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Subject: [Leica] Jayanard's rant
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 06:44:15 +0530
References: <152ae9b1978-6949-130f9@webprd-m49.mail.aol.com>

Does it mean that if there is racism in India, it absolves the USA of being 
racist, just because I am saying it? Does it not mean both are wrong?

And to answer your question, yes, I was in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, a 
couple of years ago.

Cheers
Jayanand

Sent from my iPad

> On 05-Feb-2016, at 04:55, Larry Zeitlin via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> Come off it Jayanand. Have you been to Kashmir recently. If any press lies 
> to it?s readers it is the Indian press. I suggest you read the story of 
> what happened after the 1947 partition.
> http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/29/the-great-divide-books-dalrymple
> At least in India the vice is institutionalized. When I lived there I was 
> advised that the magic mantra I could use in any dispute with the 
> authorities was ?Is there any special fee I can pay to expedite this 
> matter?? Usually there was.
> India is a wonderful country but to accuse any other country of racism or 
> religious intolerance is the pot calling the kettle black.
> Larry Z
> 
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