The problem with people like you is that you read one post wiothout reading anything prior to it… Infact, I think you Indians are quite confused over what your actually debating here.
My point was, that if your going to use Indian Muslim participation in Ganesh festival or any other festival, holi etc, to imply that India is a bastion of relgious tolerance and all the minorities LOVE India, and the rest of corny BS you Indians gush over eash other with, then you shoudl know that we in PAKISTANIS ALSO celebrate a Hindu festival…
Infact, we have many traditions that are remnants of Hindus culture in Pakistan.
So by the standards you use to define Indian Muslims as being tolerant and open minded (compared to their brutish Pakistani counterparts I suppose
) Pakistanis are just as tolerant and open minded, since we also celebrate Hindu festivals…
I would even say that we are even MORE tolerant then the Indian Muslims, seeing as how we celebrate Hindu festivals without having any Hindus there to impress!
You point was that you celebrate Hindu festivals not because you have a belief in Hindu Gods etc, but because its a communal thing for you. I agree, I its matter of these holidays having become secular to some extent.
Some of the INDIANS had implied that Muslims celebrate the Ganesh dip because they are some how partaking in the worship of Ganesh. That is where I am challenging them. My ascertion is that the Muslims are not worshiping Ganesh, but simply viewing the entire thing as a secular celebration of nothing more then the love of going swimming…
And yes, pretty mcuh everyone in the Subcontinent celebrate Hindu festivals for one reason or another… But only Hindus do so in the name of worship…