Bang Galore
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I would like to share this one crucial fact with both Indian members and Pakistani members.
Specifically @FaujHistorian
During partition, from India most of the educated and middle class Muslims shifted to Pakistan. Those who stayed behind in India were mostly either the Muslim elites or the Muslim lower/peasant class.
Pointed this out dozens of times. Unlikely that someone like FaujHistorian doesn't know though he did make a point about relatives who might have been on the same economic scale. I have always argued that the partition & the emigration of a Muslim middle class to Pakistan skews the way the average Muslim is seen in India. This reflects in any & all surveys when this underdeveloped strata is compared with the whole of Hindu society. Comparing it within the same economic strata might show that any difference in condition is small. Having said that, we have no choice but to make sure that this group develops. Simply cannot allow this to fester into more of a sore point than it is now with every new survey reinforcing the belief of victimisation and contributing to that vicious cycle.
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