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There is a clear difference between India born & bred and local born (2nd, 3rd gens etc). Avoiding is the best SOP. I don't shop from any Indian owned shops and don't buy Made in India products.
My last neighbour was an Indian (born & bred), and on a train ride into London one day he suddenly started off on Kashmir (never discussed Pakistan-India ever with him) - this was after about a year or so of interaction. What came out of that highly educated scientist was all that Indian anchor talk ... That was the last day of our interaction with him and his family - put on a permanent shit-list.
While you had a perfect opportunity to explain your point of view being neighbors your decision went the other way to paint all Indians the same way. You have to have answers that are available to discuss when dealing with not just indians but other inhabitants as well otherwise it wont be surprising when you hear someone say that all muslims are terrorists. What is being done in Kashmir is not a secret but its not a global problem because we don't matter that much to the world. How did we get to a situation where we do not matter? One small reason would be that we do not know how to communicate our point of view without being over emotional. No one with the facts that are available about Kashmir can argue in simple terms about it being civilized. They will always come to the conclusion that its fair game for land. Thats all that you can do about it being very distant from the issue.
Your house hold products do not have to be from an indian store to be indian. Thats the tunnel vision that we currently have. Your priority should be to only buy Pakistani products available in a western country cause the rest of the world is complicit in what is happening. Thats your taxs at work. What all products are available there from Pakistan? Cause me living in Pakistan I usually end up buying western products cause they last longer or if I need disposable products at a reasonable cost I get chinese. I dont really need Shan masala or hockey sticks or footballs that much.