Jihad, coming soon to your nearest hangout place

On 1^st  July 2016, seven armed jihadis stormed into the Holey Artisan bakery in the upmarket Gulshan area of Dhaka, taking more than 30 people hostage. In a throwback to the Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall siege of 2013 by Al Shabaab miltants,  only the ones who could recite Koran verses were spared. The rest were tortured brutally and butchered with machetes (not shot, because of the religious duty to kill kafirs by slitting the throat). The jihadis held the security forces for more than 12 hours, and when finally the siege ended, six of the seven jihadis lay dead, along with nine Italians, two Bangaldeshi origin Americans,  seven Japanese, one Indian and two Dhaka policemen. The seventh jihadi is being interrogated.

Islamic state claimed responsibility of the attack, and the perpetrators of it were all Bangladeshi nationals of Jamyetul Mujahideen Bangladesh. That group has been banned for more than a decade in Bangladesh, but its ties to Islamic State are known. All the seven jihadis were from affluent families, with a good educational background, none from a madrassa.IS posted the pictures of five of them online stating “Let the crusader countries know that there is no safety for them as long as their aircraft are killing Muslims”. This looks to be aimed at US and Britain bombing Syria and Iraq, but how is Italy and Japan or even India involved in this? The Italian victims were understood to be fashion houses employees buying fabric from Bangladesh, the Japanese ones from NGOS. So, effectively the country’s economy can be dealt a huge blow if homegrown terror is not kept in check.

Bangladesh PM Shaikh Haseena remarked what kind of Muslims are these who kill innocents during Ramzaan (So is it ok to kill them after Ramzan, as per verse 9:5?) And lets not even talk about “These terrorists were not Muslims, terror has no religion” from news traders, overrated intellectuals, celebrities or leaders. This reaction is not just shameless, its infuriating. 

There is nothing surprising about an attack of this kind taking place in Dhaka. It was long due. For quite some time now, Bangladesh has been a growing hotbed of Islamic terror. Rape and murder of the Hindu minority is daily news there. An untold number of secular bloggers, dissidents and even LGBT activists have been butchered in broad daylight , and the toll has increased in the last two years. Bangladesh might have been separated from Pakistan in 1971, but its foolishness to believe that it has no fertile ground for jihad. Already, it is a strong base for Pakistan’s ISI, a safe haven for separatist outfits like ULFA and NSCN factions, and now rising IS base. Why do we forget that the idea of Pakistan did not originate in Lahore or Karachi, but in the likes of Dhaka, Aligadh and Kolkata. Muslim League’s bulk votes and leaders/cadre came from central provinces and undivided Bengal . 

An old interview published in Islamic State’s online propaganda site Dabiq, has surfaced, for which India should be concerned. Shaykh Abu Ibrahim al-Hanif, the 'Amir of Khilafah's soldiers in Bengal' in an interview to the magazine elaborated upon the group's plans. In unambiguous terms, he mentioned how Bangladesh would be used by the group to launch raids into India from the eastern periphery. This move would be timed with attacks launched from the 'Wilayat Khurasan located on India's western side'. "Thus having a strong jihad base in Bengal will facilitate performing guerilla attacks inside India simultaneously from both sides," it was mentioned. The eventual plan it was said was to launch conventional army raid to 'liberate the region' after first getting rid of the 'Pakistani and Afghani regimes'. The jihad in Bengal was also a 'stepping-stone for jihad in Burma'.  The uncontrolled Bangladeshi infiltration in north eastern India is a life threatening problem, not addressed due to vote bank or plain apathy. When you add the growing threat of jihad to it, you have a ticking time bomb at hand.

Bangladeshi infiltration has changed the demography of many areas in India, especially in states like Assam. East Bengal’s attraction for goes back more than a century. Even during the proposed partition of Bengal in 1905, the Muslim League had demanded Bange-Islam, on the targets of which was to flood sparsely populated Assam with Bengali Muslims. During the second world war, Md Sadaudaula the then premier of Assam , gave a big influx to this infiltration. Mujib ur Rehman, the former Muslim league gangster who became the first prime minister of Bangladesh and who is the "secular" doyen according to the secular intelligentsia ,had always coveted the mineral rich wealth of Assam (“Eastern Pakistan must include Assam to be financially and economically strong.”). He had  remarked that very slowly, but surely the Bengali Muslims through the demographic growth would overwhelm Assam one day. He would be pleased to know had he been alive today that successive secular governments (you know which party) in India have not only aided the infiltration, but also given citizenship to the infiltrators. Dev Kant Barua (one who said India is Indira and Indira is India) had famously remarked that the party would be in power as long as the Alis (Bangladeshi migrants) and Coolies (tea garden labourers) are there. Even in Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura the Bangladeshis have changed the demographics alarmingly. Islamic state will be rubbing its hands with glee when it finds out that it needs to spend little in men and material to create a launchpad to the east of India for Ghazwa e Hind, and to carve out a third islamic nation from the easternmost part of India when the time is ripe.

The number of people being recruited for Islamic State from countries like India, Britain, France, Pakistan, Bangladesh has grown dangerously, and none of them are poor or illiterate or unemployed as the liberal bleeding hearts tell us (sorry Malala), but  from relatively affluent backgrounds. Our intelligence agencies have to be commended for tracking all these cases meticulously, but even one recruit that escapes the radar can spell disaster, because any terrorist attack in a crowded city in India will result in atleast a hundred casualties before the security forces can respond. And the terrorists are now targeting the affluent and middle class, because they are the soft spot, sheltered, easily rattled by violence, and willing to bend to any extent to keep the status quo.  Paris attacks, Brussels and Istanbul bombing and now this. And it wont get any easier. Two of the brutally butchered people in Dhaka were two young Bangladeshi origin students studying in USA. It did not matter to the terrorists that they were Muslims, all that mattered was that they had gone ‘’astray’’ and had to be killed.  If jihadis can do this to their own children, imagine what will it do to yours. 

The revival of jihad machinery via petrodollars which started during CIA’s funding of Afghan mujahideen has grown into a  huge monster, and it wants to swallow everything in its path. Its no longer confined to the rocky hills of Afghanistan or gullies of Karachi and no longer are the have nots its only victims. It can hit you as hard in your gated communities, or while you are enjoying your dom perignon in a swanky restaurant. Stop whitewashing the crimes of barbarians just because it serves your purpose or just because you think you are way beyond the reach of the violence. You are now, but you soon won’t be. Calling all Muslims as terrorists is as immature as it is short sighted. It is true that its just a small minority among them which is doing it, but that small minority is huge enough to destroy our way of life irrevocably. And the deafening silence of the majority of Muslims makes it more lethal, who fail to understand that they will be its first victims, just as Muslims themselves were mutilated or killed for diverting from Shariah during Taliban rule and now in Islamic State ruled areas. 

All right, I’m off now to memorise some Quran verses in English. After all, I want to make sure that my next meal in a restaurant isn’t my last. 

http://www.thefrustratedindian.com/2016/07/bangladesh-attack-quran/

Bravado- Armchair and actual

Eight CRPF soldiers returning from the shooting range were ambushed by militants in Pampore, J&K, and the rickety bus carrying them became their coffin. Another 25 were grievously injured. And in true ‘’character’’ which defines our news traders, this was not given importance of more than one day. After all, what is the life of a paramilitary soldier in comparison to some actress twisting her ankle during shooting.

Elsewhere at the same time in New Delhi, the Pakistan High Commission hosted a grand iftar party, in which Kashmiri separatists were given an honoured place, and to rub salt on wounds, it was proclaimed that Pakistan wants nothing more than friendship with India.

 India is the world’s largest arms importer. It has the third largest standing army in the world. In BSF and CRPF, it has the largest paramilitary in the world. If you look at the numbers, leave the Indian army, navy and airforce aside, India’s paramilitary alone is bigger than most of the countries defence forces today.

And yet we allow this kind of humiliation to be heaped on us.

And why blame Pakistan? What has been our leaders response to this latest attack? The same repetitive reply of we will not fire first but we will retaliate strongly by the Home Minister Rajnath Singh. From the J& K state govt,from CM Mehbooba Mufti,  the same oft repeated statement that terror in the name of Islam is wrong (the same people were wailing for AFSPA removal) and that such attacks will drive away tourists . J&K opposition is busy cornering her for her remarks that “she was ashamed as a Muslim” due to these attacks.

But what about the lives of the soldiers lost? How long should they pay for the callousness of the state, where they are not even allowed to fire on murderous mobs who routinely injure policemen and paramilitary soldiers by stoning? We had that horrible situation under the UPA govt where catapults were given to the policemen instead of guns. And during this BJP govt’s tenure too, the army was used during floods in Kashmir to save the same stone pelting crowd because elections were around.

India’s policy with Pakistan is horribly inadequate at least by the value of it. Whether it be returning the 93000 POWs during 1971 war without making actual gains or Kargil war as a gift for Vajpayee’s  Lahore bus trip in 1999, or the parliament attack of 2001 , India’s response has not been anywhere to finding a permanent solution. Whatever the soldier wins in the battle, the leaders lose at the table. Pakistan has nothing to offer to India except treachery and terrorism, and yet infuriatingly our leaders indulge in engaging with peace talks and other overtures, only to fall flat in the face.

India has the largest paramilitary in the world, but it has routinely been facing challenges due to lack of good weaponry and facilities. The sub par conditions under which CRPF fights Maoists in red corridor are our shame, where in many cases they are left without basic equipment and even effective training. Central Police Forces have been the unsung heroes of our county, and their role in fighting internal and external threats is hardly acknowledged by the general public or the government. Add to the fact that BSF, CRPF and other Central Police Forces come under the Home Ministry, and are headed by the IPS. It makes bad matters worse. The Indian army is one of the best in the world, but even it is marred by poor equipment.Its shameful for a country that can launch satellites in space and who has ICBMs cannot give its soldiers a decent assault rifle.

Both the Army and the paramilitary face the brunt of bureaucracy blocking clearances for necessary acquisitions or outrightly denying them, be it snowmobiles, or even compensations for the family of slain soldiers. But its interesting to note that politicians and civil servants perks are never found to be unnecessary expense. A country which places the whims of politicians and bureaucrats over necessities of soldiers deserves all the misery it gets.

Agreed that Kashmir terrorism today is a fraction of what it was during 1990s, but under no condition can death of security personnel due to poor equipment be excused.It cannot be denied that there are full fledged efforts to revive terrorism in the valley, with the well established terror groups now bringing in new generation of operational commanders (this attack was orchestrated by Hafeez Saeed’s son in law). If terrorism fails, civil disobedience is their trusted weapon. Would the death and injury been so high if they were provided an armoured vehicle?  Is transporting security personnel in vehicles without any bullet proof protection, without a convoy in troubled areas logical? The Home ministry has accepted that there was a serious lapse, intel sources had intercepted communications by terrorists planning for an ambush a few hours earlier but the area was unclear. To make the matters worse, CRPF and Army argued over who managed to kill the terrorists.

India was virtually alone in combating the jihad (yes, that’s the proper word, not insurgency) since 1990, after the Soviet Union’s collapse, cornered by China and loaded with sanctions by US, with the mujahideen fighting the Soviet army in 1980s pouring in thousands to Kashmir, backed with Pakistani logistics and US funds (USA used Pakistan to channel weapons to Afghan mujahideen[who later became Taliban], nearly half of which were diverted to Punjab terrorism and later on to Kashmir terrorism by Pakistan, thereby funding a decade and a half long proxy war), while the world did not do much except pay a token of condemning the terror acts.

It remains a fact that in any sane country with competent governance, Punjab and Kashmir terrorism would have been dealt with swiftly. In both Punjab and Kashmir, situations were allowed to deteriorate by vested interests, and in the end it was left to the people and soldiers to die for these follies. But that doesn’t take away anything from bravery of the Indian soldier who has exceeded all expectations to combat terror (speaking of the latest example of Pampore, the injured soldiers in the bus managed to fire more than 90 rounds and prevented the terrorists from doing further damage until backup arrived ), inspite of the apathy and incompetence of the neta babu kleptocracy. But how long can these brave men taken for granted? We have some ‘’leaders’’ who queued up for becoming Ishrat Jahan’s fathers (Her poor mother !) but who couldn’t receive the bodies of dead soldiers on the airport saying “soldiers are meant to die”.

But leave aside the politicians and the news traders, how is the common man in India with regards to all this? The common man, who ‘’bravely’’ calls for war against Pakistan (while never having the courage to stand up to a ruffian) or boycotting Chinese goods (while flooding his house with Chinese made electronics) is little interested in knowing about his country’s army beyond subsidized liquor, or has scant regard for even acknowledging the difficult conditions under which the forces serve. He has zero interest in knowing the difference between a sergeant and a captain or a brigade and corps or infantry and artillery. To find a country where people are as callous to internal & national security like India is nearly impossible (well maybe in the now turned left looney states of Scandanavia, but even they have/had military service). Nowhere in the world probably is the disconnect between the military and civilian as stark as that in India. How many civilians know anything about the ranks of the army, navy or airforce? Or for that matter, the difference between a battalion and a corps? Or leave aside all that, how about any realization how the forces keep us safe?

The Indian citizen’s patriotism starts and ends with waving flag during cricket matches and enthusiasm starts and ends with queuing to watch the latest trash from Bollywood. He will wait for hours to get a glimpse of a film star or a cricket player, sell his vote for cheap rice, vegetables , wifi or some other freebies but will never do anything constructive or have any thought about his duties as a citizen. He should ask himself:- Is he worth fighting for?

http://www.thefrustratedindian.com/2016/06/pampore-attack-failure/

Veiled Silence

See the Bollywood families cry shrill on various topics like feminism (while promoting breakup of families ) , but have they ever had the courage of taking on women’s issues like FGM? Or unequal inheritance? Or for that matter, how easily a woman can be divorced  by pronouncing ‘’talaq’’ thrice? 

The condition of Muslim women where divorce is concerned is really powerless . While apologists say that marriage in Islam is the most sacred and Allah curses those who violate it, why don’t they answer this question:- Why is this detestable thing so easy then? 

Why are there no consequences if the rules necessary for it can be flouted so easily?

Why can this sacred bond be broken so easily by a man uttering ‘talaq’ thrice, be it while angry, drunk, in sleep ? Why is this ridiculously simple for the man who can divorce according to his whims and fancies and get away with it if he is influential, but not at all for the wife even if she is at the receiving end? Khula (Woman’s initiation) is way more difficult and almost impossible to obtain. Why does the man have unconditional power here and the woman absolutely none?

Why after even a talaq given when the man is not in his senses, does a woman find that it is nearly impossible to remarry her first husband, and loses all rights of her being a wife, wrt property or even custody of children (in case of an infant, she can only have the custody till he/she is weaned) ? 

Why does reconciliation of the woman with her husband who has pronounced talaq include inhuman rules like halala (the divorced woman , in order to be remarried to her former husband, must marry another man, consummate the marriage and then divorce the man again), even if the case may be that the husband has divorced her in a moment of rage or intoxication?

Why, inspite of most of the Muslim countries banning triple talaq, there has  been no attempts to ban it in India? Isnt this the worst kind of injustice to Muslim women under the  name of vote bank appeasement? 

Why are the various women’s rights groups who are screaming shrill over women’s entry into certain temples and on karva chauth shut up on this issue? Why cant they support a few courageous Muslim women who stand up against it? Why is there absolutely no remedy for women who have been given talaq by their Husbands via webcam, twitter, email or by any other frivoulous means? Why is there no consequence for the Ulema who uphold this kind of injustice in the name of religion?

Has there been any credible depiction of the same in popular Indian media?

Just one. Nikaah (1982) by BR Chopra. Though hardly a specimen of great cinema, it covered all the aspects of the injustice done to women by triple talaq, implemented immediately in the fit of the rage by the husband, who later on expects the second husband to divorce her (fulfilling the halala conditions), but in the end, the woman decides to stay with the second husband as a result of poor treatment by the first.

Other than that, there has been silence. No attempt to even remotely touch the subject. No attempt by the equality brigade in Bollywood to show solidarity with the wronged women. Its well known that feminism is hypocrisy personified, but nowhere is it more evident in showbiz. Thats why they bring out films condemning drugs even when most of their fraternity are busy getting stoned in parties. They make films glorifying poverty while getting drowned in decadence in their day to day life. They make films promoting jingoism (not nationalism) while financing their films via criminal and even anti national money.

Therefore, they wont make any films where the result might be stoning of their plush villas, or boycott of their future films, or stop them from getting an endorsements, or stop them from duty free shopping in Dubai. They wont make any film on a topic which will stir the hornets nest or which is not convenient. They will not make films on any topic on anything which will not give them publicity to glamorize them. Speaking up against triple talaq wont give them any coverage in Cosmopolitan or Vogue, but wearing a bikini will.

Why do we even expect anything from these spineless people? Expect nothing from a film industry that was largely founded by dhimmis kicked out of their homes during partition. Instead of standing up for their humiliation, these spineless creatures via their subverted so called art, want to bring down everyone to their level, and call it as ‘’integration’’. And no, no word against Pakistan or Jihad, because it is detrimental to their business. Standing up for anything of value has never been their forte.

Lets indeed focus our attention towards the real heroes, who are fighting a valiant battle against this abuse. The reel zeroes can worry about how they look with an extra level of makeup.

http://www.thefrustratedindian.com/2016/06/movie-triple-talaq/

Prohibit what?

Bihar becomes the fourth Indian state after Gujarat, Nagaland and Manipur (some parts) to enforce prohibition in India from April 2016. Its a different matter that Nitish Kumar and Co had prohibition as one of the election campaign agendas. Touted as a victory of morality, it looks forward to a better Bihar. But then, have the drinkers in Bihar turned magically sober? Nope. There has been a surge in liquor tourism in Nepal courtesy Bihar. The union territory of Lakshwadeep has prohibition as well. Kerala is implementing it in a phased manner since 2014, Tamil Nadu is mulling over it.

Prohibition is the imperative plan to all solutions by the  self righteous  public in the country. Its the readymade suggestion and solution to any social problem. Ban liquor and all drinkers will become sober overnight, will expel the craving for booze like they expel urine, they will start being model citizens etc etc. And of course in India, the parameter of judging a person’s character is whether he/she smokes or drinks. To hell with other traits like intellect, integrity, honesty etc. Whos got time to dig deep? We are superficial people, for whom just face value matters, and not character or calibre. We cry hoarse about honesty and cleaning up politics, but always vote for people who distribute freebies during poll time and put up theatrics, not the ones who can bring positive change. In performing arts too, we uphold gaudiness and make it popular while dismissing real acting prowess. Therefore, when it comes to cleaning up, we are happy to blame everything on liquor instead of the weakness and selfishness of our character. Issue solved. Even while banning tobacco, the main targets are cigarettes, which in the country constitute of at the most 15% of the tobacco intake. The other 85%, which are real killers like chewing tobacco are still available at a fairly cheap price.

Has prohibition been really successful anywhere, turning decadent societies into  cultured one in a flash? We are forgetting human nature : The more you deny someone a thing, the more they will crave for it and find ways to acquire it thorough any means.

Prohibition does not kill the craving for alcohol, it only  increases its demand and creates a whole underground economy that caters to  providing it. And since people with legal means do not get into this, who does? The mafia. Not just the gangsters, but also the bureaucratic mafia. Prohibition becomes yet another tool for the corrupt to inflate their coffers and further push the society into the abyss.

Consider the biggest example that served how futile this measure is, ie the prohibition era in US (1920-33). For these thirteen years, the government just did not stop at banning the distillation, consumption and sale of alcohol, it straightaway resorted to poisoning the seized stocks and releasing them again to terrify the public to abandon it. It resulted in over 10000 deaths during the period of prohibition, and this figure is for deaths due to consumption and not in the various deaths due to gangwar, shootouts with legal authorities involved due to bootlegging activities. Prohibition gave a major boost to organized crime in USA, where till then, criminal activities were limited to smuggling, prostitution , gambling and armed robberies. Bootlegging alcohol gave their revenues an unprecedented increase, with various crime syndicates rising to the top on bootlegging alone. Many notorious gangsters came to rise at that time, who could be brought down only with a lot of effort by the law enforcers as they were so well connected that they had everyone from politicians to judges covering up for them.  By the time prohibition was repealed, the damage was already done. During prohibition period, alcohol consumption went up drastically, with ‘’speakeasy” joints propping up everywhere in absence of bars, millions of dollars of public money being spent to enforce prohibition and fight those violating it. After prohibition was repealed, the criminal elements (public and private) who had made their fortunes on bootlegging had made their base strong enough for them to rise high up in public life and other businesses to give them a legitimate identity. Many famous names are in this list, which the reader is encouraged to research. And ofcourse, people indulged, and they have been ever since.

In India too, no amount of prohibition enforcement has been able to deter the consumption of alcohol. Gujarat, which has had it imposed since its formation, today remains the largest black market for alcohol, inspite of  death penalty for country liquor brewing [Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) Bill, 2009). Smuggling and illicit trade of alcohol are very common and anything can be bought if the right contacts are in place.”Folder” is what is referred to in colloquial lingo, for the bootlegger delivering liquor at demand. If Chicago had Al Capone as a gift during the prohibition era, Ahmedabad had Abdul Latif. Prohibition doesn’t give you model citizens, it gives you a parallel economy and a wannabe gangster in every locality. Mizoram, Andhra Pradesh and Haryana tried to enforce prohibition, but had to repeal it short time due to its utter failure. Its seen in the Indian scenario that prohibition is imposed mainly for earning from the black market and for the ruling party to have the liquor stocks exclusively to distribute during poll times. 

At the cost of appearing mad I will say that societies that ban liquor turn into insane places where people are insane. Any society that puts human inhibitions into a straightjacket becomes a society full of rage, frustration and stupidity. There are 57 countries that have banned liquor more or less due to Sharia. We all know how sane their societies are. They can beat up their wives better than any drunkard can. They can kill and maim each other better than two groups fighting in a bar. And they are 100% liquor free. But ironically, they imagine a heaven full of wine rivers (in addition to girls and boys for the afterlife). None of the great civilizations of the past banned alcohol or other vices. If they could maintain a balance thousands of years ago, why can’t we in this day and age?

Making branded liquor more expensive isn’t going to help either, because then the consumption of country liquor/hooch will go up, and its the taxpayer who will have to bear the expenses of the tragedies happening due to it.  Noone can make the filth in the world disappear, one can only contain it. 

Is sale of alcohol and its consumption worse than prostitution and its patrons? Can a country enforce complete ban on prostitution? Can anyone even think of such a thing? Why single out alcohol then? The world has a place for everyone and everything, as long as no one is hurting one another. Human beings have been into intoxication even before they started wearing clothes. No amount of self righteousness or stupid claims is going to change it. Learn to live with it. Vices done in moderation are no sin. There is no harm in having some fun (without becoming a public nuisance ). Drinking alcohol wont make you into a cool dude, but not drinking it wont make you into a saint either. Any person who thinks that s/he is morally superior to someone merely because of not drinking or smoking deserves a huge kick in the butt. You are not morally superior, you are a mentally defunct person who has a very limited understanding of what morality means. On a lighter note, maybe we should ban books in India. If human nature is true, we will have the smartest population on the planet in one decade. And I write this without being under the influence of alcohol.

http://www.thefrustratedindian.com/2016/05/prohibition-criminal/

Caste, class and selective bravery

Nagraj Manjule's second film , Sairat has been the talk of the town in its state, Maharashtra and also in various international film festivals, where though it hasnt won awards, its been well received. But as in case of his earlier film Fandry, Sairat has become a tool in the hands of the left journos to again harp the cliches about ''caste injustice'' of ''evil Hinudism''.

For those who don't know (spoiler alert), Fandry is a story of a pig catcher's son fascinated with an upper caste richer girl who sees his naive dreams brutally crashing down in the end when he sees that the object of his affection also is among the people who mock him and his family and Sairat (spoiler alert) is about the doomed love story between a fisherman's son and the village headman's daughter for which they have to pay the ultimate price in the end.

While writing the review for both films, the reviewers or the writers writing about it to try to give us a 'bigger' picture never forgot to go hamming about how Indian society and culture is all about caste discrimination , indirectly implying that this largest peninsula in the world is the most unjust place on it, and if India is to be a place for being fit to live in, all it has to do is to abandon its way of living and copy paste progressive culture.

Before we go forward, a few questions:-

How many bleeding heart liberals here or in the west (that loves to lecture about equality)

:- have ever invited a janitor, sweeper, plumber or hawker to their plush houses for lunch , supper or dinner?

:- have sent their kids to play with working class kids? Or ever showed love to working class kids? Sponsored their education or guided them?

:- have married or have got their children married not higher up but lower in the social strata?

:- have themselves gone to a working class house or lived a few days in a working class neighbourhood?

Hint: The number does not exceed zero for all of the above.Because social differences are in favour of the seculibs, not against. They hate the people they claim to fight for and will make sure that they never rise in status.

Social discrimination and stratification exists all over the world. And more so among abrahamic religions  claiming to be classless and egalitarian. Its just that the Hindus are honest about it. By no way any kind of discrimination based on caste can be supported , but it is totally unfair to single out just India for it.

Both the male protagonists in Fandry and Sairat belong to the depressed/lower castes, but they also are dirt poor in comparison to the girl they love. That plays as big a part in the discrimination they face. Had they even been from the upper castes, their poverty would have made them as hated by others if they ever tried to love a richer girl. The main topic in these two films is discrimination. It is not limited to caste discrimination. It also encompasses discrimination by the strong on the weak, by the society strongly rigged against the have nots. And what people miss in many cases is that these two films also show that naive dreams and love fail, in absence of any solid foundation.

Noone will ever make a film on how brahmins today are one of the most disadvantaged communities in India, forced to do menial jobs in many cases, or about the struggles of a poor or middle class family in upper caste who have zero benefits accorded to them by the state regardless of even if they are struggling to make their ends meet. Noo e will ever make a film about bloggers being hacked to death in Bangladesh for writing against Islamists, about women not being allowed to drive and public beheadings in Saudi Arabia. Ni feminist will talk about womens rights to enter the mosque, no journalist in India will ever write about the murder mayhem in communist ruled states or sex abuse in catholic churches. Because these are not the ''right'' kind or type of victims that the liberals want. 

Mr Manjule deserves all the praise he is getting for highlighting the problems everyone conveniently wants to ignore, be it discrimination or honour killings, but why do we forget that all political parties who claim to stand for "freedom" and against ''fascism'' or ''communal forces'' have their leaders use caste and language blatantly for polarising votes and are most happy to look away and even stall the investigation of crimes like honour killings. No amount of debate will suffice till this is taken care of.