Jul 1, 2008

Majority is minor in India

Hindus constitute to about 80% of Indian population. A mojority by definition means "The greater number or part; a number more than half of the total". Therefore Hindus form mojority of Indian population. Eventhough before Arabs/Muslims invaded India or Europeans colonized Bharat the term 'Hindu' was non-existent still the native Indians were henothestic which can be called "Sanatana Dharma". Therefore currently after systematic cleansing and forced conversions the Hindu population has come down to 80% from 100%. To prove this point I can refer to this (reviewd by Somon Digby) book by K S Lal. He states, the population of India was about 200 million in 1000CE and in 1500 CE 170 million and about 60 to 80 million people died in India between 1000 and 1525 CE as a result of the Islamic invasion of India. (also check this).
Coming back to todays India nothing looks any better with respect to declining Hinduism. India already has atleast 3 states where Hinduism is NOT the mojority. To elaborate this fact,
1. J&K - Islam constitutes 67%
2. Punjab- Sikhism is 64%
3. Nagaland-Christianity-90.03%
4. Mizoram-Christianity-87%
5. Meghalaya-Christianity-70.3%
6. Lakshadweep-Islam- >99%!
If the above somewhat known statistics is intimidating (atleast for some) check the following:
7. Goa-Christianity-30%
8. Kerala-Muslim 23.3%, Christian 19.3%
9. Chandigarh-Sikh-20.3%
10. Sikkim-Buddhism-28.1%
11. UP-Islam-17%
12. West Bengal-Islam-25%
13. Assam-Islam-31%
If all the above numbers look macabre, beat this: We DO NOT have the latest census data especially after the accumulating Bangladeshi migrants and highly increased conversions.
Considering the above bitter realities, a question arises even if one is liberal, non-right winged, secular etc. Is really Hinduism a Mojority in India?
The answer is clear. IT IS NOT. To prove myself following few examples should be enough.
a. If Hindus were a majority, Ram temple would have been built by now where it is supposed to have been.
b. Ex-President(s), current Super- PM, current PM, are not Hindus. More than that a maojr percentage of MPs and MLAs in ruling UPA are Christians (Quoted from Francois Gautier's page: "....according to a 2001 census, there are about 2.34 million Christians in India ; not even 2,5% of the nation, a negligible amount. Yet there are today five Christian chief ministers in Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. One should add that the majority of politicians in Sonia Gandhi’s closed circle are either Christians or Muslims. She seems to have no confidence in Hindus.Ambika Soni, a Christian, is General Secretary of the Congress and a very powerful person, with close access to Sonia Gandhi. Oscar Fernandes is Union Programme Implementation Minister. Margaret Alwa is the eminence grise of Maharasthra. Karnataka is virtually controlled by AK Anthony, whose secretaries are all from the Southern Christian association. Valson Thampu, a Hindu hater, is Chairman NCERT curriculum Review Committee, John Dayal, another known Hindu baiter, has been named by Sonia Gandhi in the National Integration Council ; and Kancha Ilaya, who hates Hindus, is being allowed by the Indian Government to lobby with the UN and US Congress so that caste discrimination in India is taken-up by these bodies....).
c. Recent land transfer case Amarnath shrine board from the state Govt would not have been revoked.
d. The Dattapeetha (Bababudangiri at Karnataka) controversy would have been solved.
The list would never end but all the above observations do convey that in practical Hinduism is no more a majority in India. If even now no alarm bells ring in the head it might be too late.
Definitely I do not favor a Taliban like Hinduism for India, but definitely being to lame might prove fatal in the long(??) run.

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