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suryanarayan · Sophomore Member Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 32

Plight of Hindus in Pakistan
by
Kannayyalal Talreja

Mr. Talreja was born in 1936 at Dist. Sukkur, (Sindh,Pakistan). After the partition of the country, he stayed in Sindh for 17 years, and obtained M.A. degree in English literature from University of Sind in 1962. He was a first position holder upto the University examinations. He was awarded four medals by the Governor of West Pakistan. He launched his career as a primary teacher and reached the position of lecturer in English at Government College Sukkur.He fought dauntlessly for the rights of Hindus in Pakistan, and liberated famous Sadhubella Temple from the grip of Pakistan Government in 1962.

In Sindh, he championed the cause of the depressed and down-traded Hindus. He migrated to Bharat in 1964. The following is the account of his years in Pakistan after 1947: "During those days, I saw every where total contempt for Hindu and their gods. Hindus are treated as untouchables and served water or tea in separate glasses and are not to visit Muslim houses. The plight of Hindu girls and women is much worse. They cannot go out freely or fearlessly. They could not go to schools or colleges, as there was a chance of being abducted. Study of Arabic or Persian is compulsory in all schools and colleges.

Study of Islamic religion is compulsory in all schools and colleges. The text-books carry venom and hatred against Hindu and Bharat. Hinduism is berated as an inferior religion and Islam is portrayed as a superior religion in the text-books. Their history books extol Md. Ghazni, Ghori, Babar and Aurangzeb as heroes and run down Rana Sanga, Shivaji and Rana Pratap as cowards. The next books state that the Hindus are not the original sons of Bharat and that they came from outside.

The textbooks highlight the rights of Kashmiris and attack Bharat as the aggressor. The students are brainwashed from the primary classes upwards and are turned into fanatics. Can any one expect the Pakistanis to ever extend the hand of friendship in the context of this indoctrination? No job higher than a clerk's post is given to a Hindu. In spite of four medals for securing first position in Four University examinations, and profound scholarship in Arabic, Persian, and Urdu I was refused a lecturer's post initially. No Hindu can run a business unless he has a Muslim as a sleeping partner. The Hindu shop-keepers and businessmen must give goods or groceries to Muslims on credit. When the businessmen go to the villages to collect the dues, they are threatened and some times murdered.

Many of the Hindu temples have been desecrated or destroyed or converted into Government offices or godowns. The famous Ram Bagh garden in Karachi has been changed as Azam Bagh. Shraddhananda Park in Sukkur has been changed as Gazi Abdul Rashid Park, after the name of the killer of Swami Shradhananda. Illegal encroachments on Hindu temples, goshalas and lands, molestation and abduction of Hindu girls, demanding of huge ransoms in kidnap cases and frequent arrests of Hindus on false charges are the order of the day in Pakistan.

The population of Hindus which stood at one crore in 1947 has come down to 17 lakhs. When I came back to Bharat in 1964, I was astonished to find the rights and privileges that the Muslims were enjoying here. There were Muslim Governors, Collectors, I.A.S. Officials, Police Chiefs, Judges, Members of Parliaments and Legislatures, Ministers and so on. After that there have been Muslim Presidents also.

The Muslims have had their rights protected by the Constitution. Hence they have been able to build mosques anywhere and run their reliious institutions without any hindrance. They have got the right to teach their religion in schools and colleges, observe their customs and adopt their personal laws. They have the right to start any business including slaughter houses to kill cows, and have now acquired monopoly in many trades. They are able to freely propagate their religion and resort to conversions.

They are able to freely propagate their religion and resort to conversions. They are able to buy any property anywhere and own it without any hindrance. The Muslims have been contesting elections as a community and under the flag of the Muslims League which divided the country. The Muslim population which was around three crores after the partition in 1947 has now gone up to 14 crores.

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Prabhat · Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:43 am Post subject:

Namaste,

and now what?
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Namaste,
Prabhat