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by The test of success of any democratic nation is its fair and equitable treatment to the minorities. The countries of Indian sub-continent have failed this test very often. There may be difference in degree of failures but these countries have often failed to protect the rights of their minority communities. There have been continuous violation of their rights and the year 2012 is no exception to these failures. Religious minorities in India, Pakistan and Burma were at the receiving end and have faced discrimination, atrocities and violation of their right to life and property. In India religious minorities are the targets of Hindutva brigade, Pakistani society and government grossly discriminate and harass the non-Muslim minorities and all sorts of atrocities including kidnapping their girls, forceful conversions and marriages are performed every now and then; and in Burma Muslim minority became the targets of the majority community, where many...Read more...
More about Abdul Hafiz Gandhi
The writer is a doctoral research scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University and was president of the Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union. He can be reached at abdulhafizgandhi@gmail.com.
Recent Posts by Abdul Hafiz Gandhi
- Who will speak for me if I belong to Pakistan's minority community?
The test of success of any democratic nation is its fair and equitable treatment to the minorities. The countries of Indian sub-continent have failed this test very often. There
Karan Thakur
Addressing suppressed sexualityThe ghastly and brutal gang-rape and murderous assault on a 23 year old by six men in New Delhi last month has shaken the national consciousness and hit our
Somesh Goyal
The gangrape and thereafterThe brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old girl by six criminals in a moving bus on Dec 16 has shocked the nation like never before. One positive aspect has been
Trina Nileena Banerjee
After the gangrape and death: the road aheadI do not wish to reiterate the emotional responses that most women I have spoken to have felt about the rape and the subsequent death of the 23-year-old girl.
Monojit Lahiri
No woman is complete unless she's a mother: true or false?"Hello?" the voice was vaguely familiar, muted, hesitant, unsure. It was from a young acquaintance. He sure didn't sound too bright. The reason, as explained haltingly in the next
Oindrila Mukherjee
One weekend and a tale of two tragediesNow is the winter of our discontent - Richard III, William Shakespeare.
Newtown. New Delhi.
In the immediate aftermath of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook,
Pragya Majumder
Raped: Speak up and suffer!Yes, that is exactly what my country the so called largest democracy dishes out to its citizens. My friend who was horrifically raped and then pushed out of a
Chandrabhan Prasad
Why UP's forwards and backwards oppose the Quota Bill on promotionsTake a tour of the newspaper archives of the month of May every year and when it comes to National Capital Region (NCR) news, there is a clear pattern.
Tanvi Mehta
What's with Indian men?A new show that hit TV screens this week asks the question, 'What's with Indian Women?'. But given the sheer volume of crimes against women in this country this
Vandana Anand
Towards an active citizenryA person coming out of a crowd could become a whistleblower, standing against what are disabling forces to raise his/her voice, setting a hard-hitting example for many others to
