Defending Pakistan Hello Neighbours,

As an Indian, I was very happy that India tested the nuclear devices. However, I am suprised why you guys cannot understand that the majr threat to India`s security is from China. Please don`t get me wrong, and I don`t want to ruffle any feathers when I say that India does not need nuclear weapons to defend itself from Pakistan.

As a couple of you have mentioned, India does have more resources and hence access to more conventional weapons, than Pakistan could ever have.

I mean if Pakistan had exploded the bomb, before India did, and cited that it felt threathened from India, then I could easily understand. So why is it so difficult to understand India`s position ?

I also want to take this opportunity to inform my dear neighbours, about certain truths about muslims in Inda. You see, its human nature to point out all the follies of a person or a country without considering the achievements. Did you people ever consider, that despite having an overwhelming majority of Hindus, India choose to remain secular. Is there any country in the world that has a overwhelming muslim population, and yet it chooses to be secular ? If so please post it, cause I would reallly like to know.

You guys just heard about one Babri majsid, and deemed the whole country to be fanatical. Did you even pause to consider, that India has made special laws for its muslim subjects, that preserve the muslim culture. Muslims in India, DO NOT follow the India Civil Code, they follow the Muslim civil Code.

There is no other minority which enjoys such a status. Muslims in India, enjoy rights that are not given even to the Hindus. The Hindu Marriage and Succession law was changed, however no one touched the Muslim law of divorce, despite a lot of resentment from Muslim woman, who suffer, because of that law.

What is the point of all this, with respect to the current topic, ie the Defence of Pakistan ? The point is that a lot of Pakistanis look at India, as a Hindu state, that is waiting to take over your nation. This perception is propogated by the media of the country. However the ground realities are in fact very different. And once there realities are looked at, a lot of Pakistanis will change their hostile attitudes towards India, thereby reducing tension. Once this happens, Pakistan and India need not spend bilions of dollars, buying/creating weapons of war.

Sincerely,

Anshu Dewan