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>> I hadn't realized until recently how India is so much like China regarding surveillance and social control

There is no comparison whatsoever. China has iron clench on its citizens, particularly over net. India has next to zero surveillance.

>> Muslims persecuted by Hindus. Women persecuted by misogynists.

This is patently BS! Please stop regurgitating this narrative! India has second largest Muslim population in the world, Hindus population has been steadily dropping while Muslims population has been increasing. There have been multiple muslim Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Chief Ministers. Infact, India's most of political parties have been accused of favoring Muslim population. India's most famous movie actors are Muslims, many cricketers (India's real religion) are muslims. Wipro and many other successful software companies are owned by Muslim. Had there been persecutions of any sort, there would have been hardly any such examples. So, please stop this BS! Most of such news are blown out of proportion by vested interests, particularly those who look for help from outside India. If you talk to an average Muslim, they would be much happier to live in India than in any of its neighboring states.

>Hindus population has been steadily dropping while Muslims population has been increasing. There have been multiple muslim Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Chief Ministers. Infact, India's most of political parties have been accused of favoring Muslim population. India's most famous movie actors are Muslims, many cricketers (India's real religion) are muslims. Wipro and many other successful software companies are owned by Muslim. Had there been persecutions of any sort, there would have been hardly any such examples.

In the US, the white population has been steadily dropping while the black population has been increasing. We have had one black president, and several black members in Congress. In fact, one of the two major political parties in the US is often accused of favoring black people. Many of the US's most famous actors and actresses are black. Many of the top sports personalities are black. Had there been any persecution of any sort, there would hardly be such examples.

Whatever the situation is in India, I don't know. But your line of reasoning does not shed any light on the matter.

To be fair to the GP, none of those would really be possible in 1960s America or under Apartheid. I think there's some middle ground between both views of India here.

>I think there's some middle ground between both views of India here.

I was pointing out how everything he listed is not indicative of much. You have a lot of great aspects to India, and a lot of really horrible injustices there. Neither should be used to mask or highlight the other.

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