[Reader-list] India on a list of countries which have failed to protect its religious minorities adequately

[Murali V]

By the same logic compare within our own country, have any one of the pseudo
seculars talked about the pathetic condition of the Kashmiri pundits. If any
one talsk about that, the person is termed a hindu fanatic.
Regards,
V Murali

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Agree with Rakesh that whether or not any USA body has the business is not
> pertinent.
>
> We in India should be thankful that someone or the other is constantly
> reminding us on these issues.
>
> We in India should be ashamed that we have placed ourselves in a position
> that others need to remind us of our failings.
>
> Also agree with Rakesh that Pakistan is no benchmark.
>
> There cannot be any benchmark in justifying failure of the country towards
> it's citizens. There cannot be any competition in such matters. That would
> be ridiculous.
>
> Totally disagree with Rakesh's attitude of highlighting only the Indian
> Muslim case.  That is counter-productive and guaranteed to provoke equally
> blinkered reactions and responses and lead to meaningless bickering.
>
> In India, experiences should have taught us that being a 'religious
> minority' is an identity that can vary from state to state and is not the
> exclusive  preserve of any single religion. Also that, 'religion' might not
> always dictate the 'minority status' but might be tagged to economic-class,
> caste etc, each with it's own unique set of abuses suffered.
>
> In India, we might also like to consider that in some scenarios, 'minority
> numbers' lay seige to cornering for themselves exclusively or largely the
> Freedoms and Rights that should be available to all citizens.
>
> Kshmendra
>
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 8/13/09, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] India on a list of countries which have failed
> to protect its religious minorities adequately
> To: "Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi" <rajen786uppinangady at gmail.com>
> Cc: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 5:13 PM
>
>
> Whether the US has any business to say it or not may be a different
> question, but Indian Muslims have had a mixed record as far as their life
> in
> India is concerned. And Murali ji, Pakistan is not the benchmark in every
> field for India to achieve. That seems to be the case as far as you are
> concerned.
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