This question is for pakistani muslims. Do you have any hindu friends? If yes, how do you interact with them when there are tensions between india and pakistan just like right now and a threat of war. What kind of impact does it have on your relationship with them?
I hate india and hindus with a passion and avoid any social interaction with them. However, if i have to deal with hindus at work or university then i try to be diplomatic and avoid any conversation about politics or religion. But otherwise i avoid hindus.
Yes I have Hindu friends, and I dun see any harm in it. Having a different political opinion doesn't make them a bad person. If there are some nasty hindus/muslims out there, it doesn't mean we paint the whole community with same brush.
Being in IT for so long I too interact with lots of Hindus . Somehow I never clicked with any Hindu to the point of friendship. My boss was Hindu from South India till a couple of month ago. Very nice , honest , non biased person. I do not indulge in religious or political discussion at work.
i had some very close hindu friends in school. although it was unsaid agreement that politics would never be discussed nothing good would come out of it. but such friendships in my experience gradually fade out for the difference outweigh the similarities and eventually end up being acquaintance. but i think hating is too strong a word to be used.
i find some things attractive in the hindu religion. but i do not have any hindu friends currently nor do i care to have any in the future. i am fine the way i am. anywys when i don'T even trust our own people then why the hell am i oging to trust hindu person who has another added reason to hate me and be jealous of us.
i don'Tt hink so. havong hindu friends right now considering the current situation in india is just like asking yourself for trouble. and i sure don't need any more trouble in my life.
Quite a few acquaintances... and usually, there are no problems as we don't discuss politics and religion. Even earlier, in University, my colleagues and I understood that tensions are primarily created by political parties and decades of propaganda and brainwashing. Most people from either side of the border who've lived their lives abroad tend to find more commonalities than differences.
I have some close hindu pals and the politics and all dont get in the way, additionallu niether they nor I am the type who support idiotic stuff from any side.
we had a good group of indian/hindu along with pakistani friends when mr. weasel was doing residency. then after a year or two all of us moved to different cities and after a while we lost contact. right now boys have a very close friend, my 3rd son i call him. he is hindu. i am friends with his mom a very nice woman. I have always found hindus to be easy going people. I find them less judgmental compared to pakistanis. more open minded people. you can have a decent conversation with them about anything without being afraid of being judged, etc, etc. in short so far good experience.
We have some hindu friends but we think religion is a private matter so we never disscussed anything about religion and as far as this Bombay incident is cincerned may be they disscussed it in their homes,its their country but never in front of us.
Our working partner in Dubai is a firm which is half owned by an indian entity. Consequently, most of the workforce in the exchange is from india, and Im at a position in my firm, where I have to interact with them a lot. I have made some good friends there, and we do talk about stuff when it happens (like Mumbai shootings), but we are mature enough not to bring politics into it.
Idiots exist on both sides...its best not to talk about those idiots. Just keep it clean, and you could have a good friendship with them.
