Francois Gautier talks about the recent events

Article #1 http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jul/28franc.htm

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Francois GautierHumiliation has caused the rage we see in JammuInstead of calling an all-party meeting to resolve the Jammu crisis, the Government would have done well to try to understand the fury of Hindus and not to limit the scope of the introspection to the Sri Amarnath Shrine Board land transfer issue only. Are Hindus angry only about the hypocrisy of the Government on the land transfer issue? Are there no other issues that make them furious?
Hindus are peace-loving people. The average Hindu that you meet is an easy-going and accepts you and your diversity, whether you are Christian, Muslim or Parsi, Arab, French or Chinese. He goes about his business and usually does not interfere in yours.
In fact, Hindus take it a little further: They hate trouble and go out of their way to avoid it. Have you noticed how every time there is a possibility of a strike or trouble, Hindus stay home? Or how - forget about rioting - Hindus never speak-up, complain or protest in a united manner?
Despite this, everywhere in the world Hindus are hounded and humiliated - be it in Fiji where an elected democratic Government was twice deposed in an Army coup, or in Pakistan and Bangladesh where Muslims indulge in pogroms against Hindus every time they want to vent their anger against India (read Taslima Nasreen's book Lajja). There were one million Hindus in the Kashmir Valley, but there are only a few hundred today. In Assam, Tripura, or Nagaland, Hindus are being outnumbered by illegal Bangladeshi immigrants and terrorised by pro-Christian separatist groups, such as the Bodos or the Mizos, while local Governments often turn a blind eye. Their temples are being taken over in many States and the donations appropriated by the State Governments.
Yet, in 3,500 years of their known existence, Hindus have never invaded another country, never tried to impose their religion upon others by force or by induced conversions. It has rather been through peaceful invasions that Hinduism has stormed the world whether in the East - witness Angkor Vat -- or in the West, where the by-products of Hinduism, yoga, meditation, ayurved and pranayam have been adopted by millions.
Hindus also gave refuge to all persecuted minorities of the world -- the Parsis, the Jews (India is the only country in the world where Jews have not been persecuted), the Armenians and the Tibetans. The first Christian community of the world, the Syrian Christians, flourished in Kerala, thanks to Hindu tolerance. Arab merchants were welcomed by Hindu rulers to live in India while freely practising their religion, from very early times. It's a pity that these two communities turned against Hindus - the former by way of conversions and the latter with bloody invasions.
Thus Hindus, who accept everybody and welcome all religions, do not receive in return any gratitude and the same respect. On the contrary, they get mocked at, bombs are planted in their markets, their trains; their temples are attacked, they are chased out of their homeland; the media makes fun of them, their own politicians ostracise them.
Sometimes enough is enough. After years or even centuries of submission, Hindus, the most peace-loving people in the world, erupt in uncontrolled fury. And it hurts. It hurts badly. It happened in Gujarat. It is happening now in Jammu. It may happen again elsewhere, as Hindus are reaching boiling point.
Hindus never complain about their Government giving billions of rupees in subsidies to Indian Muslims so that they can visit their most holy place, Mecca. But when Hindus need shelters, toilets and basic facilities at the height of 15,000 feet to worship at the Amarnath shrine, these are denied to them by the same Government. So they erupt in fury against ignominy and injustice.
Instead of appealing for calm and communal harmony and giving us all this hogwash about Kashmiriyat, political leaders, journalists, as well as spiritual leaders would do well to look at the root cause of Hindu fury and try to address their demands and frustrations.