[PEN-L:1802] Re: SHOCKING NEWS: INDIAN GOVERNMENT COMMITTED MASS

[a_jaggi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Arvind Jaggi)]

Pen-l Folks,

            I agree with Pauline Chakravarty when she says "Calcutta is not
necessarily an easy place to live in, in Western standards, but it is a
very political city, with freedom of the press, particularly on the left,
with wider parameters than in this country, so I somehow doubt that this
story didn't make it to the Indian presses."

        Inspite of the lepers, the holy cows and the caste system, the
burning brides and unequal income distribution, the one facet of Indian
society that warrants credit is its relatively free and critical press. It
is inconceivable that an "extermination" of even 50 people would have gone
unnoticed. Where did Mr. Waterman obtain his facts?
Arvind Jaggi
Franklin & Marshall College
e-mail:a_jaggi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone:(717) 291-3920