RE:Why are Hindus angry at Muslims,By Kaleem Kawaja
by Azeem Inamdar on Jul 21, 2008 04:13 PM Permalink
If the "angry Hindu" ever does an objective study of the ground realities he will realize that he has nothing to be angry about. In fact he has every reason to be happy to find that in practice the Indian state has moved very far from the secular state that was promulgated at Independence in 1947. He should be happy at the near monopoly that he has in the socio-economic life of India, in employment in the burgeoning private and multinational corporations, the government undertakings, the political parties, the better higher education institutions and the society at large. It is time for the "angry Hindu" to realize that he is being misled and used by the opportunistic right wing politicians. He should cool his misplaced anger at the Indian Muslims and find ways to reduce the heightened tensions in the nation that is hurting India's well-being at a critical time.
RE:RE:Why are Hindus angry at Muslims,By Kaleem Kawaja
by Shyam on Jul 21, 2008 04:18 PM Permalink
I definitely agree with you on one thing - that the Indian state has moved very far from the secular state that was promulgated at Independence in 1947. Now it has become a appeasiing government - pseudo secularism. A truly secular government should not divide the people as majority or minority, rather it should abstain from taking the name of religion for any purpose. All should be equal citizens, irrespective of their numbers and their vote bank politics!
