Valid point bhai.
But aaj kal ke mahaul mein, sab apni dekhte hain.
Sab. Hindus and Parsis included.
That's the sort of damage Modi and his brand of politics has done to our social fabric.
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GeneralValid point bhai.
But aaj kal ke mahaul mein, sab apni dekhte hain.
Sab. Hindus and Parsis included.
That's the sort of damage Modi and his brand of politics has done to our social fabric.
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Not by Modi Brand politics. As the Sickulars are not able to defeat Modi, they starts abusing him. As if that was not enough, they started abusing nation and whosoever support Modi. Nationalist hit back and that is how the cycle begun.
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yes.
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Naseeruddin Shah writes on Diljit Dosanjh controversy: I feel no need to prove anything, including my patriotism
The touchiness of the offence-taking brigade has begun bordering on the absurd. Anything that is remotely critical gets twisted to sound “anti-national”. The palpable poison in the air does not cause me despair or fear. It saddens me
The gradually rising tide of jingoism, hatred and, of late, war fever here, cannot but have encouraged all “right” minded citizens to no longer bother disguising the bigotry that has been latent in them all along
Naseeruddin Shah
Jul 4, 2025 13:23 IST
My childhood — and upbringing — was divided between an orthodox Muslim home, a Roman Catholic, and then a Jesuit Christian school. Each ethos gave me what it could, but I was never sold on any of them and I knew what I liked or disliked about each, my own included. For example, I thought it grossly unfair that everyone “except us” was doomed to perdition and I have never been able to get my head around that. As children, we went to Pushkar, to the magnificent Jain temple and, of course, the dargah where dreadlocked sadhus in saffron shared a chillum with green-robed Sufis; Sikh pilgrims and Hindu pilgrims abounded.
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Namaaz in the Adhai Din Ka Jhonpda surrounded by Hindu sculptures I thought was the coolest idea. The great Shankar Shambhu sang the praises of “Khwaja ji” accompanied by qawwals from all over the sub-continent, and even by a Baul singer. I never thought of myself as a Muslim (ergo different) and nothing in my surroundings made me feel I didn’t belong, no matter where I was. This was my country and I miss it.
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The gradually rising tide of jingoism, hatred and, of late, war fever here, cannot but have encouraged all “right” minded citizens to no longer bother disguising the bigotry that has been latent in them all along. At the same time, it has been cause for concern for those who worry about the direction in which our country seems to be headed. The touchiness of the offence-taking brigade has begun bordering on the absurd. Criticising the quality of Hindi movies makes you “ungrateful”, a plea for sanity and brotherhood makes you “a traitor”, a grouse that Indians don’t obey traffic lights makes you get advised on where you should go, speaking up for a fellow artiste is “speaking against the country”.
Anything that is remotely critical gets twisted to sound “anti-national”. The actor who plays the lead in the beloved TV serial Anupamaa tartly enquires whether Pakistan “allows Indian artistes to perform there?” without knowing that not only do they allow us, they welcome us and honour us. And then is everyone who listens to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan or Mehdi Hasan or Farida Khanum in India a traitor? Obviously, it’s only the Prime Minister who can go across the border to embrace his counterpart. For us ordinary mortals to do that is a sin. Is it in any way beneficial to us to hate every Pakistani citizen for what their government (read, army) does? Or, does it simply satisfy some feral urge?
In George Orwell’s book 1984, there exists a daily ritual where everyone drops whatever they are doing and abuses an Opposition leader: It is compulsory to participate in this “two minutes of hate”. Despite it having now become 24 hours of hate, no longer confined to the leader of the Opposition, the palpable poison in the air does not cause me despair or fear. It saddens me. Hatred is self-destructive but evidently it can be sustained indefinitely if one is to go by the continuing actions of some “cow vigilantes”.
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Besides, new hatreds can easily be created. I am an easy target for “nationalists” and paid trolls (who really could do with some help in spelling and grammar) because I feel no need to wear my love for anything, including my country, on my sleeve. I know what I feel, I trust my feelings and they are no one else’s business.
I was born in India into the fifth generation of a Muslim family, my wife into an even older Hindu one and we hope our children can be a combination of the best of both. My father refused to go to Pakistan when his brothers left, he was certain India had a future for us just as I feel it does for my offspring. This is a dream that cannot be abandoned.
If this is taken to be a justification of my Facebook post (which has been taken down, not deleted by me) in support of Diljit Dosanjh, so be it. But the fact is I need to justify nothing. I said whatever I had to say and I stand by it. Nor am I discouraged by the lack of support from the film industry. I wasn’t expecting any — they all either have too much to lose or they disagree. And to the trolls, particularly the one who said to me “Pakistan nahin ab kabristaan”, I can only quote Jigar Moradabadi: “Mujhe de na ghaiz mein dhamkiyaan, giren lakh baar ye bijliyan, / Meri saltanat yehi aashiyaan, meri milkiyat yehi chaar par (Don’t threaten me in anger, let lightning strike a thousand time/ My nest is my domain, these four feathers all I own).”
The writer is an actor and author
Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/o...it-dosanjh-sardaar-ji-3-controversy-10105624/
This is good. Till your career is good, do it. When it is over, play victim card to be in lime light to be the Hero of Siculars, Commies and Islamist. It is batter to be hero of Fringe elements rather than being forgotten.
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What is a sickular?
If you mean secular, what is wrong?
Do you want India to be a Hindu Pakistan?
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Oh please, Doc.. aap 'sickular' ka matlab acchi tareh jaantey ho.
As I've said many times before, I'm all for it, a militant form, true secularism, as envisioned by the French.
Hamare yahan ka toh ekdum ghatiya milavat wala hai, a bimaar form of it, hence the sick..
jiske under instead of separation of "church" and state
yahan fusion of church + mosque + temple + gurudwara + godknows what all ka mishrand sa ho ria hae !
je kya baat hui ???
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So you want to kick out the rest and just keep the Mandirs?Oh please, Doc.. aap 'sickular' ka matlab acchi tareh jaantey ho.
As I've said many times before, I'm all for it, a militant form, true secularism, as envisioned by the French.
Hamare yahan ka toh ekdum ghatiya milavat wala hai, a bimaar form of it, hence the sick..
jiske under instead of separation of "church" and state
yahan fusion of church + mosque + temple + gurudwara + godknows what all ka mishrand sa ho ria hae !
je kya baat hui ???
As a Hindu India.
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I want true secularism, remove all religion based bs from our samvidhaan and law book
no hindu undivided family, no christy inheritance thing, and no sharia paria, baaki kisi ke hain, un ko bhi ukhaad ke fenk do naali me !
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It's not just tech, they're coming for every aspect of our lives and no one is talking about. No one except me.
but Indians are still coming only !
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but Indians are still coming only !
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So you want forced Atheism.
How do you propose to achieve that?
Chinese style reeducation gulags?
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You saw neel gaey ban me when I posted that vile video of the poor Indian getting racially abused by shitbilla?
Neel gaey got upset that why I posted it when I clearly said on the Indians going to Russia thread over there k bhai there is so much racism in the US now, and Indians going to Russia is an even worse idea.
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Don't you know what is sickular?
You do not have basic understanding of the India as a nation, Indian culture and Hinduism as a philosophy. Israel is a theocratic Jew nation. Has it become a Jew Pakistan? India and Hinduism lacks the basic substance to be a radical society like Pakistan. However, if Hindus become weak and Islamist takes over India like Pakistan and Bangladesh, you should be ready to flee from India like your ancestors fled from Persia or alternatively get ready to get converted to Islam.
