#32
DM
I beg to disagree onground of more intimate knowledge of Region concerned.....



"though with significant exceptions; even in India, what is true of a Bihari convert is not necessarily true of a Bengali convert."

baseles irrsponsible and ILLGETIMATE loose statement if by Naipaul
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"Hindu, Ram Das, in India, an overwhelming Hindu country, and decide to embrace Islam either because I like the message or because of an affair of the heart. I have been told that Islam is a simple religion which only requires one to say three times that there’s no god but God and Mohammad is his messenger. So, I naively say in the language that I know, "Ishwar ek hai aur Mohammadji uske sandeshak hain." Would that be enough? Of course not - I have to say some strange words in a strange language to be accepted. This is my first intimation that God understands only Arabic and my conversion is "qabool" only if uttered in that language. After I have done that, I would be told that my name, the very symbol of my personal identity must change; so Ram Das must change into Ghulam Muhammad or something like that "..........................




IT is MIsfortune just lke that of AFRO American past Slaves in INDIA forever ...

for BIHARIS ..............from Hindu LALOO to any Bihari Muslim convert or NOT


to be picked on relentlessly for as long as my childhood memory
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and accepted

preposterous discriminationon level TOWARDS BIHARIS of India be it of ANY religion (hindu Laloo or others)


It is NOT FAIR !
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Bias Prejudical unsbstantiated by Naipaul

DESPITE ALL OF literary Genius[ but NON EXPERT NAIPAUL ]

who i Suspect iBIHARI himself ...near Nepal Bihar Border Region of Most MIgratory LABOURS who were "KIDNAPPED "by BRITISH for cheap labours MUSLIMS included!...........