Word: hindus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...keeping the human traffic flowing without the usual pushing and shoving. The troops had set up 60 tents, which became instant wards for 20 people each. Some distance away, the army had set up a morgue to which the patrols in the city brought the dead to be identified. Hindus were sent for cremation and Muslims for burial...
Rajiv faces two daunting tasks: to quell the sectarian violence that surfaced most recently when Hindus turned upon Sikhs following Indira Gandhi's assassination, and to restore the integrity of his government, which is riddled with corruption. "Mr. Clean," as Rajiv is known by many supporters, did not waver. Said he: "No quarter will be given to the corrupt, the lazy or the inefficient...
...AFTERMATH of the brutal assassination of Prime Minister Indira Ghandi, a plethora of media coverage has catanulted Indian political and religious issues into the limelight of the international public. Most notably, the current rampant violence between Sikhs and Hindus throughout the country, but particularly in the Sikh-majority state of Punjab, has focused discussion on Gandhi's controversial decision to send the army into the Golden Temple in Amritsar last June to flush out the Sikh extremists there. But such debate has--at least in this country--typically lacked a deeper understanding of India's religious, political and historical traditions...
...Hindu religious tradition; the non-credal, non-dogmatic nature of Hinduism allows it to be extremely pluralistic and to uphold coexistence with the Christians, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs. Moreover, to pit Sikhism and Hinduism against one another overlooks the long history of cross-religious linkages. For instance, Hindus have worshipped Sikh temples and Sikhs in Hindu temples for years and the two groups do intermarry...
Amid the shame and shock, however, there were a few reassuring stories. Some Hindus, at great risk to themselves, organized units for defending Sikh dwellings; some gave sanctuary to their Sikh friends; others offered medical aid to the wounded. Moved by such gestures, 13 prominent Sikh writers and intellectuals issued a statement to "put on record our gratitude to our Hindu brethren." Rajiv also pledged that the government would pay fixed amounts for every Sikh wounded or killed and for every home damaged ordestroyed...