Anti-Pakistanism in India

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Re: Anti-Pakistanism in India

@Arleitter

I hail from a Sindhi family ,having strong roots in Pakistan and been to Pakistan three times (as part of Hinglaj Yatra (Hinglaj Mata is our family deity)and a personnel one ),so I Know what is happening on the other side of the border and the sentiments running there.

I do not think majority of people in India are against of bridging good relations with Pakistan but that does not mean that the general sentiment can be dodged from the public.These F.B or Channels statistics do not say that people’s feelings have changed for good.I used to watch FIFA World Cup matches on P.T.V in 1998 because it had a better telecast those days and that did not mean that I had any special `inclination’ for Pakistan. People watch these channels just for the sake entertainment and by your logic, all pakistanis would have been India lovers by now,the way Z T.V and other channels had been received by Pakistani public.

As regards to 26/11,the admission of security lapses is one story and the people who orchestrated and it’s participants is another story.

      The guy was drunk.he was representing a responsible,major political party.If he was trying to woo a particular section of the community by raising pro Pakistani slogans,I believe he should have been stamped by more charges.  

Just because Diwana has expressed his opinion,he can not be underestimated here.He has expressed his view of point and that has to be respected.

I respect his viewpoint but i just don’t agree with it. Everyone is free to their views. You are free to yours as well. I just noted it was interesting to read someone having similar views. I agree the guy was drunk and doing extortion so that probably what caused him to get charged. What his intentions were i don’t know. I don’t think an ordinary person on the road saying pakistan zindabad would be taken away for sedition.
I mentioned 26/11 because so much has happened in the country since then that it seems like a distant memory and so much wrong has happened especially with security.

Wow that’s awesome that you’ve been to Pakistan. I’m so jealous right now Must be interesting to have Sindhi roots. I don’t have any relatives or roots there so I have no idea how it is like to visit on a personal level. I don’t know if i’d be able to visit. How is the yatra like? I’ve always been fascinated by Hinglaj Mata and the other peeths. Just from reading and looking online at various articles plus talking to Indian friends, online Indian friends, relatives in India i didn’t feel that they hated the common person..sure policies have been something people dislike on both ends. I think some people dislike policies but i don’t think anti-Pakistani sentiment in India is overwhelmingly higher than anti-Indian sentiment. It’d be the same. Once this terrorism issue is sorted out in both countries things will be better. Not sure how such a comparison can be made about sentiments anyway. I know in our elections since 2008 its made an issue but otherwise it’s not. Then again government is not the only marker of people’s sentiments. Education, health system etc count as well. we do have Pakistani studies in India and the Pakistani student who came to India said he did not face discrimination on nationality in his time here. That for me says something

So having visited Pakistan as an Indian how did you find sentiments? Especially during the yatra? Did sentiments change those 3 times? Did many Indians visit with you from different religious backgrounds and how did they find it?