This question is obviously for Pakistanis living outside Pakistan in the diaspora. Do you get along with indians (or hindus to be more specific) in the real world outside the internet forums? How do you interact with hindus at school, university campus or workplace??
I am deliberately using the word hindu because the animosity between Pakistan and India is seen in muslim-vs-hindu terms in both countries. Muslims may be around 14% of india’s population but there are hardly any muslims in india’s armed forces.
I dislike hindus and at my current workplace there are no hindus. But i have worked with hindus in the past and in that situation, i try to be tactful and avoid any discussion about politics or religion. If a hindu at work tried to initiate any discussion about these controversial Pakistan-vs-india issues then i did not tolerate their BS and was ruthless in my response. Otherwise i try to avoid any interaction with a hindu unless it is completely unavoidable.
I was in high school during the kargil conflict in 1999 and there were even fights between pakistanis (including myself) and indian students because of that.
I am ambivalent about sikhs even though there are lots of sikhs in the indian army. I have noticed that the sikhs living in UK and North America are either Khalistani and very anti-india or they are very patriotic about india and hate us. The sikhs in the diaspora seem to have a schizophrenic mindset.
Re: Do you get along with Indians (hindus) at school and workplace??
I don’t currently have any coworkers of Hindu faith. I have had some in the past, and we got along very well. The key is to find the common, and build a working relationship on that.
Re: Do you get along with Indians (hindus) at school and workplace??
Yes, when you live in a multinational country you will have quite a bit of interaction with people of different races/religion. I like to base my judgement on the individuals character rather than their race/religion etc.
That said my close friends are all Muslim however I do have some genuinely good friends who are non-Muslim.
Some of my closes friends are Hindus. Actually I have more Hindu friends from biz school days than Muslim ones. My closest pals from b school is also a Hindu.
Most of the guys were either born here or came here at early age or undergrad.
The issue with ppl who came late in their life is less of a religion but more of a common interest, personality match etc. although there are some of those too.
Re: Do you get along with Indians (hindus) at school and workplace??
If you live in west then it is a wrong country for you. Multiculturalism is an awesome thing and clearly it isnt working out for you. Sooner or later some “Hindu” ( not jew or christian or an atheist as you are fine working under them) will join your workplace and ruin the party for you. You can go to afghanistan before some “Hindu” stabs in your back or does kargil again.
Re: Do you get along with Indians (hindus) at school and workplace??
I hired a Hindu into my team once. Was the religion a factor when I hired her? No.
What mattered was:
Top performer with an excellent track record, brilliant professional and highly motivated. Her previous manager was actually pissed at me for a while because I took away her best team member.
