much, but a little at least
-9th March 2009- Kuhan
-9th March 2009- Kuhan
Indians in Malaysia
I’m sure many of you have read the circulated e-mail recently on the reasoning of why Malaysian Indians will never change in the near future. It has been also circulated in the once a famous site, www.friendster.com. I regret to inform that the publicity for this site has not grown but deteriorated. Anyhow, that is not the purpose of this blog, the purpose of this blog is to reason, analyze and examine the characteristics and attributes of most Indian living in Malaysia and what they want. The article or e-mail content that I read recently (probably 2 months ago) is about the materialistic and blind believing of Indians in here who assume that they are fighting for justice for Indians but actually not.
We have got about 3 million Malaysian Indians in here. Some of us are doing pretty well in our profession and business. However, there are many more that are not. They simply live with mere RM1000-RM1500 per month salary. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I seriously think the number I produce here are wrong. It could be much lesser. Using this salary in the ever hectic and fast moving Kuala Lumpur, you would probably live a bug’s life and to make matters worst, it is the world economic recession now.
Let us take for an example a man who lives in KL with RM1000 salary. He lives alone in KL. He needs to pay his room/house rent which could be about RM200. That leaves him with RM800. A man needs to eat, curse the one who gave hunger to men. Anyway, to eat 3 meals in a day in KL could come up to RM30. This gives him a total of RM900, which leaves him with –RM100. All right, all right, why do you need to eat 3 meals, lets cut it to 2 meals which makes it RM600 meaning he will have RM200 left in his pocket. Everyone has a hand phone. So the bill could be about RM50, which leaves him with RM150. How about transportation to go to work? Either own transport, or public transport. Say it’s a public transport that would cost about RM3 to go and come back which is a total of RM90-RM100 per month. Finally our chap here has got about RM50 in his savings. Entertainment? This is all for a man who has no commitments, how about those who do have a family to take care? What happens then?
Well, no one thinks about that. All we want is more temples so that we can go to temple, pray to god, and asking for help. No worries brothers and sisters, GOD will help you. Just do some prayers every Friday, put some coins in and you will be helped directly by GOD. Not forgetting festivals such as Thaipusam. We need to pump in a little bit more money and energy for Thaipusam as well. A gigantic Lord Muruga statue in Batu Caves plated with gold? Do we need that? Millions performing ‘archanai’ in Batu caves. Not sure on how much one cost, but it could be a mere RM10. Times that with millions?? Where does the money go?? Channel the money to one who needs for heaven sake.
Let me tell you a short story that a friend of mine told years back in my University. His dad was a Hindu. Went to India to experienced a ‘Kumba Abishagam’ which the opening ceremony of a temple. So much milk was poured on the head of the God statue and there were so many ladies with their small children begging for milk outside the temple. My friend’s dad converted to Buddhism after that. We are doing it all wrong my people. We are not channeling the money the right way. We are not fighting for the correct objective. We are just too blind to see this because we want an easy way out of this. The easiest way is to build more temples, so that GOD can protect us all. Get a hold of yourselves people. God helps those who help themselves. In other words, work to see the better of yourself. I am in no position to tell this I know, because I am not working hard enough and I know that for a fact. But guess what; this is my blog, so I shall write what ever strikes my mind. Haha!!
It is our mentality that brings us down. We are the blacks of the US. When we have the money, we get cool tire rims. We buy bling blings. We put in some extra speaker with awesome mp3/mp4/dvd players for our cars and blast the freaking music so that everyone on the streets can hear. When ever there is music, we start dancing regardless of the place. We get together, get drunk, get high on weed and start to fight. It’s a privilege to go to jail within the youths of Indian community in Malaysia. Don’t give me that look. I know that we all know what is written here is the truth. Welcome my fellow blacks of Malaysia. We are going to go through the economic recession. Yes we will, but the only fucked up part is that we are going to be hit the hardest and we are going to fall the deepest. Deep shit my friends….. Deep, smelly shit. Don’t be surprised if you read the number of suicide cases among Indians in Malaysia start to rise this year. After all, that is the only way to get out of a situation. I did not say that, but the Tamil movies, dramas and all show that. Keep watching and exercising them, you will one day find yourself in the graveyard, too late bro, you are already DEAD leaving the others depending on you in another deep shit. This is the life serial that goes on and on.
When are we to wake up?? When are we going to realize that only you can make a difference? Only you can call the shots. When? Makkal Sakthi did, but not sure for how long. There is only this much a political party can help us. That is politics. To hell with them. Strive for our success people. Keep up with the rest of the ethnics. Don’t compare yourself with someone doing worst than you. Compare yourself with someone doing better than you. Leap ahead of them and show that you can. Never have the thought that you are only one person. Even one makes a difference. When the world’s most powerful country can make a difference by electing a black president, why can’t we just start off by giving the college/university education for the children? If you can’t, don’t have one. You are not fit to have one. Being a man is not showing that you can produce babies, being a man is showing how well you brought them up.
Just before signing off, I’m not against GOD, temples or festivals. What I am saying is we do not need them solely to give us success. Dear, GOD if at all you can read English and happen to read this, tell me I’m wrong. Work your so called magic. Make me understand with your mysterious way. I would want to see you right through your eyes and ask one question. Why give us brains and yet make some of us follow you with the wrong impression?? A friend of mine told be something that he read somewhere recently. He said that in the future, there will be only one religion in the whole world. All other religion will be wiped out. Not sure how, but that’s what he said. The remaining 1 religion would therefore be the Muslims, and you know what I told him? I said.. ‘AT LAST!’ One religion with one teaching for the whole world. No more fighting’s, no more war in the name of religion and no more hunger. That’s more like it. Anyway, as for now, lets just keep our heads high and do something about ourselves that will give us success. ‘Yes, we can’- Barrack Obama, US President.
- February 1st 2009- Kuhan
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