Is poverty a patented feature of any religion?
[ In reply to a senior respected person]
I do not know if only muslims live in ghettos. Others too do.
In my childhood, I lived with muslim class mates who were my close friends in as much as some class mates going through the evening RSS classes, but all of us were living well and also in engineering college and in IIT too. Never had any inkling that they were poor or living in ghettos. That way as many or even more non-muslims too live in ghettos. That includes brahmins .
For example AR Rehman had become Muslim by choice, though he belonged to the Iyer community, one of the most revered brahmin community in Tamil Nadu. The poverty and the inability to look after parents and family attracted him to adopt. But I respect and enjoy his music. We similarly honour Bismillah Khan. We do not have any prejudices in reality.
Poverty does not favour one religion. Actually in my home town , the richness of muslims increased manyfold, with money flowing from Dubai. The Hindu businessmen for survival even adopt the green color as the external painting for the establishment. But let me give credit to the grace shown by the neo-rich muslim neighbors. They are good. OK, we have to listen till midnight some times the lectures delivered in the junction of roads blocked, regarding the goodness of following the Islam and also in chaste telugu, the many similarities of ancient Hindu culture and Isalm's tenets! Surprisingly the Imam did an excellent job of studying some parts of Veda too.Very intelligent and convincing lectures.
Actually enemies for both Islam and Hindus or for that any matter any religion are from within, who first lack respect for own faith, because of their blissful ignorance of their own faith. Then to add insult to injury act in a hypocritical manner merely to self-serve, adopting any hue as convenient, and some even belittle own faith to gain credibility.
We have fractured our society, Justice is more seen to be done, but actually sector wise, we are getting duped by the leaders who lack sincerity.
Unwittingly we fall prey to these machinations .
Well, Sir, what next? I believe, finally the critical mass will be reached for this charade, when the current crop of leaders and their tactics will have to suffer the implosion triggered by own self-goals caused by unfettered arrogance of power derived by the evil manipulation of a sound society.
With sadness in heart I write.
My personal experience in Kashmir with the Kashmir engineering boys and their happiness during training on Konkan Railway, in which I was giving them web-cast lectures with open interactions, from Mumbai while they were sitting in a class in Mangalore, only reinforces my belief.
Respect & trust they seek but our leaders offer appeasement and doles.
We are a wonderful country, Sir! In 60 years, we destroyed the fabric, what centuries of rule by others could not do. That is the achievement of our political and intellectual class in the name of democracy.
With warm regards,
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