Between Kamal Hassan, Rajnikanth and Manikavasagam.

Am back from long hiatus but keep smiling to myself as I'm truly amused by the antics of Manikavasagam, the MP for Klang.

So good is his acting that probably Kamal Hassan

and Rajnikanth should make way for him in Bollywood.

Here comes the superstar of Bollywood in the making, S. Manikavasagam, a Malaysian of Indian descent.

The MP for Klang, S. Manikavasagam is in fact a good actor. First he threatened to resign from PKR over his dissappointment with the Selangor PR government over some unfulfilled promises such as the appointment of Indians in government-linked companies, state agencies and local councils and welfare of the Indians generally. Read here.

But he showed his acting mettle by only resigning as Selangor PKR vice-chairman but not from PKR or as an MP, whilst at the same time issued an ultimatum that his next course of action depended on the outcome of his meeting with Anwar Ibrahim, the PKR adviser.

Don't know what happened after that (probably good sense prevailed) and now he's saying, "I will live or die with PKR". Here.

Ke.........ke..........ke............

What a joke, Mani. You only make a fool of yourself. You may want to deny what you said earlier. You may want to claim that the press quoted you out of contact (to save face for your folly, which is being used by almost every big shot).

You have the late Tan Sri V. Manikavasagam's nameshake but failed to follow his conduct. What a shame, Mani.

But be rest assured that you allegations are legitimate. Yes, the Indians are being marginalized. You see, everybody is being marginalized. As a matter of fact not only the Indians. The Chinese, Thais, Portuguese, Ibans, Dayaks, Dusuns and Melanaus too are being marginalized.

Not only inter-race. Marginalization also exist intra-race. The poor Chinese are also being marginalized by the rich and mighty MCA. The kampong Malays are also being marginalized by the powerful inner circle of Umno. Farmer Pak Ali and fisherman Pak Mat are also being marginalized by the high and mighty and arrogant Ketua Cawangan, Ketua Bahagian, Ketua Pemuda. Not to mention by other Datos and Tan Sris. But of course, the marginalized Malays are still are much better than the marginalized Indians and Chinese la. But the fact remains that everybody is being marginalized at one time or another.

There's nothing to cry about. What can you do when you don't have the number. Just accept the fact that "majority rules". Marginalization and discrimination happen everywhere, in all countries on this planet. Even in the world's largest democracy, i.e. India and US, marginalization and discrimination exist.

What can you do about it? No, don't say nothing. There's something the "marginalized" citizens can do about it; and we Malaysians have sort of done it to a lesser degree in the March 2008 general elections.

Having said that, do you rationally think that Pakatan Rakyat would cease the practice of marginalization should it manage to wrest control of the federal government. Nay. It's going to stay - forever, unless you have more non-Malay MPs than Malay MPs in Parliament. That is probable but near impossible, right?

Do you think there is no marginalization in Penang, Kedah, Perak and Kelantan?

That's why I say marginalization is a way of life in Malaysia.

But thanks God Almighty now that you have come to your sense. Don't resign. Fight from within. Don't fight from outside. You lose your bargaining power once you're outside. Nobody has gained anything fighting from outside. Continue to champion for the Indians' cause. Malaysian minority like the Indians need you. But don't la go to the press to wash dirty line in public.

Good luck, Mani.