Ghulam Muhammed |
| Blog | Posted By: hindtodaynews on:5/17/2012 3:39:30 PM |
In an interview with The Indian Express, Former Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen (retd) Zameer Uddin Shah who has
been appointed the new vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, said:
"I would say that Muslims in India will get a fair chance if they are
educated. We can always give the excuse of discrimination and such
things, but I tell people, look, if you are educated, nobody will
discriminate against you."
It would appear the newly appointed
VC, coming from the protected world of Army, does not live in the real
world. In India discrimination against Muslims is more rampant, more
insidious than the most reviled corruption. The latest example is the
glass ceiling that UPSC has been exposed of, when the ratio of Muslim
selection has remained at around the static 3% ratio.
However, not much is expected by the Muslim community from the
people from government services, as they are programmed to serve the
government, rather than the people. Whatever good he can impart in
inculcating a new sense of purpose into the despairing and demoralized
Muslim students should be treated as his personal contribution and not
that of the government or Army.
Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai
Click here to read the Indian Express Article