A Letter to Pink Chaddis

RE:  Ban on Vishwaroopam

Dear Pink Chaddis,

I write to you, not as a member of that much loved fraternity – the Internet Hindus, but as a fellow Indian and supporter of free speech.  Though we may harbor a diametrically opposing world view, we share much in common.  Support for a free exchange of ideas being one such tenet.

Before you jump on the ‘But what about M. F. Hussain’ bandwagon, let me assure you that most Hindus didn’t really give a rat’s behind what MFH painted. 

Our anger arose from the shear lack of reciprocal and proportionate outrage when a Da Vinci code or Satanic Verses is banned.

The hypocrisy in your selective outrage is what gets our goat.

Having said that let me get to the point.  Ranting against us Internet Hindus is a zero-risk project for you Pink Chaddis.  You know there won’t be any retaliation other than our often witty and always acerbic tongue lashing.  You can even leverage our reaction as a badge of honor to further buttress your secular, liberal credentials on the cocktail circuit.

As you wallow in this celebration of “oh, look how I showed those Sanghis their place”, keep in mind that a far more sinister and ruthless enemy is nipping at your heels.  He’s no longer a fringe presence, far away from your existence behind the haloed walls of Lutyens or cuffe parade or Bandra.  This enemy is preparing to tear down your door.  Rip it from the hinges.  In countries and communities across the world, once this enemy attains critical mass, there’s no turning back.  He will come for you.

Because, he’s not against what you do, he’s against who you are. 

Every belief you hold dear, every privilege you assume as your god given birth right, insults and strikes at the very foundations of his belief system.

Unless you’re willing to change every aspect of your very existence, from the clothes you wear to the food you eat, to the dreams you dream, this enemy will impose his beliefs on you.  And this imposition won’t stop at a ban on your thoughts.  It will strike at your very existence.  Either resemble him in all its ‘glory’ and obey his dictates or give up your existence.

This enemy has presented us with voluminous evidence of his intent.  This enemy has repeatedly shown the will to take this intent to its logical conclusion.  It’s a blood lust demonstrated across geographies, across communities.

Either be willing to be its latest victim or join your benign bête noire – the Internet Hindus.

Stand with us, sink our differences and fight this evil that threatens all that our ancestors have achieved and protected over millennia.

 

This enemy is relentless and only a united front can defeat him. 

Divided we fall.  But you will go first.

Yours truly

A Proud Internet Hindu

 

 

 

Seal the border. Zero-contact with Pakistan

Seal the Border with Pakistan - literally and figuratively or be willing to accept 'The Islamic Republic of India'

I belong, like most Indians, to a generation that has no love or affection for Pakistan.  We have nothing in common.  Culture, language, food, religion, outlook for the future, aspirations…nothing. I know not one Indian under the age of 50 who has a romantic desire to embrace Pakistan.  There are surely some North Indians and co-religionists who have a romantic view of Pakistan and the accompanying ‘Aman ki Asha’.  But for most Indians, Pakistan is a degenerate sewer, best left to its own bleak destiny.

But as the sinister process to embrace Pakistan gains momentum (4^th beheading of our martyrs will only introduce a temporary pause) we must raise the alarm.  We must take an extreme position. 

Not only are cordial ties with Pakistan unacceptable, any type of interaction with Pakistan and Pakistanis must be stopped and prevented. 

This may sound outlandish and jingoistic.  But there’s a solid rationale behind it.  Failure to embrace this zero-contact doctrine risks India’s future as a secular liberal nation.  It jeopardizes all that we hold dear, our culture, our great heritage, our rightful place at the high table of the community of civilized nations.

To understand the zero-contact doctrine, let us take ‘Aman ki Asha’ to its logical conclusion and see what would happen.

Indian ‘Jaichands’ ignore Pakistan’s repeated perfidy and impose upon us, growing people-to-people (P2P) contacts with Pakistan. 

A comatose Indian middle class, preoccupied with lighting its candles or planning its next vacation to Bangkok, refuses to learn from history and ignores growing ‘friendly’ ties with Pakistan. 

Visa restrictions are lifted. 

Pakistanis and Indians can freely visit each other’s countries. 

Cross border marriages become the norm. 

Pakistani movie stars make a beeline for Bollywood. 

Bollywood launches many a Pakistani star.

Indian youth is seduced by a Pakistani 'Shah Rukh Khan'.

Indian media wets its britches and tom toms these developments as proof of peace ‘dividends’.

Meanwhile, border areas of Punjab and Rajasthan see a slow but steady demographic change. 

Fake currency and narcotics trade seduce border residents into parting with their lands at above market prices.  Land is purchased by ‘Indians’, aided and abetted by India’s ‘secular’ parties. 

Mosques and minarets start appearing.  Madrassas begin sprouting.

Meanwhile, growing sporting and cultural ties neuter any voices of protest that rise every time there’s a terror attack within Indian borders.  Attacks are blamed on the ‘fringe’ elements within Pakistan.

“Look how the majority of Pakistanis support Bollywood and ties with India” becomes the war cry of Team Aman-ki-Asha.

Meanwhile, continuing demographic change, forces a vast majority of India’s political parties to become Sharia-friendly, and take a soft approach on Pakistan.

Growing business ties, create a Indian lobby that will do everything possible to prevent an Indian retaliation/attack on Pakistan.

As Pakistani cells take over key border areas, infiltration increases.  Not of militants, but of ordinary Pakistanis.  Settlements crop up and dense border areas bleed into adjoining villages and districts.  Vast swaths of Rajasthan, Punjab and even Kutch see sprouting of the RoP.

Grievance mongering by the likes of Owaisi becomes routine.  Comatose Indians ignore it and the more affluent ones, make plans to migrate to other countries.

The writing is on the wall:  Islamic Republic of India becomes a matter of ‘when’.

The aforementioned scenario may not play out exactly as described.  There may be intermittent resistance to this change, but if Bangladesh with a tiny population can procreate like rabbits to send over 20 MM Bangladeshi to India and change the character of states like Assam, West Bengal, just imagine what a 200 MM strong Pakistan would achieve.

Most importantly, Indians have shown little or no aptitude to resist or stem this demographic change.  Even without Aman-ki-Asha we’re well on our way to becoming an Islamic Republic within 50 years.

‘Friendship’ with Pakistan will only hasten that process.

Wake up now. Seal the border. Zero-contact with Pakistan.

p.s. - Non-Muslims have gone from 20% of Pakistan's population (in 1947) to less than 1%. 

How long before Non-Muslims go from 80% of India's population to being less than 1% of the population of The Islamic Republic of India.

Part 2: A dreamer’s take on how to counter Pakistan