India Should Help Pakistani Hindus

The plight of Pakistani Muslims has caught everyone’s attention recently. It is an old and evolving problem which is fast running towards the solution that fits Muslims i.e. wiping out Hindus either by killing them or converting them. The issue needs to be looked upon objectively.

The partition of the country in 1947 was essential. It became essential the day Mughals invaded India. Undivided India would have more than 500 million Muslims. There would not have been any peace. We would be like Pakistan or Bangladesh – a basket case. Partition was necessary but it did not happen properly. All the Muslims should have gone to Pakistan and Bangla Desh. All the Hindus should have stayed or come to India. But since we are an unfortunate nation, the division happened in the most improper way. We got a huge chunk of Muslims who are fast growing into a problem we will not be able to handle. Meanwhile the lesser said about the unfortunate Hindus who stayed back in Pakistan, the better. They have gone from 12% in 1947 to 2% now. The still remaining 2% are being put through the kill / conversion routine. No wonder these unfortunate souls are desperately trying any and all means to come to India.

I have never met a Muslim (or for that matter a Christian) who did not try to convert me. It is their solemn duty. They take is seriously and if in power use force to carry out that duty. I cannot blame the Pakistani Muslims for what they are doing. Kill and or convert is in their religion. That is how they have been brought up. They do not know any better. The bigger question is – What is the responsibility of India as a Hindu country (let us call that for argument sake)?

Last year in a blog post, we had written the following:

In the interim, what do we do about the remaining Hindus in Pakistan? Or for that matter Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and elsewhere? For that I propose the Israel model. India is the only country for Hindus, political secularism aside. We can migrate to the west but at the end of the day, it is the only place for us. For the Hindus of the world, we should open our borders. If they can establish their ancestral roots in India, then they should be welcomed with open arms. India should be the lighthouse for the Hindus who are lost at sea. This goes double for our hapless brothers and sisters from Pakistan. GoI should not only let them live here but also help them make a life here.

The GoI needs to formulate a law, which would help Hindus from all over the world to make a home in India. They need to put the secular hypocrisy aside and help these people out. Other than Nepal, they have nowhere else to go. We need to give them asylum.

To be fair to the enlightened Pakistanis (They are there. I even know some of them but they are helpless in face of the mullah / military / ISI trio), I must say that none of them are proud of what is happening to the Paki Hindus. Please read the article in Dawn (published from Karachi) whose url I am providing at the bottom. Read the response of the readers. It is clear from the descriptions in the article that the Pakis know exactly what is happening to the Hindus. They write that with some pain. From the responses, two points stick out clearly.

1. None of the readers are approving of the goings on. In fact they are ashamed of it.
2. It is clear that despite of what happens to Muslims in India, none of them are clamoring to go to Pakistan laying waste to the idea of the two-nation theory. Also, it is being said that Pakistanis have no business trying help Muslims in other countries when they cannot even protect their own minorities.

Part of the second argument applies to us as well. We need to redefine secularism, shun votebank politics, practice the Modi model of development (where he clearly says that the state needs to be developed rather than a section of the population), secure the country from Jihadis and illegal entrants and protect our own minorities who want to live peacefully in India. We then need to establish clear-cut operating procedures of Hindu migration into India. That is our dharma. That should be our Karma.

the Dawn article can be read at: http://dawn.com/2012/08/10/malik-sees-conspiracy-behind-issuing-250-visas-insecurity-forces-hindus-to-broach-migration/
Our post on the topic can be read at: http://thenethindu.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-cares-for-pakistani-hindus.html