Rediff columnist

I hope someone has been reading Rajeev Sreenivasan's column (http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/aug/10rajeev.htm) that appears frequently on REDIFF.

He is a good writer with very solid skills but I often wonder - how someone with his education and credentials - can be so hateful. From what I have observed, he adopts the following ideals all the time:

1. India had everything when we were a Sanskrit -based society
2. The British - did not leave anything good behind.
3. Christians, muslims - are bad for India. They profit at the expense of the majority
4. Congress killed everything that was to live for in India (in the 30 years that they ruled India since independence)

I agree that he has certain points along all 4, but to take an unbalanced view, to the extent that he portrays everything as an evil perpetrated on India is just not called for. IMO, respectable commentary needs to give credit where it is due - and not always blame or be negative about everything.. :-)