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

[Murali V]

The minority numbers are trying to multiply manyfold using dubious methods,
and the demography is changing rapidly.
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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