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Just because you harp over the same thing again and again about "India has been notoriously hostile to its minorities" does not make it true. Infact, the minori
by ngc248 1y ago
Just because you harp over the same thing again and again about "India has been notoriously hostile to its minorities" does not make it true. Infact, the minorities in India have been notoriously hostile to the nation and care more about their ummah.
- arp242 1y agoHaven't there also been conflicts with the Sikhs for decades? I don't think you can completely blame this on just the Muslims.
- jajko 1y agoIts a country almost 3x bigger than Europe, 4x bigger than US, and brutally diverse. Thousands of languages and tribes. People from west are very different to east, north and south is same. People who haven't experienced it first hand (or at least grokked the numbers properly) can't fathom how huge it is not just geographically but culturally. There is a reason why India is often referred to as subcontinent and people often do a mistake when mentally they think about it as 'just another country', especially in smaller European states. Compared to say Europe over past 50 years internal conflicts have been miniscule. Sikh conflict you may be referring to are events from 1984 IIRC.
- arp242 1y ago> Sikh conflict you may be referring to are events from 1984 IIRC. The 70s and 80s were the most intense, but it's far from isolated to just that period. There was a major row with Canada just last year because, according to Canada, the Indian government has been killing Sikh separatists in Canada.[1] Since there is no historical adversity between Canada and India, Canada has nothing to gain by seeking conflict and generally doesn't seek conflicts, I am inclined to believe the Canadian claims. [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/14/canada-modi-sikhs-violence-india/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/14/canada-modi-...
- SanjayMehta 1y agoThe Canadian connection is historical, goes back to 1900s when a British agent William Hopkinson infiltrated the Ghadar movement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Hopkinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Hopkinson
- nelblu 1y ago> can't fathom how huge it is not just geographically I grew up in India but I don't agree that people in the west can't fathom how huge it is geographically. Geographically speaking India is the 7th largest country, and every country larger than India (Australia, Brazil, US, China, Canada and Russia) is at least 2 times to up to more than 5 times larger than India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependen... That said, I do agree a lot of westerners might not be able to relate to the cultural diversity of India.
- graemep 1y agoIndia is not the subcontinent. The subcontinent includes several other countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent That said, you are right that India alone does have massive diversity of culture and geography.= and is vast.
- ngc248 1y agoThe conflict is not with Sikhs as a whole, but a subset which is separatist in nature. https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP06T00412R000606740001-7.pdf https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP06T00412R0006067...
- throwaway642012 1y ago> Conflict with Sikhs for decades HN is seriously ignorant about India. There has been no such insurgency since early 90s.