The Religious Schism in our subcontinent runs deep. The Hindus and the Muslims of the subcontinent are from the same racial stock and otherwise share a common destiny. It is a tragedy that India, a multicultural democracy is ringed by neighbours where India's minority religious denominations are the rulers.The states of Pakistan and Bangladesh are run by the Muslims- a large minority in India; Srilanka is run by Buddhists, a minority in India. The unfortunate part, is that these minority run regimes are brutally intolerant of their own minorities. They conduct ethnic cleanising in a brutal and cruel manner.Some of the methods followed by these countries are horrific to say the least. Today India's tolerance is under severe strain and partly it is the ongoing pogroms and minority battering in these states. It seems to be a travesty of reason that India pursues a policy of appeasing the minorities at all costs while our neighbours batter the minorities no end. The inevitable longterm outcome of minority bashing is an armed insurgency bordering on a civil war on an ongoing basis as in Srilanka.
