MASSEY UNIVERSITY BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE, SEEKING TERRORISTS AMONGS HINDUS

 

 

MASSEY UNIVERSITY CHALLENGED FOR SPREADING HINDU-

HATE UNDER COVER OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM

Thakur Ranjit Singh

 

In my earlier article, you read about my letter of concerns about Hinduphobia at Massey University. In this article you will get a synopsis of their reply and my retort to their spin.

Perhaps what confuses us is that Massey University is seeking terrorist and those  spreading hate in the wrong places. They wold have found them if they had looked at solving mystery of who brought down twin towers in New York, who caused massacre at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai, India, and who are causing human tragedy in Afghanistan.

 

In fact they are seeking terrorist at wrong places. If the academics supporting conference of dismantling Hindutva looked at the real hideout of international terrorist, many of the mysteries intriguing world leaders on terrorism would have been solved by now. 

Unfortunately CARE and Massey University are barking up the wrong tree in search for terrorists.

 

Please read on………….

 

CARE and Massey University have not tried to seek terrorists in Saudi Arabia, Israel, Pakistan and Afghanistan. They are seeking them in the wrong place and wrong ideology of a peaceful India, Hinduism and Hindutva which treats the whole world as one big family.

 

CARE and Massey University have not tried to seek terrorists in Saudi Arabia, Israel, Pakistan and Afghanistan. They are seeking them in the wrong place and wrong ideology of a peaceful India, Hinduism and Hindutva which treats the whole world as one big family.

As I write this second blog, I wish to bring this anti-Hindu CARE arm of Massey University under into spotlight.

 

 I wish to ask Massey University through this public forum:

 

1.   The total annual budget of CARE for the last 5 years

 

2.   Names of Foreign Donors for last 5 years

 

3.   Amount of Foreign donations above ten thousand dollar ($10,000)

 

4.   Remuneration paid to Mr Mohan Dutta for work related to CARE

 

5.   Names of Countries visited by Mr Dutta to carry out his CARE work since his appointment.

 

6.   Number of papers prepared and presented by Professor Dutta related to Hindus, Hindutva, Hinduism and Islamophobia

 

 

Mystery still surrounds the real brains behind 9/11 terrorism that resulted in the fall of the twin towers. Massey University needs to start looking for hate and terrorism at the right places - and that is not in India, Hinduism or Hindutva.

I had written to Massey University, expressing concerns at the stance of Massey University in allowing Hindumisia/Hinduphobia or Hindu hate, disguised as academic freedom under Massey University’s CARE (Centre for Cultural -centered Approach to Research and Evaluation).

 

This article provides further development in this fight for our religion.

 

In their reply, among others they said the following in a standard letter they wrote to other critics as well:

 

1)    CARE was taking care of Islamophobia by Hindu organisations in NZ to measure hate.

 

2)   Seventy universities supported Massey to measure Muslim hate by Hindu organisations, and they supported a conference.

 

3)   More 700 academics around the world wrote in support of conference to dismantle Hindutva, which they claim is different from Hinduism.

 

4)   This conference was supposed to reveal to the world terrorism and hate spread by Hindus

 

5)   Massey supports academic freedom, advancement of knowledge, discussion of diverse viewpoints and encourages independent thinking.

 

Terrorism and bombing of the Taj Hotel in Mumbai was from a terrorist cell based in Pakistan. Wonder why Massey University are seeking them in India and Hinduism.

I wrote to Massey University on 16 September 2021, retorting to their claims contained in their letter, summarised above.

 

Dear Professor Stephen Kelly,

 

Thanks for your reply of the 13^th instant. I will not accuse you of being ignorant or not knowing how to respond to diverse individual concerns.

 

This is because your office dishes out your communications school’s standard marketing manual and spin to all those who have written to you raising different issues on CARE in general, and Professor Dutta in particular.

 

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde faces of CARE at Massey University. They are advertised as a communication research that uses culture to promote communication. But in actual fact they have become hub of Hinduphobia,  spreading hate. India has never invaded any country and it embraces all as equal in a secular India. Yet, Massey University has targeted India and Hinduism as a place promoting hate and terrorism.

However, as an Alumnus, I wish to raise grave concerns about degeneration of my former institution, where now the safety and fair treatment of Hindu students become debatable with Massey University openly supporting and encouraging Hindu-hate sentiments. 

In addition, you seem to be populated with so many of your academics carrying Hindumisia /Hinduphobia mindsets, and hence their academic impartiality, neutrality and fairness become questionable and dubious. It therefore raises doubts about credibility of your institution continuing to remain a trusted international institution.

 

I am saddened that standards at Massey appear to have deteriorated since I was there some four decades ago, and it appears to have become a mercenary institution, supporting those who pay you the highest price.

If this was not so, why some 700 leading academics, as you claim, especially from USA and many with Indian origin, are only concerned about issues with Hindu, Hindutva, anti-Modi, and anti-Indian sentiments, while there are bigger human rights issue affecting mankind in the world now?

Please explain, since when has Massey University usurped and hijacked the objectives and roles of Oxfam and Amnesty International?

 

For your information, the letter I wrote was developed into an article for FIJI PUNDIT blog which I run , and widely circulated, even to NZ government Ministers. In the illustrations used, I specifically asked for each Kiwi Hindu activity, where are there any signs of promoting divisions, terrorism, or religious violence we are accused of undertaking.

These , sadly, have been maliciously, falsely, and sacrilegiously claimed by your Dutta, who you are providing unqualified support under garb of academic freedom to create divisions within Hindus and Muslims in NZ. Sadly, and unfortunately, it already seems to have started working, seeing at least one Kiwi Muslim signatory from Waikato, supporting Dutta and CARE.

 

Here is that link to my article of concerns:

https://fijipundit.blogspot.com/2021/09/former-student-writes-to-massey.html

 

Your spin-doctors failed to answer issues that I have raised as a Kiwi Fiji Indian Hindu, who has been tarnished by Professor Dutta who compares Hindus from Fiji and Kiwi born Hindus to a political system in India and says Hindu rituals lead to violence, and therefore, funding agencies need not support us here.

 

Mohan J Dutta - the person in charge of CARE, spreading hate. Massey University is requested to provide his remuneration in CARE, overseas funding for CARE, names of large foreign donors supporting CARE, countries he visited in last five years for CARE activities and papers he presented on Hinduism, Hindutva and Islamophobia. 

Instead of emergence of any rethink or consciousness , you merely dish out the standard circular and spins to all your critics, supporting CARE, most probably authored by Dutta and like-minded academics in CARE - who do not seem to really care.

 

Perhaps you will care (pun intended) to answer why your 700 academic supporters did not raise other grave human rights abuses and concerns around the world, which among others, include:

1)   Rise of Islamic terrorism around the world and use of Madrassas as teaching ground of hatred and fundamentalism.

 

2)   What happened to the missing Hindus in Pakistan, who during partition were 10% but now are only 2% of the population?

3)   Why have no issues on human rights abuses been raised, among others, in Philippines shooting criminals, Muslim persecution in China, Rohingya Muslim treatment in Myanmar, human rights abuse of indigenous people of West Papua, and treatment of Muslim women in Afghanistan? If Massey University wishes to be measuring barometer, judge and police for such abuses, why ONLY INDIA AND HINDUS?

 

4)   Repeating - why particular interest only in India and Hindus? Are university’s overseas funding specifically targeted for degrading us?

 

While Massey University has its radar on Hindus in India, it completely and selectively neglected to seek violence, terror and hate in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and other countries known as hub of international terrorism.

5)   Should not Massey University develop a fairer conscience to raise voices against greater human atrocities than reportedly  done in India, where Muslims have a choice to freely go to Islamic nations of Pakistan and Bangladesh (formerly West Pakistan ), which were specially separated from India for religious segregation, but they chose to stay back? Don’t they still have a choice?

I am not sure what your spin-machine will produce now, but I am not sitting idle in this case and copying this to relevant politicians and Ministers, and will also report Massey University to Human Rights Commission, for breaching our human rights, belittling us and our beliefs by targeting India and Hindus but ignoring greater concerns elsewhere. My bewilderment still remains - WHY ONLY INDIA AND HINDUS? 

Terrorism at Taj Hotel in Mumbai - should not Dutta, a Professor  from India, use CARE to probe the real source of terrorism in India rather than having a sham at Massey University to blame Hinduism and Hindutva for violence and hate? The terrorism at Taj was from Pakistan.

Perhaps you may pass this to Professor Dutta for a more relevant response to particular individual issues raised, than going through your public relation (PR) and spin machine.

Awaiting targeted and relevant responsive answers to issues raised in this letter written with a heavy heart by a humiliated and shamed Alumnus of Massey University.

Regards and best wishes,

 

Thakur Ranjit Singh

 

Blogger-FIJI PUNDIT

Ranjit Singh - Massey Alumnus -1984

Kiwi Fiji Indian Hindu

 

[About the Author: Thakur Ranjit is a Third Generation Fiji Indian Hindu, now settled in NZ. He is an Alumni of Massey University from Class of 1984, a journalist, a media commentator, and runs his blog FIJI PUNDIT. E-mail:thakurjifj@gmail.com]