Minority Misery

It is astounding for every rational Indian that helpless Hindus are being persecuted and young girls kidnapped, raped and coercively converted to Islam (“No Country for Pakistani Hindus”, May 7). The Pakistani government had failed to check the rise of oppressive idiosyncrasy in their country. It is sad that the Indian Government also shirks its responsibilities on the unreasonable alibi that the issue is an internal matter of Pakistan. It is high time that the two countries work their differences out. INDU SHANKAR, Varanasi I read with shock and horror the cover story on the plight of minorities in Pakistan. Rinkle Kumari’s pathetic plight made me weep. I would like to see the reaction of the Indian Government and our ‘ pseudo- secularists’ on this sensitive issue. Imagine the situation if even 1 per cent of what is happening to minorities in Pakistan were to happen to minorities in India. I would also like to know what the official stand of BJP on this issue is. I would request the Government to take up the case strongly with the Pakistani government to ensure that such atrocities come to an immediate end. D. K. SARDANA, Delhi Most readers will be touched by the woes of these unfortunate refugees from Pakistan. And yet, just try to imagine the reverse. If a small fraction of the Muslim population in India— who did not migrate in 1947—

were to go to Pakistan, do you think the government or the people there will have an iota of sympathy for them? So, to say that these poor people are victims of a double- cross or they are being betrayed by India is a bit far- fetched. KRISHNA KALRA, www.intoday.com