Re: Pakistani Hindu
I am quite honestly describing my life experiences as a typical Indian muslim.
After 1984 riots against Sikhs in which thousands of Sikhs were pulled from the trains and massacred by the Hindu mob all across India, my father became extremely worried and developed a sense of insecurity till the end. As a young boy whenever I used to board the train alone, he would advise me repeatedly not to reveal my muslim identity to strangers.
My spouse carries our family name MEMON as her last name. Recently when we traveled by train with a reserved ticket then I was stunned to find a police party demanding to investigate our identity. They wanted to know whether we had any connection with those responsible for 1993 Bomb blast. Then I showed my identity card as a central govt officer and avoided any possible harrasment.
I had gone to Hyderabad for a vacation along with my spouse and it happened to be 14th August. During 14th August midnight my hotel room was knocked by the police and then again I used my central govt officer identity to avoid another possible harrasment. Later I learnt that Hyderabad police had carried out surprise checks on all the hotels to prevent any possible attack by Kashmiri militants.
When I decided to take the newly started international flight to go to Canada from Hyderabad in Feb 2005 then the custom officer suspected me to be a Pakistani because of my north Indian look and muslim name and denied me to board the flight until he fully investigated my identity. At that point I called Lufthansa staff since I had four times boarded the international flight by Lufthansa in the last three years and they had rewarded me by converting my economy class into business class for the current flight. Lufthansa staff tried their best to convince the custom officer but he was not listening and using bad language against Pakistan and cursing Laloo, Mulayam and Paswan. Then I opened my big suitcase and showed my identity as a former Central govt officer and threatened to make a complaint to the external ministry for the harrasment. This worked and he allowed me to board the flight at the last minute.
But the above unpleasant situation is greatly overshadowed by the following facts:
I never faced any discrimination during my schooling, college and university education and during my job hunt. I am indeed grateful to the majority of Hindu liberals for retaining the secular identity of India and for providing equal opportunities to minorities.
Thanks for ur response brother.
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I agree with you that in Pakistan, the minorities don't enjoy the political freedom. But they seem to have equal opportunities in all other aspects
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Bro it is very much unlikely that hindus have equal opportunities in pakistan after being denied religious and political freedom there, after all there are more too many funadamentalist elements in pakistan to deny them their rights, and above all when shais can face discrimination in their own islamic country, than hindus should not complain about being discriminated.
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In India, minorities do enjoy the political freedom and freedom of expression but this privilage comes with a price. Let me define what this price is by taking my own example.
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Brother I feel sorry by reading ur horrifying experience, but here something shold be kept in mind. I agree that muslims have to pay a heavy price for their freedom in this country, but plz think honestly who is responsible for this price being paid? Arnt they ur own muslim bretherns who are bringing all the bad name to this great religion and misiries for majority of innocent muslims like urself?
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1. After 1984 riots against Sikhs in which thousands of Sikhs were pulled from the trains and massacred by the Hindu mob all across India, my father became extremely worried and developed a sense of insecurity till the end. As a young boy whenever I used to board the train alone, he would advise me repeatedly not to reveal my muslim identity to strangers.
My spouse carries our family name MEMON as her last name. Recently when we traveled by train with a reserved ticket then I was stunned to find a police party demanding to investigate our identity. They wanted to know whether we had any connection with those responsible for 1993 Bomb blast. Then I showed my identity card as a central govt officer and avoided any possible harrasment.
I had gone to Hyderabad for a vacation along with my spouse and it happened to be 14th August. During 14th August midnight my hotel room was knocked by the police and then again I used my central govt officer identity to avoid another possible harrasment. Later I learnt that Hyderabad police had carried out surprise checks on all the hotels to prevent any possible attack by Kashmiri militants.
When I decided to take the newly started international flight to go to Canada from Hyderabad in Feb 2005 then the custom officer suspected me to be a Pakistani because of my north Indian look and muslim name and denied me to board the flight until he fully investigated my identity. At that point I called Lufthansa staff since I had four times boarded the international flight by Lufthansa in the last three years and they had rewarded me by converting my economy class into business class for the current flight. Lufthansa staff tried their best to convince the custom officer but he was not listening and using bad language against Pakistan and cursing Laloo, Mulayam and Paswan. Then I opened my big suitcase and showed my identity as a former Central govt officer and threatened to make a complaint to the external ministry for the harrasment. This worked and he allowed me to board the flight at the last minute.
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I can understand the pain u felt while undergoing such unpleasant situations. but again brother, who is responsible for all this?? offcourse that custom officer was a blot on hindus and humanity, but who gave him courage to act in such a manner?? why only muslim names come under scanner?? offcourse those officer who suspected ur spouse only for carrying her surname as Memon were guilty?? but were Memon brothers not guilty for bringing bad name on entire community????
Isnt it a fact that whenver we see someone with surname of Godse it reminds us of infamous Nathuram Godse who killed our beloved father of the nation??? yes we are guilty for this discrimination, but more guilty was Nathuram Godse, Now can u see a Godse in any political party?? no it has become a trademark of infamous Hindu Mashsabha, I hope U understand what I mean.
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I never faced any discrimination during my schooling, college and university education and during my job hunt. I am indeed grateful to the majority of Hindu liberals for retaining the secular identity of India and for providing equal opportunities to minorities
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Brother speaking for libral hindus I can assure U that muslims in this country are our own brothers and sisters, we know the fact that we have to co exist and bulid this nation, we have to wipe out the feeling of hatred for each other coz its biggest crime before ALLAH, to hate his beloved creation. We hindus are equally greatfull to muslims like U for treating us like their own brothers in every aspect of life and setting an example for the rest of the world. Roots of secularism are very very deep in this country...........One may envy us, but no one can comptete us in this aspect.
Hindu Muslim Sikh Isai
Sab aapas me bhai bhai.:)
Thats the slogan of secular India.