First we need to clear doubts and look at whole thing: 1. About casteism : There are four varnas in Sanathana Dharma(Hinduism). They are based NOT ON BIRTH but by vocation. As per our Vedas, ALL are born Shudras - means that all will do physical labour by default. Now as one grows and chooses a line of vocation, they change from being a Shudhra to Brahmin (teacher/priest), Kshatriya (warrior/defence), Vysya (business) or remain Shudhra (others - which is what most of us are). If you want to become a brahmin, then become one but you should adhere to that job's requirements like wise for defence etc. 2. Conversion to Islam: This was NOT done by ones own accord. This was done by extreme coercion centuries back by muslim invaders like it was done by Portugese to Hindus to convert them to Christianity. Those were the worst crimes ever. Frankly, there is no relgion in the world which is as flexible as Sanathana Dharma. 3. Untouchabiliy etc: These were new things invented by the so-called rulers of India - The muslim invaders and British- so that they can exploit the caste system by dividing the society. Which they succeeded. Couple of generations later, we believe that this is what the Vedas told us. All this is utter nonsense. We do not have upanishads have lots of stories of untouchability,but on the contrary, it has stories about how a Kshatriya became a brahmin(Vishwamitra), How a robber became a great rishi (Valmiki), How a son born of a fisher woman became the greatest poet ever(Ved Vyasa) and more. If these are not stories telling us how to live then what is. What we have today is a contrued and twisted view as has been fed to us by the British and Muslim rulers. 4. Formation of Pak and B'desh: This has nothing to do with religion, but religion card was played by the British to try and take control of oil wells in the Middle East. Yes this is what happened and you should read the book about the the Great Game in which it has been nicely chronicled how the British wanted to stop the then Russian Empire from having their hands in Middle-East and wanted to form a buffer zone. Hindus DID not want to divide the country, but the Muslims willingly did so. Sir, as per you, it seems that the muslims in Pak and B'desh are more happier that the muslims here. Nowhere in the world, including the US, do the muslims enjoy their rights as they do in Bharat. So with half-baked knowledge, Please Sir, do not accuse the religion.
