Hinduism as India's state Religion

We are big country with an even bigger population. Yes problems exist ofcourse but the internet and media makes a mountain out of a mole hole.
UK is actually the country that created all the problems with its colonial empire in the past but we are out of that and Marching ahead create a better future.

People are literally murdered by mobs for eating Cows.
I do not understand how the UK is the country responsible for these religious issues. This is India not the UK. India was independent in 1948. At some point, it is the fault of India, not the UK.
 
Well muslims and hindus in South asia lived along side each other for along time peacefully, some marathas were also made out of muslims and while yes their were cases of religious violence on the hole it wasn't common.
 
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People are literally murdered by mobs for eating Cows.
I do not understand how the UK is the country responsible for these religious issues. This is India not the UK. India was independent in 1948. At some point, it is the fault of India, not the UK.
Can we not make this about who is at fault please?
 
i believe it is on the horizon anyway. have the BJP/RSS and other extremist groups do better in upcoming elections and hinduisim does officially become india's state religion
 
Can we not make this about who is at fault please?
I agree coz once we start blaming people it will not end.
Though i have a question.
Why are Europeans suddenly worried about India? Don't you have illegal Muslim immigration problems, rise in crime border issues to discuss?
Asia is a bit far for you guys to think about?
Plus i don't think you will ever understand India we are different our cultural and traditional background is different.
 
I agree coz once we start blaming people it will not end.
Though i have a question.
Why are Europeans suddenly worried about India? Don't you have illegal Muslim immigration problems, rise in crime border issues to discuss?
Asia is a bit far for you guys to think about?
Plus i don't think you will ever understand India we are different our cultural and traditional background is different.
...not going to touch most of that with a barge pole, but again you are completely ignoring what I have written.

Indian people, people who were born and live in India, are making these points. I dont know why you keep harping on otherwise, its super weird.
 

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I agree coz once we start blaming people it will not end.
Though i have a question.
Why are Europeans suddenly worried about India? Don't you have illegal Muslim immigration problems, rise in crime border issues to discuss?
Asia is a bit far for you guys to think about?
Plus i don't think you will ever understand India we are different our cultural and traditional background is different.
Ya' know, bigotry is really a BAD IDEA hereabouts.

Cease and desist.
 
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...not going to touch most of that with a barge pole, but again you are completely ignoring what I have written.

Indian people, people who were born and live in India, are making these points. I dont know why you keep harping on otherwise, its super weird.
I guess your uncomfortable discussing your own shortcomings so your interested in how others are doing. It is expected i guess and for your point i find it pointless. Its is said the easiest job in the world is criticising others. We are a democracy everyone Indian has a different opinion we can't all be generalized for few individual opinions.
We have a saying in Bengali ' Nijer charkai tele din' basically it translates to Oil your own machine.
Have good day.
 
I guess your uncomfortable discussing your own shortcomings so your interested in how others are doing.
Its more that this is not at all relevant to this thread. I.e. if we had a thread abou Japanese warcrimes, its completely of topic to discuss Isis. If you prefer, it is just as relevant to this topic as if I talked about Pokemon.
If you want to talk about that, I am more than happy to. Make a thread, pm me or tag me etc. This is now however, the place for this.

perhaps most importantly, there is a phrase in philosophy called "tu quoque", which from memory essentially translates o "and you". In short, its not just bad form, but it also does nothing to defend your point.

It is expected i guess and for your point i find it pointless. Its is said the easiest job in the world is criticising others. We are a democracy everyone Indian has a different opinion we can't all be generalized for few individual opinions.
We have a saying in Bengali ' Nijer charkai tele din' basically it translates to Oil your own machine.
Have good day.
Im not saying all Indians have this view. YOU asked me where I was getting my news under the idea that the statement was blind accusation, and then discounted the news sources despite also being Indian.
 

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I guess your uncomfortable discussing your own shortcomings so your interested in how others are doing. It is expected i guess and for your point i find it pointless. Its is said the easiest job in the world is criticising others. We are a democracy everyone Indian has a different opinion we can't all be generalized for few individual opinions.
We have a saying in Bengali ' Nijer charkai tele din' basically it translates to Oil your own machine.
Have good day.
Best advice on Earth can't help someone who is on a mission of self destruction.

Too bad.

Allow me to focus your attention.

Kicked for a week.
 
I don’t think it’s possible to make India a country with Hinduism as the formal state religion. It should be noted that even the BJP claims to be a secularist party, and one of their favourite phrases to throw at its opposition is “pseudo-secularist”, implying that their opponents are the real anti-secularists for giving Muslims “benefits”. Since the days of Tilak, where Hindu nationalists claimed that bans of child marriage were violations of religious liberty, this has been the claim. Even an obviously Hindu nationalist dictatorship would claim to be secularist and will no doubt present Muslims supportive of the regime. So, Hinduism as India’s unofficial state religion? Possible, and arguably the case OTL (except in Jammu and Kashmir, where the typical dynamics are reversed). Hinduism as India’s official state religion? I don’t think it’s possible post-1900.

Now, if you break up India, some of the successor states will no doubt have Hinduism as the state religion, especially if they’re ex-princely states.
 
Though what happens if these princes get deposed though?

Yes, that’s the issue. You need princes smart enough to establish parliaments and reduce their own power to satisfy reformist and revolutionary sentiments. Some princes may fall, but others may be smart enough to reform.
 
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