An Ahamdi doctor was slaughtered recently. Pakistanis celebrating their victory over India and, parroting each other's rehearsed lines about how evil Hindutva is, where is the outrage? Instead of introspection about what Pakistani society needs to do to be at permanent peace with India, Pakistanis are just projecting their own problems: we are also facing terrorism, we just want peace, we have memes, we have a better media, etc. Ramachandra Guha in an interview with Karan Thapar said India can't be compared to Pakistan and, India just has to get back to being India. Pakistanis love pointing out that minorities in India are in a mess. But there's a difference: secularism versus enshrinement of oppression in law. Pakistan is not secular , was made on communal lines. So, oppression of minorities is inevitable. We even criminalised the Ahamdi sect and, go after other minorities too. We have a blasted Blasphemy Law. Oppression in India doesn't stem from Constitution or laws but rise of communal politics and, caste system despite having a solid secular socialist Constitution. So, introspection is really needed after the devastating confrontation between our two countries.
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