'Partition is not over': Pakistani Hindus fleeing persecution find little refuge in India

[El Sidd]

Lol ..
He has a big tandoor of urdu poetry collection . You might like some for your dinner . https://www.google.com.pk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBhmJj_J6rY&ved=0ahUKEwiNx6Tk5bPVAhXLPBQKHfciCZQQwqsBCDcwAw&usg=AFQjCNFJt5epfJXA9ZriH0Dm2t2xZnDsOg

Btw are you this guys on your dp or you're a young lad ?

This guy. I am not that lucky.

This guy is a national hero.

Its sad not many know about him. I have my life to thank for him.


And i am ooold.

 

[Hamza913]

In an Islamic state infidels are prime target and poverty is not why they left Pakistan.

Keep telling yourself that.

These people are not dalit, these people are bhils..I thought a pakistani who had modi as his dp would know better about indian caste system.
And Dalits are more than welcome..The caste system will soon be crushed.

Caste system will be crushed when Hinduism is. Until then, it will always remain.

 

[shahbaz baig]

I love poetry so love reading such stuff and especially new ones like that .
Do you've any other poetry of yours ? Like to share ?


I don't think there's any harm but still removed .

You inspired Mr. Rahat indori then obviously you are a gem .

thanks for your cooperation,
nops i do not write poetry. but Mr.Rahat indori shared his feeling against Pakistan & call his audience that send his message to Modi, so i had to reply him.

This guy. I am not that lucky.

This guy is a national hero.

Its sad not many know about him. I have my life to thank for him.


And i am ooold.

chacha abdu jiee i am young

 

[Well.wisher]

This guy. I am not that lucky.

This guy is a national hero.

Its sad not many know about him. I have my life to thank for him.


And i am ooold.

Who's he .
Amd how much oooold you are ?

thanks for your cooperation,
nops i do not write poetry. but Mr.Rahat indori shared his feeling against Pakistan & call his audience that send his message to Modi, so i had to reply him.


chacha abdu jiee i am young

Your reply should have been made public by rahat indori , he should know our land has got its defense as well .

He should know their koh I noor shines on the crown of brits queen .. oh the irony .. what slave mentality .

 

[El Sidd]

Who's he .
Amd how much oooold you are ?

Who's he?

The pioneer of Siachen: Pakistan loses its silent hero 'Chacha Abdu' – Daily ...

A true witness to the miracle of Pakistan.

 

[Well.wisher]

Who's he?

The pioneer of Siachen: Pakistan loses its silent hero 'Chacha Abdu' – Daily ...

A true witness to the miracle of Pakistan.

Amazing ..

If I remember correctly a drama was made on him in ptv channel where the violence against him by indian soldiers was shown ?

 

[El Sidd]

Amazing ..

If I remember correctly a drama was made on him in ptv channel where the violence against him by indian soldiers was shown ?

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pak...n-pakistan-loses-its-silent-hero-chacha-abdu/

Iqra i mean read

 

[My-Analogous]

'Partition is not over': Pakistani Hindus fleeing persecution find little refuge in India

For decades, Jogdas dreamed of moving to India to escape the persecution he suffered as a Hindu in Pakistan. But the reality of life over the border is a far cry from those dreams.

Seventy years after partition unleashed the largest mass migration in human history, Hindus are still moving from Pakistan to India, where tens of thousands languish in makeshift camps near the border with no legal right to work.

Many have no choice but to toil illegally in the stone quarries near where they live because their movements are strictly controlled by the authorities, suspicious of anyone from across the border.

It is not the welcome most of them expected in Hindu-majority India.

“No job, no house, no money, no food. There, we were working in the fields, we were farmers. But here people like us are forced to break rocks to earn a living,” said 81-year-old Jogdas, who goes by just one name.

Pakistani national Jogdas, 81, sits in an unauthorised settlement for Pakistani Hindus in Jodhpur in India's western state of Rajasthan.─AFP


“For us, the partition is still not over. Hindus are still trying to come back to their country. And when they come here, they have nothing,” he told AFP from the camp on the outskirts of the western city of Jodhpur where he lives.

More than 15 million people were uprooted following India's independence from Britain in 1947, which triggered months of violence in which at least a million people were killed for their faith.

Amid the bloody chaos, Hindus and Sikhs fled Pakistan, as Muslims moved in the opposite direction.

Pakistani migrant worker Meera (R) 35, sits in an unauthorised settlement for Pakistani Hindus in Jodhpur in India's western state of Rajasthan.─AFP


Despite the exodus, Hindus remain one of Pakistan's largest religious minorities. Estimates vary, but they are believed to account for around 1.6 per cent of the population of roughly 200 million.

Many say they face discrimination and even risk abduction, rape and forced marriage.

“Soon after partition, the harassment started,” claimed Jogdas, whose family had only moved to what is now Pakistan a few months before partition to escape a devastating drought.

“There was not even a single day when we could live in peace. I wanted to come back to live with my Hindu brothers.”

A family of Pakistani Hindus living in an unauthorised settlement in Jodhpur in India's western state of Rajasthan.─AFP


'We are alone'
Most of the migrants to India come from Sindh, taking a four-hour train journey through the Thar desert to Jodhpur in the arid western state of Rajasthan.

That they share the culture, food and language of Rajasthan should make it easy for them to assimilate in their adopted homeland.

A migrant worker originally from Pakistan works in a stone quarry in Jodhpur in India's western state of Rajasthan.─AFP


In reality, they live in isolated camps, far from local communities and are treated with suspicion by authorities.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government has said it wants to make it easier for persecuted adherents of the faith to find refuge in India.

Last year it changed the rules to allow immigrants to apply for citizenship in the state where they live, rather than having to go through the central government.

Hindus from Pakistan qualify for a fast track to citizenship after seven years in the country.

Migrant artisans originally from Pakistan work in Jodhpur in India's western state of Rajasthan.─AFP


But bureaucratic delays have meant the process of getting it can take longer to complete.

Khanaramji, 64, became an Indian citizen in 2005 after fleeing Pakistan in 1997.

He said many others had given up and returned to Pakistan, disillusioned by life in India.

“There is no assistance from the government. We are just like cattle with no owners. We are just surviving on our own,” he said.

'Life becomes hell'
Worse even than the poverty is the suspicion from authorities.

“Those who do not have citizenship are harassed by (intelligence) agencies. They are always treated like suspects and agents of Pakistan,” said Khanaramji, who goes by only one name.

A family of Pakistani Hindus at an unauthorised settlement in Jodhpur in India's western state of Rajasthan.─AFP


“They spend most of what they earn on going to police stations and agency offices.” Hindu Singh Sodha, who runs a charity in Jodhpur for Pakistani Hindus seeking to settle in India, said they had high hopes of Modi when he came to office in 2014, but had been disappointed.

The migrants still come under increased scrutiny whenever tensions flare between India and Pakistan ─ a frequent occurrence under the Modi government.

“Their life becomes hell,” he said.

Dhanki (C), 32, who has been living in India for 16 years, seen at an artisan shop in an unauthorised settlement for Pakistani Hindus in Jodhpur in India's western state of Rajasthan.─AFP


“Because everything is affected. Their shelter, healthcare, access to education, their livelihood.”

But some feel even that is worth tolerating.

Horoji fled to India with his two adult sons two years ago after receiving death threats from the family's Muslim neighbours in Pakistan.

“To save our lives, we had to run to India,” said 65-year-old Horoji, whose grandparents were originally from present-day India but found themselves on the wrong side of the border at partition.

“My grandfather had gone to the other side for work. But he had told us to move to India when the right time comes as he had sensed times would not be safe for Hindus in future."

Pakistani national Meema, 30, living in an unauthorised settlement for Pakistani Hindus in Jodhpur in India's western state of Rajasthan.─AFP

Former Pakistani national Khanaramji, 64, who now holds Indian citizenship, in a settlement for Pakistani Hindus in Jodhpur in India's western state of Rajasthan.─AFP


https://www.dawn.com/news/1348748/p...eeing-persecution-find-little-refuge-in-india

At least they are not raped nor killed due to eating their food according to their nonreligious believe.Indian propaganda at its best

 

[DjSnake]

listen up pakistanis and indians. your fairy tale religions doesn't matter. If you're a dirt poor hindu in pakistan, you'll still be dirt poor in india & vice versa. Its asinine to think the grass is greener on the other side just because you're a minority, lets be real, they're both sh!tholes. Anyone regardless of religion or background can be successful in Pakistan or India if you put in honest painstaking effort.

Stop this petty nonsense

 

[Arsalan]

Well PDP needs a media coordinator team.

@Arsalan and @Zibago are also quite active on social media

I using twitter for now, all trolling and stuff
Like this:


Or

https://twitter.com/x/status/892272841600663552

Not really active on Facebook.

 

[Tshering22]

It is almost painful to see their state.

I really hope that they get settled quickly and start living normal lives once again.

This demographic exchange should have been sorted out in 1947 itself.

But cheap politics has now made it difficult for people on both sides of the border.