well honestly i was not referring to any specific ethnic, linguistic or religious group.....but one thing is observed is that the religious, regionalistic identities are assuming paramount importance, sometimes at the cost of the indian identity....not many know how to manage their multiple...
brahmanism man..that was one of our biggest pitfalls....stupid beliefs like one should not cross the borders of bharat...not cross the oceans...
no offence to any brahmin...
actually the huns were routed by skandagupta and the kushans were assimilated into the vedic setup and they became indians in culture and civilization....
mbq and arabs were a non-entity as far as indian history is concerned..they had one initial victory on the frontiers..but were completely...
o m g...you even have an idea of what you are writing...the reason why buddhism declined was because it got afflicted with the same ills of brahmanism.....corruption, political interference, discrimination etc...and again why would the orthodoxy need the help fo the muslims to crush the upstarts...
if you look deeply you cant call it non-secular...why ? because it does not infringe on the rights of the people to perform their religous rites or worship....cutting a cow is not part of any religion while hindus revere the cow...so that was the reasoning for the introduction of the law...