This minority are only 2-3 % is such a convenient argument lol.
There are only a fraction of Parsis, probably only a few lakhs out of a 1.5 billion population in India and yet they have produced some of the wealthiest business men, famous artists and sportsmen.
That was made possible because they were allowed to thrive in secular India after they were almost wiped out from an Islamic republic.
It’s funny to hear sermons about secularism from Pakistanis.
We have had a Muslim President, can a minority run for office in Pak?
Yes there will be bias in a melting pot like India and there will be discrimination and conflicts. Assuming you live in Britain or even if you live in other part of Europe or America do you think there is no white bias in these countries? Don’t you think discrimination or racial tensions flare up?
However the fabric of the Indian society is secularism and equality and you are gloating about Kartarpur or renovating old temples, how long did it take for that to open after independence?
Also one mosque was demolished in India and people here still quote that, the very fact you are talking about renovation of temples in cities which have prominent place in ancient Hindu history do you see the irony there?
There is a mosque big or small in every area in India, in fact they are run privately by the Muslim trusts without any interference.
I think this is Urdu and not Hindi but there is a saying apne girebaan me jhaank ke dekho.
Well it’s good if as you are saying Pak is making some good moves to protect minorities. However they are still way behind India in that regards so it’s not even a close comparison. Maybe you can say better than Iran or something.
The difference between Pakistan and India is that unlike India, Pakistan was created as a state for the Muslims of the sub-continent. And that is what Pakistan is. That does not mean that minorities should not have equal rights. But the character is that of a Muslim state. Just as Israel has the character of a Jewish state. And Pakistan does not try to deny this.
India on the other hand was created as, and projected as a secular state. When in reality it was a Hindu state where minorities (and especially Muslims) have not only been subject to major injustices. The fact that India has actually had a Muslim President and yet today openly anti-Muslim policies have been instituted speaks volumes about the kind of power Muslims actually have in India.
I agree that injustices against minorities occur in Pakistan, and have in the past. But there is a fundamental difference in injustices that a segment from 3 million people of the population are subjected to and injustices that a segment from 200+ million people of a population are subjected to.
There is furthermore a difference between a state openly advocating hate and discriminatory policies against certain groups. Where there is a co-ordinated campaign undertaken by the media, known to manufacture consent against a group of people. Which is visible in India today. And its not just restricted to Indian Muslims who are often characterized as trouble-makers, terrorists, infiltrators by politicians and the media alike, it extends to Pakistan now aswell, without whom BJP can't seem to win an election and regularly features in their election speeches. Tell me, if India is such a rising super-power why does it need to talk about Pakistan so much with its people?
Pakistan went through its worst period in the 1980s under Zia but even then we we witnessed nothing like the Delhi riots or the Gujrat riots of 2002. Despite seeds of bigotry that exist within segments of the population the political parties don't use it to come into power nor does the state advocate policies like the NRC, whose ultimate aim I would guess would be to throw Muslims into concentration camps and deny them the right to vote.
And this whole routine of "you don't have any right to talk about what's going on India, because you're Pakistani". Actually I do. Any rational human being should have the fortitude to call out injustices, whether they are occurring in his own country or someplace else. I still think that there is alot to be done for the minorities of Pakistan and we have a long way to go in regards to guaranteeing them the same safeguards and privileges that Jinnah promised them. And I'm glad to see the government taking steps (even if they are baby steps) to try and make that possible.
But if you think this is a contest then you have it all wrong. And the fact that you think that everything in India is A-Okay even when so many of your fellow countrymen are saying they are not reflects a stark inability to not just confront the truth, but also condemn the injustice.
