Misuse of the word ‘Asian’

Tuesday 26th January 2016 17:30 EST
 

As per 'New Year Resolution' of Jatindra Saha of the 16th Jan., Mis use of the word 'Asians' is also haunting me. But it seems not feasible that many Hindu Organisations. would unitedly raise this Issue. We, GS & AV Readers should write about it to BBC, The Times and some Ministers. I did write against ' The Stain on India' to The Times in last Sept. and since then it hasn't written any bad against India!!!

'Asians' implies South Asia, originally India and Sri Lanka. Post-Independence Pakistan and Bangladesh created to make it 4.

In EU or USA when something good/bad happens, BBC, Times, other British Media and Ministers specifically name the country like Greece, France, etc.

But when rape, abuse, trafficking of children and women and terrorist crimes in Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford, London were effected mainly by Pakistanis, they just say by 'Asians' without specifying their original country, I wonder if it's wilful. Result is that they carry on committing crimes without any fear! Neither their country takes any measures to stop them to improve the country's image abroad!

First three girls who left London to join IS were Bangladeshi, if their country specified, more Bangladeshi would have been stopped to go to Syria.

Hence we, some Hindu and other organisations ought to write to BBC, The Times and Ministers to specify country of any criminal of South Asia instead of saying merely 'Asians' as crimes by Indians are very rare!!!

Upendra Kapadia

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