08-31-2007, 09:16 PM
My taxi driver told me that in the old days the Muslims were riot prone but by the 90s the local Hindus had enforced some sort of cooperation by replying in kind. Another factor was that Gulf jobs had exported a large amount of alientated IMs. Let me explain myself.
During the Mughal rule an unexplored issues was the issue of slavery. Many Turco-Afghans were brought over and settled as retainers of the Mughals and the Nizam. They maintained a separate identity and community and did not feel the affinity for the land. It was these elements that formed the backbone of the Razakar movement and most have left to either TSP or the Gulf areas. There were even African bodyguards from the Muslim regions of Africa called Siddis. Some have assimilated from this group.But its the TAP dregs that riot. And are subject to retaliation by the locals.
During the Mughal rule an unexplored issues was the issue of slavery. Many Turco-Afghans were brought over and settled as retainers of the Mughals and the Nizam. They maintained a separate identity and community and did not feel the affinity for the land. It was these elements that formed the backbone of the Razakar movement and most have left to either TSP or the Gulf areas. There were even African bodyguards from the Muslim regions of Africa called Siddis. Some have assimilated from this group.But its the TAP dregs that riot. And are subject to retaliation by the locals.