Pak Hindus don't get time to celebrate during religious holidays such as Holi and Diwali
Multan, Pakistan (CHAKRA) – Hindu’s in Pakistan celebrated Holi like many of the worlds Hindu community did for one of the biggest Hindu festivals of the year but while the celebrations happened most Hindus had to go to work without the option of having a public holiday.
While most employers are flexible about giving days off on holidays, and the government allows a certain number of religious holidays, taking a leave of absence for a day was not an option open to any of the Hindu employees in Pakistan.
Shankuntala, whose husband works for a government office in Multan, stated her lament about minorities in the country not having equal rights and thus being able to take a day off on their religious holidays. She said that minorities in Pakistan do not have the same rights as the majority population in Pakistan.
Over seven million Hindus live in Pakistan, according to the 2011 Pakistan Hindu Councils statistics. This number is almost double the number of Christians living in the country who enjoy the right of a day off on Christmas every year.
Hindus on the other hand, live in fear because even though the constitution says religious minorities should enjoy the same rights as their majority counterpart, no Hindu can stand up to the injustice they face solely due to fear.
The head of state sends out greeting messages to the public for Eid and Christmas but no such greeting is ever made out for Hindu religious celebrations.
Students and school teachers who are Hindu never get to enjoy the celebrations because there is no public holiday in schools. Thus overtime children start to lose their culture and roots because they are not able to participate in important festivals such as Holi, says Shankuntala.
But how is it that India always seems to feel concerned about the plight of only the Kashmiri Pandits? Is it because other Indians in Pakistan and even Kashmir are non-Pandits?
we need to do is stop calling ‘Kashmiri Hindus’ as ‘Kashmiri Pandits’ it only promotes castism as it only talk about a community. 2ndly there is indeed a priority problem, Indian Hindus should also focus on Pak-Bangla Hindus, we seems to have forgotten them due to our blind nationalism and lack of vision of hindu groups.
@Dr s l dhani
sir i feel you are not aware of the facts what actually has been done to kashmiri pandits .i am a kashmiri pandit & can give you a eye witness about the atrocities i faced atthe hands of antinationals while the govt of india & govt of j&k was amute spactitator
i also understand from your remarks that you are not awear about the fact that J&K is the indian state & kashmiri pandits were haunded under terror threats after brutally killing its members by linching their body putting them on bandsaw & what not what is govt doing for kashmiri pandits & what have you seen in tv & papers is too little a thing we are languishig in 8by 8 pigeon holed tin sheds in 48 digree emp during summer after ours homes in kashmir were burent by these heartless people after reading this message please read other real stories & take desision yourself
My question is: “But how is it that India always seems to feel concerned about the plight of only the Kashmiri Pandits? Is it because other Indians in Pakistan and even Kashmir are non-Pandits?” Krishna has understood it right and made relevant observations and suggestion. I am sorry for sufferings of any one comparable to those suffered by so-called Kashmiri Hindus. But why can they not call themselves Kashmiri Hindus? My question as to whether there are any Kashmiri non-Pandits and Kashmiri Hindus still left in Kashmir? Were no non-Pundit Hindu was made to undergo similar sufferings?
Answer to Dr S L Dhani:
My question as to whether there are any Kashmiri non-Pandits and Kashmiri Hindus still left in Kashmir? Answer: The non-muslims in Kashmir Valley are mostly Hindu-Pandits and Sikhs. Hindus aka Pandits suffered a genocide. Here term Pandit is a subset of term Hindu.
But how is it that India always seems to feel concerned about the plight of only the Kashmiri Pandits? Answer: Government of India is not at all concerned about plight of Kashmiri Pandits. That is precisely the reason Government took no action to prevent genocide or identify and punish the guilty. There is zero attempt to persecute guilty and provide justice.
Is it because other Indians in Pakistan and even Kashmir are non-Pandits? Let me correct the question first, It should say Is it because other Hindus in Pakistan are non-Pandits. Hindus in Pakistan, Malaysia or Fiji are suffering but they are outside the legal juridiction of Govt. of India. It is not Govt. of India’s duty to identify and punish those who committed crime againsts hindus in those places.
Yes, I agree many times titles and acronyms create lots of confusion. Even among hindus, when refering to pundits … it translates mostly to “Brahmins”. Brahmins, just because of the caste and the role they have played have created lot of problems to themselves. Word “Pundit” thus is better avoided.
But coming back to the main issue here – :How is it that Moslems in India enjoy such privileges as religious holidays, minority status etc., while neighboring Pakistan does not care and Indian government is sitting on their fat asses without making this an issue. If one is a Hindu, they need to stand up together.
I love Hindus and the values they hold. Thus yes, stand up and fight for the right thing.
i am very un happy and sorrow that in india as a democratic country our duty to save our people of indians as well as world people . but beacuse of currpt politicians we getting faild every where. indian president eating ten lach rupees per day but not doing any work. i am very very un happy with this mater.
@Dhani
Mr. Dhani, which plannet are you from, Mars? The term Kashmiri Pandit refers to all Hindus from Kashmir. Five hundred years back when conversions in Kashmir were rampant all the castes in Kashmir were converted into one caste, Brahmins as a result of which they are collectively referred to as Kashmiri Pandits, not all families called Pandits are of Brahmin origin including mine.
By trying to play the Brahmin card what you’re trying to imply is that somehow Brahmins are the problem here and that other Hindus would not have been harmed if they were non-Brahmins. Being a Sindhi yourself you should know that all Sindhis irrespective of their caste got the boot from Muslims at the time of the partition.
I wonder who made an illiterate moron like you a judge.
There is no division amogst Hindus based on caste lines when a Rajput calls himself a Rajput, when a Khatri calls himself a Khatri, when a Lingayat calls himself a lingayat, when Kamma calls himself a Kamma, but dammn if a Brahmin tries that. Then you’re breaking Hindu society on caste lines.
This is the typical mentally retarded logic that many so called Hindutavadis use. More than anything else these terms only stand for communities or tribal units today, there is no feeling of splendor in being a Brahmin. On the contrary you’re discriminated against if you use that.
If you want KP’s referring to themselves so, then first stop calling yourselves as Yadavas, Rajpoots, Khatris, Redyy’s or whatever it is that you want. Selective posturing only shows that you have ulterior intetions which you’re not making public by using diplomatic talk.
//Is it because other Indians in Pakistan and even Kashmir are non-Pandits?” //
How can there be any Indians in Pakistan, unless you send there illegally. Are you so ashamed of using the word Hindu, or maybe you’re not a Hindu yourself.