At Ground Zero of the quota protests
In just an hour, nearly 1,000 postcards were written out by students, faculty from various colleges and other supporters of the anti-quota movement.
The heady of one department at AIIMS wrote: Would you wait so long if your own children were on hunger strike?
A housewife wrote: PM, I thought you are a wise man but you are proving to be the enemy of my children.
A student wrote: Jago Mohan pyare, Jago.
A lady teacher wrote: PM, you can't strengthen the weak by weakening the country.
Many students wrote just a line: We will not vote for you, Mr Prime Minister.
One man told Dr Singh: India is not for sale.
Most postcards carried the message: First keep the OBC quota in Parliament, then turn to us.
One professor wrote: PM please connect!
A medical student said: British divided us, we fought them. Whom do we fight now?
Some postcards to Dr Singh showed extreme bias.
A lady officer in the local education department wrote: Some Indians are backward because of two things. 1) lack of primary education facilities 2) Genetic defects amongst tribal, lower classes and OBCs.
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