Sunday, July 11, 2010
Times of India does it right with Muslims this time – I
The Times of India has put its arch Muslim-baiter, Mohammed Wajihuddin to shift his focus from Masjids and Mullahs to Muslim professionals and Muslim progress in education field. Its full page Special Report, is gung-ho over how highly educated Muslim professionals, long shunted out of Indian Mainstream, are gradually seeping back into an expanding economic sector that just cannot afford to discriminate against right candidate, even with a Muslim name. The ‘Leap Talk’ organized by a group of Muslim NGOs to motivate Muslims towards opportunities opened up by the new emerging India, was not the first of its kind. But Times of India would rather concentrate on publishing sensational news about Fatwas and social inanities about Muslims, trying to prove as if other than Muslims, no other community in India has problems with KHAPS or crackdowns on women in general.
It is intriguing how after a full century, the old lady of Bori Bunder, had become aware of the existence of its most immediate neighbor, Anjuman e Islam, which was established about the same time as TOI and is now catering to over ‘100,000 students in 100 institutions’. Anjuman has diversified into establishing new professional education institutions, thanks to its benefactors like Haji Kalsekar, who has donated crores to construct new professional colleges. Anjuman is now more poised for future educational strides to parallel with India’s modern needs. It is no longer a favorite stepping stone for would be politicians, who were more interested in their own political careers than the careers of their students. One sincerely hopes that phase has lapsed.
Wajihuddin has traced Muslims through their existential migrations from 'crime' to gulf employment and now a return back home to participate in the exploding world of opportunities in the coming years, where communalism would and should take backseat. But it will take lot of doing by the movers and shakers of the new leaders in the corporate world to make real restitution of the community after more than 60 years of malign targeting. The Ambanis, Tatas, Godrej, Birla, Premjis and Singhanias, will have to clear up the cobwebs of their minds and start to look within if they can pick up the threads from where the State has left and accept Muslims as equal citizens, worthy of equal opportunity on meritocratic basis. The statistics cited by Wajihuddin, is bare minimum. The real expansion is not only in State enterprises, but in private sector too where the new investment is overwhelmingly routed. Thankfully the western investors themselves are legally bound to avoid any semblance of discrimination on the basis of religion, ethnicity or origin. The employment potential of the new expanded corporate economy has to find a new HRD mantra that lacked the earlier State stranglehold in socialistic pattern of managed economy. Communal politics messed in electoral politics sowed seeds of hatred in a nation that has survived with multiethnic tapestry underlining its polity for millenniums. The advent of mass politics and mass media has completely changed the terms of engagement between people. The nation of millions of mutinies got subverted to wage one single-faceted civil war. The whole continent is now suffering from those communally divisive policies and the very integrity and security of the Idea of India is now under serious threat. Media has great responsibility and potential to do right with the masses. To use their power to sow seeds of hatred and divide is the very antithesis of its noble profession.
Muslims who have read today’s Wajihuddin’s introduction to MUPPIES, are highly appreciative of his new focus on constructive role that media can play in the lives of people. In contrast with his 'groupie' journalism, he has found a more effective niche to highlight how Muslim community is coping with adverse conditions prevailing in their own country, thanks to the very media that was the medium of their constant demonization. The community will certainly welcome positive moves to acknowledge their potential in the wider polity and will look forward to both ideas and implementation that should go hand in hand.
Times of India has finally acknowledged the existence of the silent majority of Muslims who refused to become the fodder of divisive forces and are laboriously slogging to earn a better and dignified life among the comity of their pears in the land.
Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai
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Meet the Muppies
Mohammed Wajihuddin, TNN, Jul 11, 2010, 12.09am IST
MUMBAI: Last week, a group of Muslim NGOs organized a motivational talk in a city hall for aspiring engineers, doctors and other professionals. It was called 'Leap Talk' and had half-a-dozen achievers — academics, technocrats, businessmen and bureaucrats — sharing their mantra of success with aspirational young people. "The hall was packed and we were surprised by the enthusiasm the Muslim youth showed to join the job market," says Farid Khan, one of the organizers. Surprising though it may sound, Muslim youth is increasingly motivated and career-conscious, defying the 1990s stereotype of being an angry, uneducated, unemployable and unemployed bunch. The communal and polarized atmosphere of the 1990s is a thing of the past. Instead of picketing thanas and staging protests, Maharashtra's Muslim youth are joining others on the highway to cushy jobs and a comfy life.
Imran Khan, 31, is managing director of the Rs 180-crore Western India Metal Processors Ltd. He recalls the jeers he and two Muslim classmates — actors Zayed Khan and Arif Khan — faced at a prestigious school in Mumbai. "Tum teen khan/Gadhe pe ho sawar aur jao Pakistan (You three Khans, ride an ass and go to Pakistan)," his classmates would say. When he finished school, Khan worked hard to turn the moribund family business into a multinational company. "Perhaps no Muslim child today has to suffer those humiliating remarks," he says, an unlikely victim in his smart clothes and with his swanky car.
Khan's parents did not allow him to head to a US university because he was "the only male child in my family" but he says he has not suffered from it. "In retrospect, I think I was lucky to stay back in India and be part of the inclusive growth the country has witnessed in the past few years." Khan is the stereotypical Muppie and Muslim upwardly mobile professionals are pushing the boundaries like never before. A decade ago, it would have been unthinkable for a Muslim woman scientist to work alongside non-Muslim men at the prestigious Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). Today, Meher Tabassum, a scientific officer with the Centre's research and development wing, is a role model for many. "Muslims, especially girls, are looking beyond home science courses and making careers in pure science and technology. Globalization has opened limitless opportunities and Muslims too are grabbing them," says 36-year-old Tabassum, who has a gross salary of Rs 85,000 per month.
Clearly, today's young Muslims are dreaming of lives far removed from the cloistered, ghetto existence of yesteryears. Their dreams are being nurtured by Muslim-managed institutions such as the Anjuman-e-Islam in Mumbai. With more than 1,00,000 students in its 100 institutions, including colleges of catering, pharmacy, engineering and polytechnic, the Anjuman symbolizes Muppiedom or Muslim aspiration for educational and economic advancement.
The Anjuman's president Dr Zaheer Kazi is emphatic about the change. "This year one of our students topped the diploma engineering exams in Maharashtra while most of the toppers in various engineering branches are from our college." He adds, "Our engineering and catering students are getting 100% placement."
Armed with good degrees, Muslim youth are now knocking on the doors of public sector enterprises such as the Indian Railways and banks. Salim Alware, member of the standing committee on National Monitoring Committee for Minority Education (an HRD wing), sees a definite surge in Muslim interest in public sector jobs. "The underworld used to fascinate Muslim youth three decades ago. Then came the Gulf boom and many Muslims went to the Gulf. But now, as the charm of the Gulf has waned, many Muslims have turned to opportunities in the railways, banks and bureaucracy," says Alware who writes a column on careers for the Urdu daily Inquilab.
As education becomes a priority for young Muslims, more and more doors are opening to them. Shezan Ali Hemani, 18, cracked the IIT Joint Entrance Exam as well as MBBS entrance test this year. "I chose the latter as I always wanted to become a doctor," says Hemani whose father runs a successful shipping business. He wants to follow his own dreams. "My father turned stone into silver. I am trying to turn it into gold," he says.
These individual success stories are good news for the entire community. Salil Bubere, an international student counsellor who holds a degree in computer science from the University of Wales, chose to counsel students rather than becoming a computer engineer because "I love to help others find avenues of knowledge." About his non-Muslim sounding first name, Bubere, 25, says, "My father named me Salil, a common name among Hindus and Muslims, because he was worried about the discrimination in Indian society. He was needlessly worried. Our society has changed. The job market evaluates you on the basis of your qualification, not your religion."
This monsoon it's raining opportunities and Muslims too are grabbing them. if they need just a little push, career camps and sessions such as Leap Talk are steps in the right direction.
Imran Khan, 31, is managing director of the Rs 180-crore Western India Metal Processors Ltd. He recalls the jeers he and two Muslim classmates — actors Zayed Khan and Arif Khan — faced at a prestigious school in Mumbai. "Tum teen khan/Gadhe pe ho sawar aur jao Pakistan (You three Khans, ride an ass and go to Pakistan)," his classmates would say. When he finished school, Khan worked hard to turn the moribund family business into a multinational company. "Perhaps no Muslim child today has to suffer those humiliating remarks," he says, an unlikely victim in his smart clothes and with his swanky car.
Khan's parents did not allow him to head to a US university because he was "the only male child in my family" but he says he has not suffered from it. "In retrospect, I think I was lucky to stay back in India and be part of the inclusive growth the country has witnessed in the past few years." Khan is the stereotypical Muppie and Muslim upwardly mobile professionals are pushing the boundaries like never before. A decade ago, it would have been unthinkable for a Muslim woman scientist to work alongside non-Muslim men at the prestigious Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). Today, Meher Tabassum, a scientific officer with the Centre's research and development wing, is a role model for many. "Muslims, especially girls, are looking beyond home science courses and making careers in pure science and technology. Globalization has opened limitless opportunities and Muslims too are grabbing them," says 36-year-old Tabassum, who has a gross salary of Rs 85,000 per month.
Clearly, today's young Muslims are dreaming of lives far removed from the cloistered, ghetto existence of yesteryears. Their dreams are being nurtured by Muslim-managed institutions such as the Anjuman-e-Islam in Mumbai. With more than 1,00,000 students in its 100 institutions, including colleges of catering, pharmacy, engineering and polytechnic, the Anjuman symbolizes Muppiedom or Muslim aspiration for educational and economic advancement.
The Anjuman's president Dr Zaheer Kazi is emphatic about the change. "This year one of our students topped the diploma engineering exams in Maharashtra while most of the toppers in various engineering branches are from our college." He adds, "Our engineering and catering students are getting 100% placement."
Armed with good degrees, Muslim youth are now knocking on the doors of public sector enterprises such as the Indian Railways and banks. Salim Alware, member of the standing committee on National Monitoring Committee for Minority Education (an HRD wing), sees a definite surge in Muslim interest in public sector jobs. "The underworld used to fascinate Muslim youth three decades ago. Then came the Gulf boom and many Muslims went to the Gulf. But now, as the charm of the Gulf has waned, many Muslims have turned to opportunities in the railways, banks and bureaucracy," says Alware who writes a column on careers for the Urdu daily Inquilab.
As education becomes a priority for young Muslims, more and more doors are opening to them. Shezan Ali Hemani, 18, cracked the IIT Joint Entrance Exam as well as MBBS entrance test this year. "I chose the latter as I always wanted to become a doctor," says Hemani whose father runs a successful shipping business. He wants to follow his own dreams. "My father turned stone into silver. I am trying to turn it into gold," he says.
These individual success stories are good news for the entire community. Salil Bubere, an international student counsellor who holds a degree in computer science from the University of Wales, chose to counsel students rather than becoming a computer engineer because "I love to help others find avenues of knowledge." About his non-Muslim sounding first name, Bubere, 25, says, "My father named me Salil, a common name among Hindus and Muslims, because he was worried about the discrimination in Indian society. He was needlessly worried. Our society has changed. The job market evaluates you on the basis of your qualification, not your religion."
This monsoon it's raining opportunities and Muslims too are grabbing them. if they need just a little push, career camps and sessions such as Leap Talk are steps in the right direction.
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Calistus (Kuwait)
11 Jul, 2010 11:07 AM
11 Jul, 2010 11:07 AM
I wonder at times how they have finished their Graduation or higher studies when they can not talk proper english. Looks like they have purchased their certificates from some of the muslim universities in Hyderabad or its a fake certificate. But overall they ...
Bingo KVP, ur on the spot, keep politics away everything will be fine even if you blatantly follow your religion others will respect you, enter the politician your party is spoiled.Alas we cannot do without politicians, so we have to suffer and suspect everyone and make ours and others life hell. woe to the politician (All colours and outfits)
There were many Muslim boys and girls in the convent school I went to in the 70's. They weren't ridiculed any more than any other child was. Maybe that was because they didn't maintain a separate, in-your-face identity that the current day Muslims do, especially the girls with their 14th century outfits. When you stick out like a sore thumb, you are asking to be ridiculed. With all due respect to all, the Muslims in India ought to return to the pre-9/11 days, instead of living by the rules of the Taleban.
There are millions like Maurya who suffers from an uncured disease called Hatred and Revenge. If you see people wearing saffron glass, everyone looks like a jaundice patient. Remove saffron glass and wear crystal clear glasses and see through people without bias and injustice. As President Obama's envoy said yesterday that 'All Indian muslims are not terrorist'.
i agree to disagree with you my dear. No Muslim can ever be a terrorist. Those who blow up themselves in civilian areas with bombs round their chests do not adhere to the basic tenets of ISLAM(which does not allow indiscriminate killing). While one is allowed to wage a war against the army under certain conditions but even during that time, the non-combatant forces are not supposed to be subjugated to torture(forget about cold blooded murders as wesee in blasts).
I hope many more have thinking like you. It will do lot of good.
I appreciate your views Mr. Maaurya, Dubai. You are really an intelligent person with secular views. Do you know, the so called Mullahs are responsible for the downfall of Muslims and the education is the only way to overcome the situation? We all can only bring our country in the category of developed nation. Come let us continue to play our role ignoring a few like Mr. Maurya of Delhi. God bless you.
Good article and good to know Muslims have a diffrent approach too and not just the AL Quaida one.But one question that crosses my mind is why so mucch importance is given to Muslims in India when it is evident that Non Muslims in particular Hindus and Sikhs are isolated and mistreated in Peshawar,NWF province and most parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, they are made to pay additional tax to survive.I am happy that Muslims In India are working in BARC and making a good life for them, would it be considered as being treating equal to charge Muslims in India a additional tax as non muslims pay in Islamic countries? Do these Muslims who feel offended that they get told to pack their bags and go and settle in Pakistan will ever have the courage to talk back to Islamist fundamentalists in Pakistan and ask them not to trouble the Hindus ther and give them a equality locus standing in business communities?
Mr. Puru there are millions of Hindus families are living in Gulf countries happily and they prefer to continue their children to live there than your dirty Mumbai.
Name a single Gulf State who tax non-muslims when the remmit billions of dollar every year. Puru, you should travel to Saudi Arabia and see how Hindus celebrate Diwali and Holi within there compounds. My Hindu friends here are much happier than in India.
You are the agent of the enemies of India, who can’t see the development of India.and wish to create problem among the communities. More that 170 Million Muslims are the part of India and it is not possible to get maximum benefit of development without Muslims. Our ancestors were Hindus but after the rise of Islam, they accepted Islam. I never talk in term of communities but love all. Do you know, number of non Muslims terrorist groups in India is much more than Muslim group. How you forget Naxalbadi, Maoist, Mr. Kolkata?
Look at the Muslim women on the pictures dressed like Arabs. Make no mistake, this is the new face of Jihadi Islam. A Political modern facade to fool the civil society. They talk and act modern(like Zakir Naik) and talk against imperialism etc...But if you dig deeper you will find that they are all Al Qaeda leaning pan islamist. Be careful.....VERY CAREFUL.
u must be afraid,Very afraid, by the size and visual you have created; it must make u go back to your home and lock door and start ringing some bells.
SMELL OF ABHINAV BHARATH... ANOTHER TERRORIST IDENTIFIED... THANKS TOI. CBI WILL FOLLOW YOU MAURYA... LOL
I have been fortunate to work in Islamic countries (UAE/Syria/Egypt/ Oman/Iran/Kazakhstan to name) and in the past 20 years have known many many people in the course of my work. Have visited Pakistan too on work. The majority are honest, law abiding and good human beings. Unfortunately, it is the vocal minority thats gets coverage. India is always regarded with respect in these countries and so India should set an example to the world in tolerance and respect for fellow human beings no matter which religion/caste they belong to. There has been no better time to do this than now. After all, every human being (few exceptions) wants a peaceful and happy life for himself/herself and for the loved ones and does not want to discriminated against for reasons of religion or caste. If this can be acheived, peace will largely prevail and the vocal minority will just remain that - vocal minority. I have known a number of muslim colleagues (some of whom are my very good friends) who are very intelligent and as ambitious as any other person. They love their country and families and only want the best for them - just like every body else. It is media's creation that every muslim wants to bring about destruction and mayhem. And the developed countries which kick up the theory of muslim take over. They are so ill informed with no first hand knowledge. We are all humans and I hope and pray for a time when future generations can co-exist in peace. Life and the World are too b'ful.
I totally agree with Mr. Venkat, who wrote the truth from his experience of 20 years of living along with Muslims. Great, appreciate your efforts……
I too work in a gulf contry to support my family back home, I agree with Mr. Venkat.
dude do u know how many muslim presidents India had? Go read the books...Who gave India the nulceaar bomb? Dr Abdul Kalam..ignorant fool..wake up and smell the coffee..
Nice slap on the Stupid Rajiv's face..This guy is uneducated and bears an ugly communal mind..
Moron, Abdul Kalam has nothing to do with the Nuclear bomb? Ever heard of Dr.Home Bbaba, Dr.Raja Ramanna et al? Abdul Kalam is just a bachelor's in aerospace engg from a 3rd grade university! How can he be a nuclear scientist?
I suppose you people are educated and enjoying the life in the cool surroundings of office somewhre in USA. But it looks your so called education is still not completed. How you can fight like these. One is claiming APJ is a nuclear man while other complaining about his 3rd grade. Sure, You need to learn a lot from your mother (if at all...)
What a nice comment.Yes, some of the educated people still need to refresh their mind.Indirectly, scuh type of people are pulling India back.
yes dude now these fellows have double plan. On one side try to educate a part of Muslims and attain imp jobs and positions and on other hand attack and kill through Talibani Muslims and then take over India !
Its about Time that we call them Indian Youth than to put emphasis on Muslim. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the first Education Minister in Free India, and Sir Sayyad Ahmad Khan preceded him as a great educator establishing Aligarh University in British India. Its a gross injustice to the youth of a particular group to be singled out as trouble makers. The responsibility entirely rests on the exploitative and power monger leaders of communities who for personal gain ruin the minds and lives of its youth by isolative preachings and divisive propaganda. Muslim leaders are the most guilty of this. It is obvious that if it wasn't for the divisiveness the country would have progressed enormously, and all would have enjoyed the progress. Those who think that only a privileged few benefit they should look at the Communist China, Democratic England, and U.S. to find that it is universal regardless of Political System. However, the majority benefits. Just look at Pakistan, its a Muslim Country, yet its divisive tendencies have left it in political and economic ruins, besides social chaos.
Brother I don't know about everyone but I m feeling proud if somebody calls me indian and I feel extremely proud if some1 calls me Indian muslim..I m not ashame of being muslim it is my identity..and it will remain..if I will grow my identity of being indian muslim will grow..and if I will do bad work my identity of being indian muslim will also suffer..
It’s good start for Muslim youth to think in right direction. References about discrimination in the article which may be real but solution for this is Muslim community’s responsibility as they created it(disrespect to other religions). Not looking in past, I appreciate effort by these young MUSLIM INDIANs to awake and participate in India’s growth. India provides a perfect opportunity for these hardworking people as a secular country with biggest democracy and non aggressive majority Hindus providing them the best platform.
Muslim community was always forward looking. We had muslim girl classmates in early sixties working sideby side boys without any of these burkhas and even participating in complex experiments involving three or four boys and girls. We even had a Moulvi's son in the class. If the Muslims were not so forward looking how would we have two as a Presidents and lady mninisters. Indian society is all inclusive. If some people are made to be exclusive and made backward by some self interested establishments how can the society help. I hope that the youth in Kashmir also take these as roll models and progress on the path of development of the state so rich in natural beauty and resource.
Proud to be an Indian Muslim, Hurray, a great news indeed, May the almighty shower success and happiness to all the brothers and sisters, In bangalore too we find lot of changes, just focus on development, Politicians wants to divide the country for their own, by providing shelter to anti social. I strongly think that our country is united. ( who knows to dumb the bhopal waste in indore, the communal violence is created.) might be it is legally or illegally, again the tool is communal violence. Leap talk team- congrats and with best wishes
"Surprising though it may sound, Muslim youth is increasingly motivated and career-conscious, defying the 1990s stereotype of being an angry, uneducated, unemployable and unemployed bunch. The communal and polarized atmosphere of the 1990s is a thing of the past. Instead of picketing thanas and staging protests, Maharashtra's Muslim youth are joining others on the highway to cushy jobs and a comfy life. "
It is a good report. Things are bound to change when there is work and future for everyone as it is now happeningin India. One little realized positive thing for the Muslim community in India is it is largely urban based and therefore have much better chances of making best of educational facilities compared to rural folks. What is needed is to make sure everyone has opportunity to get quality education.
Who says,,Indian Muslim supports pakis when they play against india..brother look into reality Indian muslims are as loyal and patriot as any other indian youth..we contribute everywhere we can..take it medical, engineering, science or sports..dont forget there are lots of Muslim cricketers who r playing for india..just take this thing out of ur mind that we dont support india..yes every muslim is brother of every other muslim that is true but similarly every human is also brother of every other human..we all belong to same gene..and on top of that every indian is brother of every other indian..instead f having misconception lets be united...
loyalty, love for one's own country/roots is or should be similar to the emotion one feels to his or her mother. There is no rationality involved .It is simply an unquestioned and unexplainable emotional bond irrespective of religious background. A change of passport change it. That is why a vast majority of muslims in India root for India and UK citizens of Indian origin ( of all shades of religions ) support India.People like Mr. Khalid are the real INDIANS and patriots!!
I don't think religion should matter when it comes to sports. Why should Indian muslims celebrate if Pakistan wins? When they don't treat their own muslim brothers well back there in Pakistan, and keep killing each other, why should we even consider supporting them? A few communal hindus like Modi aside, I believe the majority of hindus are the most tolerant people you could find anywhere. We, Indian muslims, are far better here than we would ever have been in Pakistan, trust me! So, we should join hands with our hindu brothers in celebrating whatever India achieves, whether it be in sports, or anywhere. Afterall, this is as much our country as theirs.
Thank you Khalid. Indian muslims and Hindus are in this together as brothers and sisters. Together we can make our country like no other. An example for the rest of the world. Yes - Indian muslims are Indian first and Hindus should come first for them. Similarly, Hindus should never sell out their muslim brethren with others. We can fight among oursleves, criticize each other but it should all be within the family.
Cradling body of newborn, man in Srinagar hospital waits for a curfew pass to go home
A muslim of India is Indian first and Muslim later.If Pakistani muslims are their brothers then what are Indian hindus?
Wow, what a shallow response ! Friday talks are based on topics like encouragement of brotherhood amongst people , the need for charity and giving back to the society and the likes – Fyi . I live in an Arab country and although I am not a muslim, I still catch on the Friday sermons which are equivalent Moral Science classes (heard of those , or were you too busy being an idiot back then as well?)
So do you want them to Listen to your RSS or Bajrang Dal or Sri Ram Sena or Christian Missionaries? Have you ever heard what is being taught every friday? You guys will never change because you don't want to. Hope you get well soon.
Thank you Dr. Z(AK)IR for the prescription. If I should learn what's being taught on a Friday, would you pls be kind enough to say if your class is 'segregated' or not?
I think that is the only thing you are worried about GK. "A segregated class room."
This is the problem with you people, if these youths being muslims can work hard and come up in life, why can't the others. Don't expect to be spoon-fed all the time, India has more opportunities to people of minority religions than any other country, and all you do is moan. Do some work on your own and then come up in life.
if you see the people who spoke ere, all have parents who are well to do.There are thousands and thousands of poor family battling for food for once in a day. We need the upliftment those.
it is very true that muslim youths specially girls are working hard to achieve success in the field of science and technology.i am a proud father of daughter who had successfully competed for junior research felloship at ACTREC this year.Muslim youths both boys and girls need more guidance and motivation from muslim NGOs, educationists and technocrats.
Such a fantastic news. I am a Hindu and I still congratulate these boys and girls. This clearly shows that India is a secular country. I hope these people will support India in every walk of life and will not celebrate when Pakistan wins against India in cricket. We should also ask how many Hindus are at this level in Pakistan?
I had an oppurtunity to study with a Hindu Bangladeshi boy. He used to rejoice everytime India wins even against his own country. Will you go and ask him how his fellow country men feel about it? I guess you will never complain about this.
But Hindus have been butchered and discriminated in Bangladesh. They have been forcibly converetd and their lands taken away. They are afraid even to claim that they are Hindus for fear. Muslims are not treated that way in India.
Good to see your comment focussed on the development of the country.
I really do not understand why this question is being raised to Muslim youths when Pakistan is of no relevance to them and why after 60 years of independence they have to answer for whats's happening in Pakistan which is neither thir country nor their concern . I suggest if somebody has to ask this question he should go and ask the Gov. Of Pakistan rather than any Indian whether Muslim or hindu.
its not all muslim celebrate when pakistan, they are very few in number, out of 1000 maybe 5, but those crackers are heard far far away and all 1000 are blame for it. I hope that other should stop them, I think India is a far far better country then pakistan, yes there are some politician who want some personal gain and they create divide on religion, but they are also going away. I hope we become a better country if we don't to them.
I am sure this one called SAUD3DK has problem with this too....this kind of people are always against muslim people who has a dream to have a good career. Thanks TOI to remove his comment.
