On Friday 21 July 2006 11:38 am, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
On 7/21/06, Harshal Vaidya harshalx@gmail.com wrote:
We need to convince every Muslim in India that we as Hindus are not a threat to them but they are just like any other citizens completely.
RSS, VHP, Shiv Sena. These are Hindu fundamentalist organizations that believe strongly that India is supposed to be a "Hindu" state. Simply saying that "convince Muslims that we're not a threat" won't work.
I have never faced discrimination / religious slur even from hardcore members of RSS and Shiv sena ever even tho i am from a miniority religious community and i do not subscribe to much of their ideology and have said so bluntly. I am therfore a firm believer that Hinduism is essentially very open and Hindus not just tolerant but actually give a shit abt your religious beliefs. Some communities like the Jains are only concerned abt wether i am a veggie or not and make half hearted attempts to convince me abt it's benefits. To put things in balance tho I am anything but relgious and every one of them knew that.