It is very common... belive or not you are not the only one... I am born in Guju caste but just because I am not PATEL or SHAH, I do not get any help from my community ..It is all sweet talks... In last 20 years in US, I have not met any Gujju especially Patel or Shah, who would genuinely and honestly give your the right information or do not misguide you..
As an Indian I am sad to hear that another fellow Indian got discrimated because of his belief. It should not happen. I think we educated people should fight against such discrimination, however small scale it is. On the same token, I want to ask my fellow Indian one simple question. Compare an average Hindu, Christian and Muslim. Can you tell me who is more discriminative in terms of religion? I am a born Hindu, but I don't believe in religion. But, one great thing about an average Hindu is that they don't discriminate people in terms of religion. The reason, religion is not that important for Hindus compared to Muslims or Christians. Hindus consider nationality and humanity above religion. I am talking about common people, not fundamentalist. As long as you belive in a religion that teach people that all other believes are wrong and evil you can never respect and get along with other people, in true sense. Unfortunately, that is true for most of the religions
even if 82 lakh out of 82 crore hindus are discriminating it would only be 1%. and if somebody doesnt like the smell of fish or any living being then i find it a very fair argument.