interesting thread. Ok heres my two cents:
quick background, ive lived with Hindus for almost 40 years. Many have been friends many have been close family confidantes, others just aquaintances. Now I can only speak for Hindus I have met and the general trend I have noticed here in the uk. The majority of Hindus I have come across are secular, third or second generation african Indians who's grandads migrated or whos fathers migrated to africa. They then migrated again to the UK once idi ameen forced them out of his country. Many who came here were already well educated, smart, business people, who understood how to "integrate" to their benefit. They had and have a hard working ethos, and by and large have transferred that to their children and childrens children.
When compared to the "majority" of "pakistanis" who came to Britain well, the pakistanis who came over were poor, from dirt poor villages of parts of kashmir. They worked in the mills up north and factories down south. They were uneducated and heavily influenced by their culture. This has brought many problems. Their children have to cross more barriers than other asian people especially now with anti Muslim discrimination ever growing. For example a Muslim who has the same qualifications is less likely to recieve a job offer than either a white person or a hindu in the uk. Therefore many either lose heart, leave the uk or start their own businesses. Some even resort to driving taxis and becoming aprt of the "night" economy out of desperation.
Although Pakistani university applications will soon exceed those of Hindu Indians and idigenous whites, they are less likely to be employed due to discrimination. Hence why David Cameron was keen to enact an anonymised university application system and employment application system.
In comparison to the US where Pakistanis are one of the most successful communities due to the high levels of education and mobility. That may now change with a change of attitude in the west.
Contrary to popular belief by the children on this forum, Hindus do not face religious discrimination but racial discrimination based on culture and race. Muslims face religious, cultural, socio-economic and racial discrimination. Considering the barrier put up, the fact the community is on an up word curve in education is a positive although employment remains a problem.
as for grooming, well this is a by product of the lack of employment opps out there. Things inmho are moving forward however. For the first time we are seeing Muslim women's education results improving to national or beyond national averages. White male students are doing worse than pakistanis and bangladeshis in many areas for the first time. There are still barriers but things are improving despite the barriers.
Finally I found my hindu friends to be good people. But none of them were very religious and those that were, were good at hiding their real feelings.
