Friday, October 05, 2007

Rag Picking in India

oct 5, 2007

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From: Soniya

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/world/asia/27ragpickers.html?_r=1&hp&oref=login

Another story in the NYT about the dirt and filth in India. Has anyone noticed how the principal character in such sob-stories is ALWAYS a "minority"? I wonder if one can do a meta-analysis of all such articles in the NYT in the past 10 yrs, and check this for a fact. It's stealthily pushing the propaganda how minorities are exploited in India when they are really such peaceful, hardworking people! Also, this story deserves a front-page in the NYT (at least the web edition), and not when dozens of Hindus are charred to the bone by explosions caused by the same peace-loving "minority' community...


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