But in the Bhiayyaland women do not feel particularly unsafe. At least no more unsafe than men.

It is another matter that my area is not quite as remote as the one you mention.

Are you the kind that thinks that every Indian who is a Muslim is a secret Pakistan supporter? I think you are.

Are you the kind that always suspects anyone who is not “obviously” Hindu? I think you are.

All your posts reek of sheer bigotry and ignorance. Who are you to pass judgment on if Shias are better or Sunnis? And if Lucknow Muslims are better than Kanpur Muslims? What kind of a juvenile statement is that?

It is people like you, who may well succeed in dividing this country if all you can see in a fellow countryman is his religion or his race or his language.

Taking a cue from you, let me make a juvenile statement of my own. “I think you are in collusion with those Chinese that are determined to see India fragmented on the basis of religion, caste, culture and language”. That is about as credible as making a statement that says:

“By the Way, I do agree Lucknow muslims are better and you know why because majority of them are Shias. Can you say the same for kanpur muslims?”

If you come to immediate neighbours, NDA handled china pretty well, making them recognise Sikkim as part of India.

Talking about pakistan, NDA got betrayed by Musharraf after lahore bus peace initiative. When kargil happened, NDA brought it in open, went to war with Pakistan and forced Pakistan to back down by using skillful diplomacy with US. It made Mushy beg for dialogue (remember mushy walking to Atal for handshake). It was only after long wait (in years), Mushy got chance to come to Agra for peace talks but NDA did not allow him his way. The meeting failed without any JOINT statement.

Had congress been in power during Kargil, it would have skillfully hidden the **** intrusion and given excuse like ‘Not a blade of grass grows there’. It has been doing exactly this in Arunachal Pradesh. The pakistanis and their supporters have been bombing Indian cities regularly but what have we done. NOTHING..We have returned to peace talks just after 7 months after 26/11 without making pakistan budge from its position.

Pl. do not even compare foreign policy of UPA with NDA. The UPA govt. has been utter failure when it comes to terrorism and foreign policy. It is perhaps the only govt. in history that has soft attitude towards terrorism coming from particular community.

Yes this chalta hai attitude is bringing us down. as for women they should fight for their right, for their self respect. And they are doing so , in their own little way.

I am not dismissing the seriousness of the problem. I am only against denigating the entire community for a handful of few misguided ones.

Yes there are issues with the foreign policy of the UPA government. But then the NDA also did not toe a different line.

There is a question mark on India becoming a serious mililary power under the corrupt governments, led by whosoever.

Thank You. I agree with you that there is a need to change the perception about bhaiyas and bhaiyaland. And this bhaiyas alone can do, by their hardwork and conduct. They have proved their mettle in Mumbai. Whatever Raj T may say, Mumbai runs today, becos bhaiyas slog. I have seen it myself and i am proud of that.