Re: Indian Muslims are the most disadvantage group in India
well, I'm sure the arguments here between Indians and Pakistanis will continue on why their country is superior, let me point some logical reasons for why muslims in India are the most disadvantaged minority group.
India is doing economically great because its middle class is doing so great. Unfortunately, muslims are a very very small % of this middle class. As I see it economically, I only see a small upper class and a large lower class Indian muslims. The middle class is almost non-existent. Why is so is a good question. To me, some of it is historical. During partion, a lot of upper class and middle class muslims migrated to Pakistan leaving behind a lareg part of lower class in India. Unfortunately, the lower class still gets swayed more by the maulvis than their own brains. India has done well in the last 15 years or so because of the knowledge of english. Unfortunately, the lower class still does not encourage its kids to learn english and therefore, they find themselves at a great disadvantage when it comes to these new jobs.
Things are changing, but too slowly for its impact to be felt immediately. In India, the best way to move up in life is through quality education and whoever manages to get that, does well. I did my MBA sometime back from the best college in India, (Indian Institute of Management) there were 12 muslims in a class of 190 and all of them are doing great. Two of them are my good friends and we work in the same company. The key to improve the econnomic status of muslims is to increase this % in good institutes and that needs a willingness to learn english and embrace the modern education system.