Show That's my opinion Editor's The following article is the second installment of a letter written by two Indian students at the University of Utah in reply to the movie 11 India The first part of their letter was pointed in last week's Free India Speaks Dear A reference was made to the of women in It was said that according to Hindu belief the woman has no Even the devil quoted the scripture right but only misinterpreted In the Hindu the women are held in much higher reverence and respect than Probably we treat our women like cattle because an a health minister of the central a late governor of a state and 53 of our legislative assemblies' and federal members are It can certainly be said that women are if throwing open all administrative and executive posts from judge to sheriff to women is considered as such I It was stated that the chant of the beggers is the song of Probably that was quite when our country's wealth was flowing to some other The new government has taken steps to remove beggary and to provide employment for That should take care of that An attempt was made to portray India as a land of A figure of 15 million criminals was This figure is just a census of all people born in a certain community in forest tribal who were classified by the British police as just by birth whether they commit any crime or Their profession is not robbing but looking- after the forests and game In one of the men from this community elevated by the British to a throne for services rendered to is the King of a native state and is eligible for a artillery salute from any British government and has a parliament and a cabinet of elected He also comes under the classification of the 15 million After when criminal statistics are England boasts criminals guilty by for a period of one year for a total population of about 45 The United States has criminals for million We need not be ashamed of having- 15 million people called criminal tribes by birth and not by profession out of a total population of They were classified as such because they were giving frequent trouble to the British authority in If the intention was just to drag down it would have been wiser if the latter part of the movie on Tibet were left Tibet happens to be an independent country on the northern borders of It once formed part of China and has greater affinity and affiliations to The religion of Tibet is while the percentage of Buddhists India is also the plot is made interesting by a mixture of ideas from and eruptions and rock-slides as in of or was the inspiration from days of It is also remarkable that the photographer was the only white man to witness the ceremonies in Tibet he must have had some trained animal taking the movies while England produced two great Rudyard Kipling and Lord The first wrote is East and West is The other wrote the war-drum throbbed no longer and the battle flags were furled in the parliament of the federation of the It is rather unfortunate that this movie had to be based on the words of the while those of the latter would have been very helpful in making the dream of a united one world a Now great efforts are on way for a better understanding between the Orient and the United States and we hope it will result in a contribution to world peace and welfare of At this we appeal to the people of great country not to be taken in by outdated movies with fictitious scenes in a background of famous We also the opportunity to thank The Daily Utah Chronicle for graciously permitting us to make use of their columns to clear the Sincerely S. S. H. MAHADEVAN |