Though now even less than marginal number of Hindus are left in Pakistan since they were brutally converted to Islam with state sponsored terrorism and Talibanism, a few Hindus who reside in border towns are facing the hell on earth in the form of “Naapaak pakistan”.
Now here I am writing an article taken from Times of India 10th of September 09.
Now here I am writing an article taken from Times of India 10th of September 09.
“Fearing Taliban, Pak Hindus take Thar Express to India.”
Vimal Bhatia | TNN
Jaisalmer: In the past four years, some 5000 Hindus may have crossed over from pakistan, never to return. It has not been easy abandoning their home, sometimes even their families, but they say they had no choice: they had to flee the Taliban.
It started as a trickle in 2006, the year the That express was flagged off. The weekly train starts from Karachi, enters India at Muabao, a border town in Barmer and runs up to Jodhpur. In the first year, 392 Hindus crossed over. This grew to 880 in 2007. The next year, the number was 1240, and this year, till August, over 1000 have crossed over. They just keep extending their Visas and hope to become Indian citizens.
Incidentally, these are official figures. Sources say there are many more, who cross over and melt into the local milieu. And officials have a soft corner for these people, most of whom has harrowing stories to tell.
RanaRam, who used to live in the Rahimyar district of pakistan's punjab, says he fell prey to Taliban. His wife was kidnapped, raped and forcibly converted to Islam. His two daughters were also forcibly converted. RanaRam too had to accept Islam for fear of his life. He thought it best to flee with his two daughters; his wife was untraceable.
DungaRam, another migrant, says atrocities against Hindus in pakistan have increased in the past two years after the ouster of Musharraf. “We won't get permanent jobs unless convert to Islam.”
Hindu Singh Sodha, the president of “Seemant Lok Sanghthan”, a group working for the refugees in Barmer and Jaisalmer, says there is unfortunately no proper refugee policy in India even though people from pakistan reach here in large numbers.
He said in 2004-05, over 135 families were given Indian citizenship but the rest are still living illegally in the country and are often tortured by the police because they don't have proper citizenship certificates. “In December 2008, over 200 Hindus were converted to Islam in Mirapur Khas town of pakistan. But there are several others, who want to stick to their religion but there's no safety for them in pakistan.”
Immigration officer in Muabao railway station, Hetudan Charan, says the arrival of Hindu migrants had suddenly increased as over 15 to 16 families were reaching India every week. “None of them admit they're to settle here but seeing their baggage, we easily understand,” he said.
Ravi Kumar, who was Barmer collector till his transfer two days back, said the government in 2007 had given permanent citizenship to a few pakistani immigrants.
The newspaper article ends here.
Vimal Bhatia | TNN
Jaisalmer: In the past four years, some 5000 Hindus may have crossed over from pakistan, never to return. It has not been easy abandoning their home, sometimes even their families, but they say they had no choice: they had to flee the Taliban.
It started as a trickle in 2006, the year the That express was flagged off. The weekly train starts from Karachi, enters India at Muabao, a border town in Barmer and runs up to Jodhpur. In the first year, 392 Hindus crossed over. This grew to 880 in 2007. The next year, the number was 1240, and this year, till August, over 1000 have crossed over. They just keep extending their Visas and hope to become Indian citizens.
Incidentally, these are official figures. Sources say there are many more, who cross over and melt into the local milieu. And officials have a soft corner for these people, most of whom has harrowing stories to tell.
RanaRam, who used to live in the Rahimyar district of pakistan's punjab, says he fell prey to Taliban. His wife was kidnapped, raped and forcibly converted to Islam. His two daughters were also forcibly converted. RanaRam too had to accept Islam for fear of his life. He thought it best to flee with his two daughters; his wife was untraceable.
DungaRam, another migrant, says atrocities against Hindus in pakistan have increased in the past two years after the ouster of Musharraf. “We won't get permanent jobs unless convert to Islam.”
Hindu Singh Sodha, the president of “Seemant Lok Sanghthan”, a group working for the refugees in Barmer and Jaisalmer, says there is unfortunately no proper refugee policy in India even though people from pakistan reach here in large numbers.
He said in 2004-05, over 135 families were given Indian citizenship but the rest are still living illegally in the country and are often tortured by the police because they don't have proper citizenship certificates. “In December 2008, over 200 Hindus were converted to Islam in Mirapur Khas town of pakistan. But there are several others, who want to stick to their religion but there's no safety for them in pakistan.”
Immigration officer in Muabao railway station, Hetudan Charan, says the arrival of Hindu migrants had suddenly increased as over 15 to 16 families were reaching India every week. “None of them admit they're to settle here but seeing their baggage, we easily understand,” he said.
Ravi Kumar, who was Barmer collector till his transfer two days back, said the government in 2007 had given permanent citizenship to a few pakistani immigrants.
The newspaper article ends here.
It is an open but unspoken truth that more than half of Indian muslims favour pakistan and are more loyal to it just because of their religion. India being a society based on principles of Hinduism and thus secular by its values, which is far broadminded compared with bigot Islamic fundamentalist approach, has to face internal rifts and episodes like Godhra because of them. No attack of the kind of Mumbai 26/11 could have taken place, had there been no internal muslim support from within India, and it's a stark truth. I want to urge the patriotic Muslims, who follow the Islam in its true sense, which says the importance of mother and mother land supreme than even the religion itself, must come forward and unleash these perpetrators to justice and everyone should expose the brutalities of pakistani government and radicals there, who are forcefully converting Hindus specially women and girls so that Hinduism is eradicated from there forever. We must learn lessons from Israel and the Jews, who have strongly retaliated against these muslim radicals and prove our unity against our common enemy.
Devashish Narayana Mishra.
Devashish Narayana Mishra.
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nice article bro.......keep it up..
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