Hidayathulla Wonderfully balanced view till I started reading between the lines . I agree with you that the issue has nothing to do with the Yatra or actaully Hindus. But what your Kashmiri friends would find difficult to accept India ( unlike Pakistan ) is a a highly diverse country . Every other day you cannot let groups, religious or otherwise, choose whether they would like to be a part of India or not . That way my country and your country would die in installments . Since you gone back to 1947 , how come you have missed the most important issue of that year . India was broken up into Islamic Pakistan and Secular India . Not into Islamic Pakistan and Hindu India . That being the case we dont give any relevence to the religious faith of any region. The country cannot allow Muslims in Kashmir to break away or Sikhs in Punjab to so or even for Hindu ULFA to break away or Christian Nagaland to break away! Nehru was a bumbling fool ... who rarely ever cared for India and was less committed to India than he was to Lady Mountbatton . His opinion does not count. Yes there is hatred to Islam on this board . That is deplorable since, sense will tell us that Islam has little to do with conflicts that are driven by politicians for thier own selfish gains. However when it comes to respect I remember being taught in high school that Respect is something you can command not demand . Let us work to ensure that our faith is able to command respect.
