Brown in hong kong outlines the possible reasons behind the recent spike in cases. Up until a few weeks ago hong kong was recording a 0 infection rate but now in the past 2 weeks weve had more than 500 new infections now as to why that has happened well there are different interpretations certainly some commentators are suggesting that its complacency hong kong that its guard down after social distancing rules were relaxed several weeks ago that meant that people returned enthusiastically to bars restaurants and of course to the beaches medical experts offer a different view they point to hong kongs existing quarantine arrangements which exempt from quarantine people like pilots and crew mariners sailors as well as the drivers of lorries bring essential Food Supplies into hong kong now the Hong Kong Government argues that if they were to place that category of workers into the current quarantine restrictions it would effectively put hong kongs food supply of risk and theyre not prepared to do that so i dont think thats going to change meanwhile the media on the mainland says that they believe the recent protests as well as an unofficial poll that happened here in hong kong last weekend in which more than 610000 people took part is another reason why the virus is spreading now on sunday night the chief executive carol lam said the situation was in her words critical and she also said she wasnt sure when this new outbreak would be brought under control what is really worrying the government i think is that 40 percent of the new infections have no known source u. S. President onil trump is defending his handling of the coronavirus pandemic going so far as to say that the nation has one of the lowest mortality rates in the world that false claim comes to spite surging infection rates in arizona florida and california have been 3700000. 00 cases nationwide and more than 140000 deaths. When you talk about mortality rates i think its the opposite i think we have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world we. Had 900 deaths on a single day we will take on this week ready. To get me the mortality rate cayleys rate here i heard we have one of the lowest maybe the lowest mortality rate anywhere in the world you have the numbers because i heard we had the best word salad. A number number one low margin ality that talks on a coronavirus economic rescue package for the European Union will spill over into a 4th day leaders meeting in brussels have so far failed to agree on just how to share the 857000000000. 00 Recovery Fund a surge in corona virus infections forced authorities to impose new restrictions on a number of cities in colombia more than 190000. 00 cases have been reported across the country brazils president jaya both sinatras greeted supporters outside his official residence as he recovers from covert 19 also now has been in self isolation after being diagnosed with the virus earlier this month the brazilian president has been criticized for his handling of the pandemic brazil is the 2nd worst hit country with more than 2000000 cases nearly 80000 people of diet Saudi Arabian made the state media is reporting that king solomon has been admitted to hospital for medical tests the 84 year old monarch was taken to king faisal Specialist Hospital in the capital riyadh on early on monday and whats being reported with inflammation of the cold blood of iraqs Prime Minister has postponed his visit to the kingdom theres the headlines coming up next in search of indias soul. Thank you. My name is artist taseer im a writer and a columnist. In this the 2nd of 2 films im traveling through india the country i grew up in. I want to see for myself the changes taking place amid a rising tide of him look for a hindu 1st politics these ideas which place hindus above people of other faiths stem from the very top leadership in this land of 1300000000 people. I started my journey in the holy city of our and i see in northern india. This is a deeply religious country in the middle of a battle for her soul and it is no surprise that it was this place of the hindu nationalist leader in the rain room of the chose this election battleground republic sing its powerful symbolism in a new time. Behind this image of a religiously diverse nation india faces a new mini crisis. And minorities including 200000000. 00 muslims fear an underlying current of violence more brutality and death at the hands of hindu hardliners the hardliners claim injustices against him dues for muslim rule and sentries past justifies their drive to return india to a golden age as they see it and a nation where hindus come 1st hindu is making up to get back the birthplace is of his ancestors and these films ive been asking whether these ideas come from. Following independence in 1947 which was closely intertwined with the bloody episode of partition some people had thought that the politics of division was finally a thing of the past in the newly created secular state of india all would be equal before the law but here the word secular would come to have a particularly indian meaning. Secular in india merely meant a the existence of a profusion of religions all of which were allowed and encouraged by the state to flourish. But over the past few decades a series of events occurred that threaten the very fabric of indias secular identity it set that then tiny b. G. P. Political party on course to become the ruling power they are today on the 6 of december 1902 a crowd of 850000 militants supporters of the pro hindu r. S. S. Descended on the barbary mosque in the northern town of a on the reputed birthplace of the hindu god rom i was standing next to the mosque when this crowd started increasing the gate broke down and the huge rush of people inside beyond the control of the of it i shouted down was a Young Journalist and a key witness to the events that were to unfold. What this started doing was breaking the barricade that was dba getting all around and with the fury that could be even that was visible they walked in in within. Half an hour you saw dozens of people at the mosque. With its prone hindu or gender the r. S. S. Had long been agitating to destroy the 16th century mosque built by the mogul rule of barber and reclaimed the sacred ground for him booze for them the existence of the mosque was a long standing move when you saw this thing come down what did you see what i thought about the the social and political back i said well they have now this is a divide that theyve created in the country they are taking us back to 147 when india was divided. In the riots that followed between muslims and hindus some 2000 people were killed for Indian Muslims these events meant much more than just the loss of a defunct building. Businesses and i. It was not the mosque was not so it was not the mosque that was important for the of that identity so do you feel that that the new politics had been born absolutely to like a new politics of division of division began. This was a division that would change the face of indian politics one that pushed many among the 80 percent hindu majority to support the be chippy at that time a relatively obscure political party. Truly astonishing to hear sherrod story because it makes so clear how the stage was set for this Political Drama to play out in which a defunct mosque became the vessel of religious passions. This hindu reawakening was underlined by a long running t. V. Adaptation of the hindu epic the raw milan for years record numbers of indians were grouped by the series that chronicled the life of lord rum and tapped into a deep sense of pride and nostalgia among him. Its really amazing for me to see because i grew up on the t. V. Serial its the ra milan and it was played to india in the eightys to great passion and large audiences and now and it has a kind of an edge to it because we have large audiences again were in a stone quarry where the stones are being prepared for a future ram temple where the mosque had been demolished. For 28 years lawyers forto over the rights and wrongs of building a temple to lord ram on the site of the barbary mosque in the meantime the stones for the new temple were caught with the confidence that the situation in favor of building the long awaited temple would surely come. All those words are political tell way of i dont know much how to get by but our thoughts are well mighty monday at the door mom. America much more than monarchy at our place or value only because we didnt in india but maybe because when you look good we think of the universe that. Is newsmaking the hindu is making up to god back down birthplaces of his ancestors. Get me into can go and make use temples in jerusalem no can i go room and build exam temple or hindu temple there no can i go to maka and build a temple there no i will not be allowed. Why we are considered different when the case of your dad comes. It is the but face of arda. What were seeing is the construction of partitions in the hearts and minds of millions of people across the country i think youre hurtling in a direction which is potentially catastrophic. Same to the idea of india that the leadership of the represented was that india would be a country where people dont matter which god you worship or if you were shipped. What language you would be in if you be an equal citizen that was elected the same true cornerstone of. The stood for many of us believe that the show was all for ever but it was not the beauty of it have succeeded in uniting. All communities into believing that theres a common enemy which is the muslim world the also has the backing of the largest Civil Society organization in the world. Which is which is the this is which is deeply committed to the ideology of indiscipline this is. The campaign to get back the sides of the barbary mosque for the hindus had been running for years. But the act that made it possible came from a completely unexpected event one that played into a negative narrative about muslims and secularism promoted by the r. S. S. In 96 and otherwise obscure family dispute involving a muslim couple that became known as the shah banner case reached the Supreme Court in delhi. The has been claimed he divorced his wife islamic lee by saying they were to lock on 3 occasions. Are if Muhammad Khan was a cabinet minister at the time. Just repeat it thrice and its all over and now we have cause for the court absolutely divorcing you had not divorce her on the day you had diverted. Underlined a secular law the court refused to recognize the triple telarc islamic divorce he was ordered to pay his wife maintenance Congress Party pm and member of the narrow gandhi did misty rajiv gandhi initially supported the judgment his 1st instinct was the right one which was to back the Supreme Court decision that granted those poor old lady alimony and to encourage his cabinet ministers are a moment can you spoken to to sister in parliament to say so with some courage and lehmans. The personal low board which represented muslims claim the award was against islamic law angry clerics demonstrated outside parliament. The stand of the parcel board was that these judgement is against islam this is interference in the slum called therefore it must rajiv gandhi buckled under the protest of conservative clerics he went back on his decision and passed a bill that reversed the Supreme Court ruling the case would now be judged under muslim personal law in tightening the wife just 3 months maintenance seeing this is an assault on womens rights progressive muslims and many hindus were appalled company came under attack from both sides that you got and he did the worst mistake of his life by extending to these conservative elements and overturning the Supreme Court judgement and taking away her date to maintenance indian politics took a turn from theft. Only davies and was dead the leg wage which was the spoke threatening language our excited by limited meeting of the parts of a low board open call was given to brag but the leads of all those m. P. s who defied me but still and if it is which was juiced again and again definitively composted a Supreme Court which at that will smash the Supreme Court may just pieces yes. There was a discourse about appeasement to muslims the idea that people are going to look for muslims. Many hindus what im good at what they saw as the state caving in to muslim demands. For years the pro hindu r. S. S. Had agitated to access to the barbary mosque in new york here. To placate them rajiv gandhi ordered the site to be open for hindu prayer. A decision that has had deadly consequences ever since. On february 27th 2002 a train was set alight just outside go dressed ation in the Western State of gujarat. 58 hindu pilgrims were burnt to death theyd been returning home from the barbary mosque in new york here. There was an outcry and mobs of hindu hardliners took to the streets. Danica start up again as hard as get there. Do you ever heard of the idea her or hindu or go clear. Pull her to her instead of handing the dead to their families the bodies were transported nearly 200 kilometers to the town of under about to be paraded through the streets you can tell yourself tell unlawful act on the just because a lot alya are just like asses and nations here in the asylum i dont get what out what the whole then. Got done many other how the minorities going apple took me to italy any. Yesterday to his desk in the shops and i. Know. The reading 58. 00 charged corpses through the streets was always likely to provoke further violence. But permission for the reportedly came from the then chief minister of. The ring through modi himself. In the ensuing riots over a 1000 were killed 3 quarters of them muslims. In danger 92 when the mosque was. India changed for the world. The issue of the charbonneau was be emotive and important. That i had seen. Through. The sequence of events. That charted the path and indeed the foundation for the ease of hindu supreme assist politics and it led to the emergence of this leader in the mood. For long hours the good dr state authorities stood by as rioting took place prompting allegations of state complicity. Saying forget i was a young Police Constable his unit was kept in active as people were massacred. In the run up by b. M. S. Police are they going also has a thug. Public the cigar. Or. The. Sun. Or. The box of the idea. That it was. Seen margit will just 10 years old when the attacks took place. The victims. Family. Member will. Want the money. But they didnt know was that theyd want to try. Again good idea to download. A new body. That would. Not. Even. Shahin qureshi was at home with her husband and 3 small children. Nikhil was out i. Go to get this ovations that said my heart of the modernity but the town itself a good one he said. Bengal but trying to get them in but having the find a way of getting to tell all the what they are. Betting team and if they know what show would. They want us out many times. Advice would be needed no snake got a good movie there are only. For legit complicity in allowing the mob violence and killings to go unchecked during their more the was barred from visiting the us a ban that lasted for 10 years. Indias top court has ruled that a disputed religious site be given to hindus for the construction of a temple hindu hard liners destroyed a 16th century mosque in 1902 sparking riots that killed at least 2000 people. I find myself wondering how far do these events ive loved about on this journey represents an attempt at a historical record are we witnessing a weakening of the secular character of modern men do that set of rules on which the newly founded country was established. Can. Invent in the. Past into a comfort tragedy of more than the whole bunch weve tried to sanitize i dont think the people in the muslims of today should be blamed for what i have. If i really saved them a list of particulars trying. To say that it didnt happen gets peoples backs its that evil secularization its the reaction to this over secularization all by pretending that it was all a happy family all along it wasnt because of a troubled history. Of the muslim world to accept that yes we are muslims and we shall remain muslim but our ancestors the same as yours i would say 99 percent of the problems with the muslims of you because of the way they are portrayed is the descendants of the murders of the looters and butchers and rapists the making common cause with people who broke the law on temple the christian a temple the kashi we shall not temple 40000 other temples but its true that they are all converted. I think was a couple more here for 2 months backlash you might call it and the need for a strong leader combined with the need to assert what they thought was the hindu identity and by implication the best latent. People are coming back to the work the people are thinking to come back to their roots they are feeling that. Right reconnect with their roots and their roots does not lie in christianity or islam. Identity is connected with. Whether i have converted to islam my true identity was before the islam we are not proud of identify oneself with baba they were they made us. The hindu for our view of the past might sound great if you happen to be a hindu but where does this leave the non hindus naseer room became acutely aware of the challenges facing her muslim daughter growing up in increasingly pro hindu surroundings shes written a book about saad says i kept waiting for my teacher to react in school the class me. I was silent i didnt respond and i just kept sitting there i didnt really know what to do. What is it like now to grow up as a muslim child in india take you to one story in your book the boys called house and they they come and call him to go to this Birthday Party and then a few minutes later he comes back home the boy refused to let you maintain his house and said that he cannot share the cake with you you cannot eat together or my parents dont want you at my house and the mother said i did. Was your experience growing up in india what when you say look at yourself in context of these stories what was it like for you i grew up in a different india i think it was also because of the larger narrative i doubt if we can even see the same country and. You know all we had that one National Television channel to the ocean which would have this little girl who would sing. How there are so many different kinds of birds but and we had all those different kinds of birds but were all birds of a flock together. Good the beauty of being that you are one or you know people of different identities can write a little thing that one song together in different languages also but theyre singing that one song together that you really are one bottom. One of the things you can do to protect her from this environment i talked to her about india the map and show our neighbors our you know your china you have put down here you have. Bungled the issue you have pakistan and sri lanka so that all the neighbors and then i say what if somebody called you chinese you laugh and say right im an indian the military what if somebody calls you a bangladeshi you laugh and say they did not have more than somebody called supermarket time you laugh and say another. Thing kind of meted out to him and you could ruin any of the so because of course the assumption being that the thats a way that prejudice would play out there to grow pakistani or go to pakistan because that is what is happening on an everyday basis we need leaders to make sure that no child grows up with hatred nor child grows up with fear this is not about muslim kids this is about every child out there because im sure as a parent youll be very if if a child today grows up. Challenge lies in so much of petri. Talk to their own school is the government not to take the necessary action to really address some of the structural issues we listen i still think that travel is to safest mode of travel and the spend that we meet with global news makers. About the stories the home does their own. Color again adrian said again here in doha the headlines on hong kong as reimposing coronavirus restrictions after recording the highest one day increase in new cases since the pandemic began more than 500 infections have been confirmed in the last 2 weeks adrian brown reports from hong kong that was a very bad day on sunday theyve had almost 500 infections during the past 2 weeks were not quite sure what has caused this sudden uptick in infections but medical experts point to loopholes in hong kongs quarantine arrangements which means that pilots mariners sailors as well as lorry drivers bringing essential Food Supplies into hong kong dont have to undergo quarantine or indeed testing of any kind u. S. President donald trump is defending his handling of the corona virus pandemic going so far as to say that the nation has one of the lowest mortality rates in the world but false claim comes despite surging infection rates in arizona florida and california have been 3700000 cases nationwide and more than 140000 its talks on a coronavirus economic rescue package for the European Union will spill over into a 4th day leaders meeting in brussels of so far failed to agree on just how to share the 857000000000. 00 Recovery Fund. A surge in corona virus infections in colombia has forced authorities to impose new restrictions in a number of cities more than 190000 cases have been reported across the country. Brazils president jaya both sinatras greeted supporters outside his official residence as he recovers from co that 19 also now has been in self isolation after being diagnosed with the virus earlier this month the brazilian president has been criticized over his handling of the pandemic brazil is the 2nd worst hit country with more than 2000000 cases nearly 80000 people have died saudi arabias state media is reporting that king solomon has been admitted to hospital for tests the 84 year old monarch was taken to king faisal specialised hospital in the capital riyadh early on monday with whats being described as inflammation of the gold bladder iraqs Prime Minister has postponed a visit to saudi arabia at lights of the kings illness and theres the headlines now lets get you back to in search of indias sole. The hindu fear has been the problems. It is the only major in the world which actually legitimized inequality in cost to. Be among the lower castes dull its also known as untouchables sit at the very bottom of the hindu hierarchy. They perform the lowliest tasks such as manually cleaning sewers often with no protective clothing or breathing apparatus. With a reporter the 11 deaths per month this ranks among the worlds most dangerous work people saying right or is a valid im a lawyer hes taking us to meet some members of the community some of whom he represents. But you underpaying is a load head on course but still it did when the big one called back in oh well. I like the colonial god i like or stuff like i think of stuff i think of they all mean little theyre those that all the lottery color benvar galas family or cleaners her husband was poisoned in a sewer 4 years ago 2 of her 3 sons now do the same work lets face it stream prejudice every day of their lives who are nicer by living in one of the. Tank up by neglect house or self which are not any other level other than. Yes i do when you. Consider what i and i did. By george said he despite protections under the constitution doll its. Untouchables are treated as outcasts how to make their neighbor who wore a tie. They can afford or not what he would. Many delegates and other low cost him whose have escaped their predicament by converting to other faiths such as islam or christianity the b. G. P. Control state about to predation has prepared an anti conversion law under which religious conversion would require permission from a state official human Rights Groups say the law is aimed at keeping delegates in their place but weve discovered a twist to this theme. One away to a village where an r. S. S. Worker has converted a bunch of Indian Muslims back to him who is by a process called her vibes which literally means homecoming. Truelove a mans father was a hindu who converted to islam. A generation on he and several family members have converted back to hindu ism. London is the. Reason im near ghar kii not love the film only the mcnalley my lai of the thing will not be how will you because im going to feel the small print in indias anti conversion laws forbids enticements or intimidation to convert its a certificate that law and mohammad is now name she law and none hes now being brought into the hindu falls. And it says without any pressure. Without any influence. But i. Got above them but i am. Not the op to. Get out im going to be. Both and. Move on the going to. Get are. Not. Islamic. With me. But. As ive gotten to be. On the go to mosque on the. Jovian i come from to the last chandra the local aura says leader who performed last conversion ceremony are behind get there her head or the new 19 do you care or think you can was born this way when we bought nothing less was 42 years ago there is some i think of our muscles got a kick in the were not out there and you know that you know whos in lucky you know peace and the only one you can all ok are missing mom who have gone there who are. The world about hanna and the present a little jealous of the young. Girl we have figured out what used to. Be because he had you seen the 1st we. Cannot go up an economic war people are talking yeah. You get it take is rooted in that art market bottom about get it here and it must was knee high sad me which is nice when muscles gotta be seeking muscles got on its muscles and i will get sick as a woman what you get in the not so bad i think it will do me in good now most people get it you muslim time you blew up nice and got their family gives out a car got it in a given me your money but others that come in do not out there i got. In the woman chop up in. One of the i got cut off she could i do yes. About a year to india. Was some pelley. Made out of market. Operates under dont legally or what will. You do the home kiba. Only chain yank some magic cheese on these things come to the. Well that was such a heated discussion and one of the things that made it so tense was that the r. S. S. Man was really worried about coercion and especially in relation to the evangelical faiths and yet when we spoke to the guy who he had converted to hinduism one could not help but feel that thered been a considerable amount of social pressure on him and that that had been a kind of caution. Whatever the truth behind. Or homecoming to the hindu for its from within the lower castes that most conversions out of hinduism in recent years have taken place. But along with islam its another ancient religious group that faces the consequences of Rising Hindutva politics there are 28000000. 00 christians in india the 2000 Year Old Community stretching back to the earliest days of the faith but still seen by the most hardline hindus as an outsider religion the 2 can do so way from their original faith. In 2008 in the state of eastern India Several 1000 christians came under attack. 400 religious or die or posed on christians 60000 christians. Fled to the forest to save themselves. 6000. 00 plus houses more than 300. 00 critical to the poorest of the ground schools colleges all spittles clinics everything put on 100 People Killed nuns are raped. Kids are still going on 10 years later. And we expect a fair justice depending on facts. You know depending on who is the majority. The radicalization of the structures of state the police that mistreat the junior magistracies the teachers the village Self Government mechanisms. All of them actually believe this is the land of the hindus and everybody else if they want to live via must live here as 2nd rate citizens nobody can feel safe. Unless there is in the shoulders of the muslim isee. The isolation of minorities risks becoming institutionalized in schools would socalled suffer nies ation the favoring of hindu ism over other traditions and school textbooks. Where the states in 10th grade students have been studying a new hindu focused curriculum. It writes out much of their countrys known hindu past. And armies and need an attempt on mysticism they are only just now going to fight and he believes in my mrs i dont like that i wouldnt like to lie at bibi hydroplane i never been bad but a tele. Is a word my lad is a person of me fairly good india will get up never recently was a commoner the. Delegate of the delicacy of a teacher be to his own island here because part of this the palace has gotten a lot of mr nichols here. At open is a piece of dying of a being. Allowed to go out. But i think that im good and i may yeah but every day on my way you go. To give order to 50 looking to get big alex it comes to me now. Back to loni again did it want to make you go back to life. Be. Nick and. Move on stevie man happy camper man tell him. What todays 10th graders may not get to none about is the wealth of learning and cultural blending that accompanied muslim rule in india modeled in the study or may have been harsh in puritanical but other moguls brought a culture of openness and learning the targum hell is the supreme expression of this it was built by the mogul ruler sharjah ha as a muslim for his beloved wife 1000 how he preached equality among hindus and muslims and he celebrated hindu festivals a tradition established by his grandfather a quirk under him india enjoyed a religiously and culturally diverse existence schools for both muslims and hindus were established policies that own the loyalty and respect of hindus a blending of culture and religion in my socalled syncretism and an essential part of indian life today i mean for people sikri built by uk for which he made his capital success came through acknowledging the multiple cultures within india. Heres in question isnt trying the architecture the column the divan a house in the whole welker would hold court assimilates motifs from hindu islam christianity buddhism islam and zorro astronauts. The pillar itself kind of stands as a testament to this mixing of faiths and this is from a man who brought brahmins near him and pundits near him to learn from them he drank the water of the gunk he had a deep root god for hindu faith and custom and belief and and i think is aim was to find in this land of many religions where he was ruling as a Muslim Emperor to find a way in which people could go forward it wouldnt be secularism as we know its not in the modern european sense but it was clearly driven by a secular ideal. Im about to see something quite extraordinary but which at the same time is peculiarly india. Where the hindu temple that was partially destroyed and turned into a mosque by oren say look at that this time like literally the call of whats interesting here is that part of this mosque complex remains a place of worship for hindus and yeah the ultimately. Its being kind of prepared in our prayers in the evening and its in the face of. You cast your eye or are you see very very typical muslim arches and then you see what is really like the pillars of a hindu temple but in the middle of that is the qibla which is the direction of prayer so both face are represented both forms of worship are occurring side by side and this to me is historical resolution. Siriano. Buddy myers you there was 100 people who were doing it was from a child like take it dont make sense you know. You dont know martial the. Dont know. What i think good man and that i love no need to you know my duty is with me is help somebody and i want to know their views on the mosque and hindus most important to the cause which owns theyve also destroyed to build a mosque just gan might be machines could be there to pick. Iraq john moran going number limited on the cajon number kashima cacheris not madrid. In monday dont go toward europe not to cut. The. Hum mondays by not measured by nicholas tejada. Good choice now when he got the good the disk and watch funny. The chick get in. June must. Protect your good by about the title. Very very interesting you know hes saying whatever happened was not a good thing it was not a good thing that happened and he says for me it was a symbol of slavery because it was built by a barber who was who and saved us lickin our good beach macwhich of our large. Gold record on new government can get under. The rug up there not up 100 could not really crap not question do i know when we shall miners i. V. Ahau. So i was really struck by the similarity between the scene where you function by the warmth and i was left with a strange question because when they got talking about history when they got talking about temples destroyed what was to be rebuilt was to be left there were really is irreconcilable differences between them and yet there was the civility in the suspection and it left me feeling i thought what is this everything is that ability to get on really what counts or do people have to resolve their differences down to the very big easy if thats even possible. On the eve of indias Independence Day im returning to delhi. Im starting the day at the john muir media a Muslim College with celebrations already in full swing. Do you mean you would need. A. Flimsy. If. Theres no doubting the commitment of these Muslim Students i was impressed by the scaffold display of unity it was on this day 72 years ago that india gained independence from britain along with the events that led to partition. At that time it became clear that indias muslims those who chose to remain would be as much part of this nation as the hindus when i arrived in this country i expected to find a place dramatically different from the one i grew up in said i was pleasantly surprised to find how intact indian life still is how integrated how assimilate. And yet i cannot deny that i felt a sense of foreboding among indias 170000000 muslims a deep feeling of disenfranchisement this is a country in the grip of a historical reckoning the indian past with all its pain and complexity is being realistic it how it negotiates this passage will not merely affect indias muslims but the moral and Spiritual Health of the nation as a whole. It was time for me to return to my home in new york. I left india feeling encouraged and hopeful for the future of the country im so proud to have grown up in and call my own. But in new york a nasty shock awaited me a letter from indias ministry of home affairs. And what that threatening to do is to revoke my overseas indian citizenship which allows me to live and work in india the grounds that the saying that the grounds that theyre using to revoke this is that apparently ive concealed the pakistani origin of my father and its a very worrying letter because if it goes through i may not be able to return to india and theyve i meant i have 21 days to respond but i have barely 24 hours to respond to this letter. Ive recently written this article critical inner intermodal he in the b j p then attacked me wrongly calling me a muslim and a pakistani with no right to interfere with Indian Affairs with attacks such as this on critical journalists im as worried for my country as i am for the impact of this on myself and my family in india. My lawyer feels that theres something malicious in what the government has done theyre accusing me of concealing the fact that my father was pakistani which is kind of absurd because ive written books and articles for over a decade about my fathers pakistani origin and about the fact that i was always a strange from him and grew up with my mother in india i cant help but feel that the reason is this Time Magazine article more than 250 prominent writers have petitioned the Indian Government on my behalf i was grateful and more than touched by their support the Booker Prize Winning indian novelist kiran this was one of them. I thought it would dishonor my parents not to speak up talking about the india i grew up in i am afraid because i know all the minorities in india are very afraid. And then you have a country that. That does not honor its minorities then its time to be very afraid the being more acute were talking of murder of silencing writers by murdering them by banning them books silencing the press and with you of course they came up with a technicality every new victim becomes a symbol off this oppression there were plenty of people who would have loved to sign and were really far too scared to sign based so much fia even among indians here that they will be still vieira but cautions on their speaking up and that they will be targeted. One by one. 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