P. Uthayakumar – you are not HINDRAF

Dear Mr P. Uhtayakumar, your criticism on the participation of HINDRAF with ABU may be well founded for your own reasons, but HINDRAF is not only about you, it is about me, and many like me.

R. Shan, Human Being

I think Mr P. Uthayakumar needs to get something right. HINDRAF is a mass movement of the grassroots poor not an individual agenda or an agenda for the kiasu Malaysians. 

HINDRAF’s only identity is its masses’ consciousness to galvanize a movement of people from all walks of life. HINDRAF’s notion and objective from its inception may have been seen as an Indian agenda as this poverty strickened minority needed a voice for the voiceless. That was the situation then, but in all fairness, the Malaysian community did embrace them and understand their predicament. Changes are not going to happen overnight but it is high time, rather than running a narrow agenda, HINDRAF has to evolve and work with the rest of the community.

Nobody is taking the glory away from you. Uthayakumar and other comrades were detained under the ISA for the cause of the public but now, it takes guts and courage for HINDRAF to take baby steps to work with the rest of the community to move ahead like the initiative that had been done with ABU.       

Nobody denies that the Malaysian Indians do face a protruded policy that had set the Malaysian Indians in such backward waters although they were in the forefront at least 30 years ago. Nobody also denies along with the Malaysian Indians, the rest of the Malaysian community had also been set aback with policies that promote cronyism, corruption and nepotism to stifle the growth of the nation.

All said and credit to HINDRAF, we see today various attempts by the ruling government and the opposition to appease the Malaysian Indians and those deprived like them, but this would only turn out to be short term benefits or shall I say a political gimmicks unless and until we as Malaysian Indians can work with other Malaysians to ensure that we will be the change that we want collectively.

Dear Mr P. Uhtayakumar, your criticism on the participation of HINDRAF with ABU may be well founded for your own reasons, but HINDRAF is not only about you, it is about me, and many like me. HINDRAF had provided the flexibility to exercise humanity and consciousness for the community on a collective basis not on a personal agenda even though it was initiated as a Malaysian Indian movement.

I am a supporter of HINDRAF not because it is a Malaysian Indian movement, but more so because it has a humane cause. Therefore, any humane cause like ABU and any other such organizations have my ears. And if HINDRAF can work with them, what is the problem?     

Nothing personal, but just another voice of the true HINDRAF spirit for the betterment of all Malaysians.