Will Mulayam and Co ban ATMs?

Anger, sarcasm, contempt... Blogsu00a0are unable to tolerate the Samajwadi Party's absurd manifesto that snubbed English language and computers.u00a0

Most of the bloggers are unanimous in their views that India's BPO boom and fast strides in the IT field happened because of English education and computers.

"Mulayam, Munnabhai & Co. want an insular India, technologically backward, speaking in local tongues." blogger Antidoteu00a0is sarcastic.

"What would happen if Mulayam & Co. banned ATMs and we were back queuing up before bank cashiers? Nothing really makes sense in socialist democratic India anymore. Certainly not Mulayam, Munnabhai, Amar Singh & Co," he adds, taking a dig at Mulayam's 'hypocrisy' because "the report says both his sons studied in English-medium schools."u00a0

"Why ban on computer and english. Is speaking english selling your self respect?...I prefer selling my skills of english and computer and earning respectable money to live self respecting live!" says Indian Sawaal.u00a0

"Mr mulayam singh , you were teacher . You are called netaji . Your son has account in face book , your good friend Mr Amitabh has his own blog and you are promoting , no to computers!"

"But instead of stopping people from growing why dont you commit that you would provide computer literacy to every one in uttar pradesh. Why dont you say english is mere language and that can be learnt by any one easily," asks the blogger.

"Hindi is my mother tongue but I deal with my client in English. Computer is means of my bread and butter. Please dont look for votes by fooling people. Tell them that in global world , one needs to keep on learning new and new things."

Blogger Satyau00a0terms the SP's manifesto as "shocking and "atavistic".

"In this age of modernization when the world is a global village and economies of countries inextricably linked to each other, talking about making English redundant, use of minimal computer and discouraging mechanized farming, is going to the ridiculous".

"We should realize that English per se is not really a foreign language to India, and whether we like it or not, it is the sine qua non for any development in this era," he says, adding that even countries like China is trying to emulate India's success, through imparting of English language.

"If computerization is replacing people, then the same economy is also creating upteem opportunities for people in different areas."

"Ok, Sir. I do not know about your understanding of the scientific world and how fast one needs to be, to stay in the race. My question is you think computers are going to come out of earth. Why don't you invest your money and make an IBM in India and employ the so called educated 'un' employed youth of the country? and more over, these machines aren't artificially intelligent sir, u still need humans," says blogger Andand.u00a0

"I am an Indian, reading this news on an Indian website in English and writing my blog in English. I can speak my mother tongue fluently and also write well. All that I want to tell you is, if we have an edge over Chinese or other countries, it is only our English skills," he adds.u00a0

"Unlike Mulayam Singh, whose son went to Australia to learn English language or Charan Singh who said he would stop computers by sending his son Ajit Singh to US to learn that, let the political class be honest enough to accept what they personally believe and behave," says Manukshi.u00a0u00a0