Mr. Ashraf, Please remember that in Delhi, it was an one-time tragic incident 22 years before & that was the end of it. But in Mumbai, 1993 was the beginning and still it is continuing. Is a Hindu accepted with a broad heart and open hands in a Muslim locality?
Well I's walking in commercial street in Bangalore looking to shop, there were two men walking infront of me, visibly muslim father and son and speaking in Urdu. Son was telling his father, "lets go further down the street, there are more muslim shops there, we'll buy from there", I's stunned as you were with your house search. For many this is in the blood I feel. Many, wouldn't say all, are carrying this 'community-syndrome'. Sadly we wake up and come together only during Kargils (or say Thank God we atleast do that).
Have been reading some articles in the recent weeks (including India Today) about fanatical Mumabai residents. There is a covert apartheid being practiced among residents in Mumbai and is not limited to religion alone.
Don't believe this is a true picture of India.
Would still recommend to find the 'Indian' psyche among us. Believe you can surely look at life beyond Mumbai for now.
dont let the few rotten apples spoil your outlook. Remember, if this sick mentality was in a majority, the sangh parivar would have won the last election overwhelmingly. SO there is hope.
It was interesting to see a comment stating that a muslim was not allowed the Hindu locality. I stay in an area where we are completly surrounded by Muslims on one side and the Hindus on the other side.Problems arise only when we are not able to cope up with the cultural or social happenings around us. For example, when some muslim celebrations occur, they tend to keep the loud speakers at top volume even after 10 pm, which would in turn spoil our sleep. This is not a continuous process. The celebrations end in a day or two. The same thing happens with the hindus also. If this has to be taken as an issue there will be no end to the disputes in India. Instead we should show the tolerant behaviour of a true Indian in these kind of circumstances. Do some social activities involving the other religious faith or do it alone, which in turn would change the fundamentalistic idea of any religion. Over a period of time the entire society will understand the genuinity of our presence in that locality. Only these kind of acts would save India and not by running away from situations to our own religious groups, which will have again by-sects thereby differentiating us from our own groups.
