>>>>>Lest I may be accused of being communal, I should clarify that until I came to Delhi to pursue my higher studies I had never felt that as a Hindu I was different from a Muslim. In fact, once we had a land- lady in my home state Odisha who was a Muslim and she often went to my orthodox village and lived with my family for days together. She was a proud Muslim and my parents were proud Hindus, but that did not matter in their staying together in the same house for days.<<<<<
I read at another place where an Indian Hindu was describing why Muslims should not be kept as house maids or servants in Hindu houses. He said, these are dirty people and even, my grandfather used to say the a Maleech should not be kept in the house because they remain dirty and Hindus being clean people and bathe daily, these Maleech do not.
What is a Maleech and why was he referring to Muslims being Maleech.
And is this pronounced feeling in India these days or is restricted to certain areas only.