Muslims are an impoverished and marginilized minority in India.
Nicky Samengo-Turner
11 months ago
Perhaps we should, and Sunak should, take some sage advice from India as to how to deal with our Islamist threat?
Tom Lewis
11 months ago
When I first visited India, 30-odd years ago, I just happened to be reading Mark Twain’s ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s court’, very little imagination was needed to work out what a medieval society would have looked like, what with all it’s religious and class hierarchy overtones.
Tom Lewis
11 months ago
When I first visited India, 30-odd years ago, I just happened to be reading Mark Twain’s ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s court’, very little imagination was needed to work out what a medieval society would have looked like, what with all it’s religious and class hierarchy overtones.
Steve Murray
11 months ago
It would’ve been useful if the author had given us approximate percentages of each religious group among the Indian population, to illustrate the potential for one group superceding another in the short to medium term.
None of these issues are ever mentioned when we’re presented with India as a potential economic powerhouse (one of the BRICs). From the schisms described in this article, it makes Western political divides seem relatively tame. It also, however, raises the question of how much a Hindu PM in the UK might influence voting patterns in a way hidden to psephologists.
a minute on Wikipedia would have given you the answer. Religion in India – Wikipedia
to the nearest whole number, 80% Hindu, 14% Muslim, 2% Christian, 2% Skih,1% Buddhist, 1% others
Okay, let me expand on my point, since you seem to be missing it.
I’d have preferred the author to include the demographics in his article to a) show he’d done some research on the matter (as an Oxford academic it was even more egregious by its absence), and b) enabling him to make his case in a way that could then be challenged on the basis of the figures he’d provided.
I’m sorry you think i’m being lazy in not doing his research for him; that presumption is entirely misplaced.
Okay, let me expand on my point, since you seem to be missing it.
I’d have preferred the author to include the demographics in his article to a) show he’d done some research on the matter (as an Oxford academic it was even more egregious by its absence), and b) enabling him to make his case in a way that could then be challenged on the basis of the figures he’d provided.
I’m sorry you think i’m being lazy in not doing his research for him; that presumption is entirely misplaced.
No there aren’t, except in Punjab and neighbouring states. Negligible numbers elsewhere, you hardly ever see them in the south. 23 million is about 1.7% of the total of 1.4 billion.
No there aren’t, except in Punjab and neighbouring states. Negligible numbers elsewhere, you hardly ever see them in the south. 23 million is about 1.7% of the total of 1.4 billion.
a minute on Wikipedia would have given you the answer. Religion in India – Wikipedia
to the nearest whole number, 80% Hindu, 14% Muslim, 2% Christian, 2% Skih,1% Buddhist, 1% others
Steve Murray
11 months ago
It would’ve been useful if the author had given us approximate percentages of each religious group among the Indian population, to illustrate the potential for one group superceding another in the short to medium term.
None of these issues are ever mentioned when we’re presented with India as a potential economic powerhouse (one of the BRICs). From the schisms described in this article, it makes Western political divides seem relatively tame. It also, however, raises the question of how much a Hindu PM in the UK might influence voting patterns in a way hidden to psephologists.
Perhaps we should, and Sunak should, take some sage advice from India as to how to deal with our Islamist threat?
Muslims are an impoverished and marginilized minority in India.
Muslims are an impoverished and marginilized minority in India.
Perhaps we should, and Sunak should, take some sage advice from India as to how to deal with our Islamist threat?
When I first visited India, 30-odd years ago, I just happened to be reading Mark Twain’s ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s court’, very little imagination was needed to work out what a medieval society would have looked like, what with all it’s religious and class hierarchy overtones.
When I first visited India, 30-odd years ago, I just happened to be reading Mark Twain’s ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s court’, very little imagination was needed to work out what a medieval society would have looked like, what with all it’s religious and class hierarchy overtones.
It would’ve been useful if the author had given us approximate percentages of each religious group among the Indian population, to illustrate the potential for one group superceding another in the short to medium term.
None of these issues are ever mentioned when we’re presented with India as a potential economic powerhouse (one of the BRICs). From the schisms described in this article, it makes Western political divides seem relatively tame. It also, however, raises the question of how much a Hindu PM in the UK might influence voting patterns in a way hidden to psephologists.
a minute on Wikipedia would have given you the answer.
Religion in India – Wikipedia
to the nearest whole number, 80% Hindu, 14% Muslim, 2% Christian, 2% Skih,1% Buddhist, 1% others
Well that doesn’t sound right…there are certainly more than 2% Sikhs!
Thanks Jacqueline. As stated, i’d have preferred to read it from the author than an editable website.
How about the Indian census, then?
Sikh Population in India – State wise Population (census2011.co.in)
I think it’s now 23 million, but still less than 2% nationally. 57% in Punjab, but out of well over a billion that’s a small percentage
Okay, let me expand on my point, since you seem to be missing it.
I’d have preferred the author to include the demographics in his article to a) show he’d done some research on the matter (as an Oxford academic it was even more egregious by its absence), and b) enabling him to make his case in a way that could then be challenged on the basis of the figures he’d provided.
I’m sorry you think i’m being lazy in not doing his research for him; that presumption is entirely misplaced.
Okay, let me expand on my point, since you seem to be missing it.
I’d have preferred the author to include the demographics in his article to a) show he’d done some research on the matter (as an Oxford academic it was even more egregious by its absence), and b) enabling him to make his case in a way that could then be challenged on the basis of the figures he’d provided.
I’m sorry you think i’m being lazy in not doing his research for him; that presumption is entirely misplaced.
How about the Indian census, then?
Sikh Population in India – State wise Population (census2011.co.in)
I think it’s now 23 million, but still less than 2% nationally. 57% in Punjab, but out of well over a billion that’s a small percentage
No there aren’t, except in Punjab and neighbouring states. Negligible numbers elsewhere, you hardly ever see them in the south. 23 million is about 1.7% of the total of 1.4 billion.
Sikhs are concentrated in Punjab where they dominate the politics and society and where separatist sentiment among them is strong and growing.
Sikhs are concentrated in Punjab where they dominate the politics and society and where separatist sentiment among them is strong and growing.
Thanks Jacqueline. As stated, i’d have preferred to read it from the author than an editable website.
No there aren’t, except in Punjab and neighbouring states. Negligible numbers elsewhere, you hardly ever see them in the south. 23 million is about 1.7% of the total of 1.4 billion.
Well that doesn’t sound right…there are certainly more than 2% Sikhs!
a minute on Wikipedia would have given you the answer.
Religion in India – Wikipedia
to the nearest whole number, 80% Hindu, 14% Muslim, 2% Christian, 2% Skih,1% Buddhist, 1% others
It would’ve been useful if the author had given us approximate percentages of each religious group among the Indian population, to illustrate the potential for one group superceding another in the short to medium term.
None of these issues are ever mentioned when we’re presented with India as a potential economic powerhouse (one of the BRICs). From the schisms described in this article, it makes Western political divides seem relatively tame. It also, however, raises the question of how much a Hindu PM in the UK might influence voting patterns in a way hidden to psephologists.