Introduction
The Concept of an Indian Identity and Mindset continues....

Already Swami Ramakrishna Parmahans has been described in disparaging terms in government prescribed text books. Traitor Raja Jai Chand has been described as a hero, and Prithviraj as a coward! Since English language provides a fast track channel to India from abroad for propagation of ideas, books rubbishing Hindu gods and goddesses, sanyasis, and other icons are being published abroad and imported for use in India’s public schools. Lord Ganesha has repeatedly been portrayed in most hurtful terms. Shiva linga has been ridiculed.

2. Demographic Restructuring of Indian Society

People of India who declare in the Census that they are adherents of religions born on Indian soil, that is Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains constituted 84.21% of the total Indian population in 2001. In 1941 the proportion, adjusted for Partition, was 84.44%. This figure hides the fact that Hindus resident in undivided Pakistan have migrated to post-Partition India which is why the share of Hindus and co-religionists have barely reduced since 1941. In the area called Bangladesh, Hindus were 30% in 1941. In 2001 they are less than 8%. In Pakistan of today. Hindus were 20% in 1941, and less than 2% in 2001. Such ethnic cleansing has not been noticed by anybody. If the figures are adjusted for such migration, then in the five decades 1951-2001, Hindus have lost more than 3 per cent points in share of Indian population, while Muslims have increased their share by about 3%. What is even more significant is that Hindus have lost 12% points since 1881, and the loss in share has begun to accelerate since 1971 partly due to illegal migration from Bangladesh.

The lack of Hindu unity and the determined bloc voting in elections by Muslims and Christians, has created a significantly large leverage for these two religious communities in economic, social and foreign policy making.


to be continued....

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