Azim Premji or Khans doing well do not mean all minorities are doing well and have no issues.
India's secularism is tokenism. Merely symbolic.
Why did Bollywood actors have to change names in past? Sikhs like Sampooran Singh Gulzar and Jagjit Singh, Karkirtan Kaur became clean shaven, cut hair, Gulzar, Jagjit Singh and Geeta Bali. Muslim actors Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Meena Kumari all had to change names.
Why they needed to have Hindu sounding names and looks?
There was no India. No "one unified country" till British rule. Often communities were at war with each other themselves. Religions, languages, dialects, sects, castes, sub castes etc kept evolving.
People of all religions have lived together here. Friendly relations and battles - both happened.
Even during freedom struggle there was no one unified struggle. All were fighting own battles, own way.
Of course now certain organisations and community want to rewrite history and behave as if there was one India that was invaded by others or Indians together fought against them.
How can you ascertain which Muslim's forefather was forcibly converted? And who accepted Islam voluntarily? Who knows who liked this religion and its teachings and himself decided to adopt it?
Why does it hurt which way of life people adopt?
Even Ashoka took to Buddhism later.
And you are trying to call Islam "foreign" here. Why is it that "Indians" were not able to or did not resist these foreigners?
Rana Sanga himself invited Babur to invade India to deal with Delhi Sultanate. Is he a traitor then?
Why did he even have any connection with Babur at all?
Why did Hindu kings give away their daughters to Muslim emperors in marriage? Became their vassals themselves?
Why they often took their help to defeat or crush their rivals?
It is simple. There was no one whole country. Only personal kingdom or territory mattered. Own kingdom itself was own country. And as long as that was safe or could be expanded, till then nothing else mattered.
Every single state of India has different faiths, language, dialects, history, cultural practices, dresses, food etc.
Muslims are among the poorest minorities in India.
Amusing how artists, craftsmen, rulers, saints, poets, writers, that India was once proud of and still tries to flaunt at times, were Muslims but some here are disparaging their community.
Talking of appearance, there are many bhaiyas also with unkempt appearances, filthy language, teeth stained through chewing paan and tobacco.
What's your problem with dress and appearance? People have right to keep their unique identity! Will you call out Sikhs also for their beards and turbans?
All media, academia, top posts, cinema etc are majority dominated. Regional languages almost facing extinction. And Hindi being foisted everywhere. Most National awards, schemes, plans, defense equipment is given Hindu names.
Where is majority having any problems? Or minority getting something "more"?
Why will Muslims and other minorities not prefer a school related to own faith? Schools and textbooks don't have anything about them. On top of it they make one recite prayers of a specific religion which might not be theirs. Why will they feel comfortable?
Has there been any effort to help them improve conditons of own schools?
Media and cinema blatantly stereotype other communities. Even this belief is spread that Hindi is national language.
Those who are behind large scale massacre of minorities become Prime Minister by landslide margin here.
Butchers and murderers roaming free. Obviously "no evidence found" against them!
Forget "foreign" communities, even the ones that originated here have not been spared from persecution and attempts to take them under fold of one majority community.
Even so called PMs and Presidents from minority communities were mere symbolic heads. At best golden zeroes.
Being minority has become a crime.
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