Israel has preferential citizenship for Jews. Yet, somehow India is not allowed to have CAA (per western media).
Double standards, I suppose.
Because that is to be expected in an Islamic country. India, on the other hand, is supposed to be a secular nation that prides itself in its diversity.
As for CAA and the like, I feel it's mostly a branding problem. Most of the resistance BJP gets is because their PR people aren't able to present or explain their policies in a civil, rational manner. Every time someone tries to challenge them they go apeshit defensive, declaring them anti-national and whatnot, pissing people of even when they could have had good reasons and people would have probably not reacted to them had they only spoken of them properly.
But perhaps you're not that into consistency, in which case I can empathize why you're okay with the status quo.
Also, please don't generalize. Not everyone is "proud" of india's diversity. I much prefer how the homogeneity of countries like Japan and China has enabled them to quickly progress. I believe i represent the views of a silent majority in india.
Correct me if I misinterpreted what you've written, but if you think removing diversity is what the "silent majority" wants, boy, are you living in a delusion. You might be trying to make up explanations to forcibly rationalize bigotry. Ethnic and religious diversity is not something you can just turn into "homogeneity" without large-scale genocide. Besides it was never a significant factor in Japan and China's growth relative to India.
I certainly agree with you that not everyone's proud of India's diversity. It's been more of an issue lately where we've a separate "Personal Law Boards" for certain religious groups and at the same time we call ourselves secular.
If India has to really become a secular nation, it has to make sure that it treats everybody the same without any specific laws for specific groups.
Also, you are totally wrong about "every single political party in Pakistan being an Islamic-nationalist party." The second biggest party in the Parliament is the Pakistan People's Party, who are secular.
Additionally, Israel gets plenty of criticism in international media for its preferential citizenship laws regarding Jews.
But India is the next big thing so all companies from Apple to Facebook and everyone in between will likely pander to the government.
I’m East Indian but born in America (lucky me I guess) living in Berlin. I mean no disrespect to my fellow Indians just to convey my utter contempt for Modi and his thugs both the BJP and his gestapo the RSS.