Finally a balanced article - nowadays Rediff seems to only post articles from extremists. I am from a minority community myself and I entirely agree with the author. There has been no special treatment for minorities in India as the Hindu nationalists love to shout out at every turn. However that said the Indian governments (esp Congress) have bent over backwards to appease fundamentalists whether Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian or whatever. Handing out fatwas and death sentences in a free democratic society based on rule of law and respect for the constitution is obnoxious and peverse. Nothing can be achieved by tolerating these elements who give all minorities a bad name.
