Yes, its not like India , where you can whisk through a cop who tries to stop you for speeding or routine check. When you are in other countries, better behave as per the laws of the country so that you would never get in to trouble. One could be arrested and put in prison for any petty civil violations and its quite ordinary there. And when you are already in trouble, its purely your luck that the officer is a nice guy and good mood. Else, they can and will do whatever their code permits them to do. They are not supposed to use any comments whether personally or racially. I have come across several stories from friends and also faced officers once on the road, they are quite decent. But, if you behave differently, they would be provoked. Best thing is to accept any mistakes whether committed knowingly or unknowingly and pay the fine and take it as a lesson. This gentleman should have paid the speeding ticket on time, esp. when you are in doubt what could be the repurcussions. There are few cops who are bit harsh, but they are within the limitations that their code allows. They are million times better than many cops in India where one could be picked up without any reason.
Re: Petty crimes matter in western countries
by George Matthew on Aug 19, 2009 09:31 AM
Indian police are underfunded and underpaid. Despite this, india is safer than us. you only care for us dollars-you ditched our nation
Re: Petty crimes matter in western countries
by ThomasKhan SinghArora on Aug 19, 2009 11:22 AM
You like being in a silk cage. Eat them $$allrs up. There is no place like a free India. So no need to get cynical. We have our problems but how old are we ... independence in 1947. What about US of A? when did it?
Following rules is one thing but to an extent that it makes you a insensitive machine is not quite the way India is ever gonna go even in its purple days to come.
Got a question for the good professor... by kristalsoldier on Aug 19, 2009 07:12 AM | Hide replies | Hide message
Dear Prof. Shankar,
One quick quedtion for you. Are you an Indian CITIZEN? If yes, then yes, we should be incensed about your experience. If not, then its an American problem. Its got nothing to do with India. Of course, in the name of universal justice, we should be concerned. But when such things happen to Indian citizens, then the matter becomes very personal - as I am sure you can appreciate. Now, having said that, I am not suggesting that the SRK merits as much attention as it has. I am sure 100s of cases like his have been and are being experienced by Indians (and others) traveling to America. I also can understand the circumstances under which the Americans would be creating laws and procedures like the ones experienced by SRK (and others). My point is that we, India that is, should institute similar protocols - like how Brazil did immediately post 9/11.
Again, I am truly appalled at your experience, but the degree to which I would be engaged with it would be contingent on how you answer the question I posed to you at the outset.
Re: Why has this message been blocked???
by Ramachandran venkatesh on Aug 19, 2009 10:04 AM
When Barrack Obama comes to India next time, stop him at IG international airport, strip him and tell him it is for security.
If question say " If Kalam can be stopped and questioned why not Obama?" Will Indians have the guts to do that
Re: Re: Why has this message been blocked???
by Palani Kumar on Aug 19, 2009 10:41 AM
First indians should have guts to stop bribes and stop treating poor people different from rich people..even in temples also its happening in india... Americans are doing correct for them every one is same at the time of security...
Stop nonsense mentality what these sharuk and prof have more than ordinary human beings they can live extra life after 100 years..stupid media is makin issue for that..
Re: Re: Re: Why has this message been blocked???
by ThomasKhan SinghArora on Aug 19, 2009 11:26 AM
India is not your neighbourhood dog the way you talk about her. Are you an Indian national.. Yes then whats your contribution to society. Do you vote correctly.. do you do your bit to society.. do your relatives and family? Don't just start the same rant. It so typical of people like you who have done nothing and blame it all on an abstract entity.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Why has this message been blocked???
by roge on Aug 19, 2009 11:32 AM
Thomas khan .. hahaha .. kaun hoo bhaie tum . and why are you questiong others morality .. and what have u done to talk like this ..
Re: Re: Re: Why has this message been blocked???
by roge on Aug 19, 2009 11:29 AM
palani .. probably the media shoudnt make such a issue about you tamils being slaughtered in srilanka .. Yeah ur right we should stop giving bribes and smuggling into different countries and finally claimig it our own ..
Re: call it novel, fiction and boring
by Shashi Srivastava on Aug 19, 2009 09:14 AM
I agree it was really sad that SRK antics are raising such silly stories
Re: Re: call it novel, fiction and boring
by roge on Aug 19, 2009 10:06 AM
Oh so now ur back to ur indian mentality .. jus cuz SRK got detained we shoudnt sympathise with any other person with a similar incidence .. Or is it the Hindu mentality within you thats been fed a lot of ceap thats comming to the forefront.. learnt to understand .anyone could face such an ordeal. So support ur country men . .on the basis of there experience and do not discourage them based on there religious background .. Cheap mentality idiots.
Re: Re: Re: call it novel, fiction and boring
by SurESH on Aug 19, 2009 10:15 AM
still you migrated from hindu, many things happens day to day, hence shashi was on his comments its u who wants the religious factor to use in the name of KHAN................92
Re: Re: Re: Re: call it novel, fiction and boring
by ThomasKhan SinghArora on Aug 19, 2009 11:32 AM
No tell me really why most S. Indians mess it all up when it comes to articulation.. well it never reaches that distance.. and dies much earlier in the grammatical zone. Hate to say it and I have a lot, and I mean a LOT of S. Indian friends.. Still sometimes all this just creeps up my nerves. I would rather have Telugus and Tamils use their own language.. so they can be understoof more so often.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: call it novel, fiction and boring
by Zulu on Aug 19, 2009 02:48 PM
sure siree Mr Knowall or whatever your name is. Try framing one sentence in any of the south-Indian languages. And do we even need talk about the language proficiency of your ilk who immigrate illegally and drive cabs in NY. Just like your ilk ! loud mouthed ! Perhaps you should hear your father or mum speak in english, that would be quite something lol
Re: Re: call it novel, fiction and boring
by ThomasKhan SinghArora on Aug 19, 2009 11:29 AM
It makes business sense for SRK to frame up a holdup in Newark. What does it require.. a fistful of dollars. Their judiciary doesn't have the time to look into petty matters like this and Khan gets away with much needed free pub for his upcoming movie that has all the telltale signs of something fishy in all of this.. "My name is Khan".
Re: Re: Re: call it novel, fiction and boring
by roge on Aug 19, 2009 12:00 PM
I dont think SRK needs unessary publicity . i cant understand why we cannot understand that these procedures in american airports are really un nessary. When the home department has cleared you to travell to the country whith all clearence about your background. then why simply hold up people . These checks are relly un nessary and should be stopped .tell me what has come off these checkings . have they caugh any one credible to say that this guy was a element who wants to disturb national security. So Thomas khan .. thing in a wider angle my friend. probably SRK is talking on behest of all those people held up by airport security whthout any reason just to satisfy there authority which fuels there inner egoes fopr whatever .. people who havent travelled i guess talk like this .
Re: This is the Apathy of Indian Media
by roge on Aug 19, 2009 10:11 AM
fire fly .. u will agree with any one just to satisfy your hunger to put SRk down it so sounds ... common man.. have a lill shame .. u dont wanna relate to some one just on the basis of ur religion .. how S A D can u get . and what kind of a mentally stable person would agree with amar singh .. every one knows what kind of a sham that idiot is. now get ur horses up and write something nice.
I feel for his plight but is an Indian citizen or just of Indian origin. If he is not an Indian citizen no one has the right to protest in our country but to state facts what does USA really stand for? It can be the leading nation but it is only for whites and a rare few others like Obama.
Let the human rights watch 'dogs' in India and the world take up the matter but they will not as they are afriad of hurting American's sentiments but countires like ours or China, Cuba, Iran etc they would blow like a gale force wind.
Some how ? TB affected MMS has a fixed idea that only US and Britain and italy can improve the economy of India.He canot think beyond that.He does not talk about, food,draught, Health.education.transport,flood and river water management.He as a PM is responsible only for making as moron face as possible.If U see his TV footage the way he walks it seems he is going to solve some unknown problem.Mad looking swine.O God save us from such personalities.As long as such filthy looking people will continue as PM India will be losing respect in foreign countries.
Re: Manmohan singh has made us indians the a$$lickers of US
by raj on Aug 19, 2009 08:01 AM
Who paid for your Internet connection. You become hijara because of yourself.
