The loaded language apart, I think the question simply is, does the "secular" Indian state have any laws or rules which are discriminatory on the basis of a person's religion? Either overtly or covertly? FN
FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) #784 Nr Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India http://fn.goa-india.org http://goa1556.goa-india.org On 4 September 2011 22:25, Santosh Helekar <chimbel...@yahoo.com> wrote: Anybody who has read all other posts in this thread (i.e. in the thread entitled "Christians of Indian origin who live in Pakistan will now be entitled to long term visas to India") would know that its context was solely the recent issuing of long-term Indian visas for Christian and Buddhist minorities in Pakistan. It had nothing to do with any of the extraneous chauvinistic religious, casteist or political causes espoused by sundry political activists on Goanet fighting their own self-serving battles against the Indian state, its founders, its present or past governments, its various political parties and/or its people at large. It certainly had nothing to do with Dalits or Islam. Therefore, nobody should have any problem understanding my attempt to provide accurate information within the proper context in my last post. No secular person would also find it appropriate to appeal to divisive religious sentiments of Goanetters using political smear tactics to cover up for misleading them in the first place on the issue of long-term visas. Regarding the extraneous political, religious and casteist claims made in the post appended below, I hope someone who has proper knowledge of the Indian constitution, of all the secular laws adopted under it, and of what Dr. Ambedkar, Jawaharlal Nehru, Harendra Coomar Mookerjee, Sarojini Naidu, Frank Anthony, etc. argued and did in the founding of the secular Indian republic, would check the accuracy of the facts (if any) contained in it