India: Days after exit polls predict Hindu right wing victory, Muslims burn a Sikh flag. 3 dead in Hyderabad riots.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Three people were killed while 17 others were injured as communal violence broke out in Kishanbagh area of Hyderabad on Wednesday.

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The violence sparked over burning of a religious flag of Sikh community by some Muslims leading police to open fire to quell the mob.

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As the news spread, people assembled in large numbers and some youths entered the nearby locality of another community and allegedly started attacking their houses and vehicles. Some parts of the area also reported arson even as police intervened and dispersed them, they said.

After some time, hundreds of members belonging to both communities gathered and pelted one another with stones and some police personnel, who tried to stop them, sustained injuries, a senior police official said.

Police opened fire to bring the situation under control and in the process, at least three persons suffered bullet wounds and succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital.

“Around 1,000 members from both sides indulged in clashes ... police warned the clashing groups and opened fire ... ” the official said.

http://www.niticentral.com/2014/05/14/communal-clash-in-hyderabad-claims-3-lives-223327.html

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Three people were killed while 17 others were injured as communal violence broke out in Kishanbagh area of Hyderabad on Wednesday.

...

The violence sparked over burning of a religious flag of Sikh community by some Muslims leading police to open fire to quell the mob.

...

As the news spread, people assembled in large numbers and some youths entered the nearby locality of another community and allegedly started attacking their houses and vehicles. Some parts of the area also reported arson even as police intervened and dispersed them, they said.

After some time, hundreds of members belonging to both communities gathered and pelted one another with stones and some police personnel, who tried to stop them, sustained injuries, a senior police official said.

Police opened fire to bring the situation under control and in the process, at least three persons suffered bullet wounds and succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital.

Around 1,000 members from both sides indulged in clashes ... police warned the clashing groups and opened fire ... the official said.

http://www.niticentral.com/2014/05/14/communal-clash-in-hyderabad-claims-3-lives-223327.html

Modi (sp?) if he wins will be very good for business and should spurn growth in India and also increase international investments. I'm not an expert in Indian politics but would like to hear your thoughts.

Regardless the West should pay attention as India is one of the largest economies in the world.

[Crashed~N2~Me 970]

You contradicted yourself or did you mean to type the word - Spur....?

Edited May 15, 2014 by Crashed~N2~Me

[mota bhai 2,675]

Modi (sp?) if he wins will be very good for business and should spurn growth in India and also increase international investments. I'm not an expert in Indian politics but would like to hear your thoughts.

That certainly is what the Modi people want you to think. Reality will depend on a lot of factors. Factor #1: do the Muslims accept him as Prime Minister or do they decide to start something? If they start stuff, and it looks like they will because they already are, then there's not going to be much forward movement because the state will be busy putting out fires.

[luckytxn 2,265]

How did India ever win independence by using Ghandian methods?

[mota bhai 2,675]

Gandhian non violence would not have worked had it not arrived after about 60 or more years of violence and had World War II not weakened the Brits at the right time.

[luckytxn 2,265]

Yes but I remember he was able to get both sides to go along.

Gandhian non violence would not have worked had it not arrived after about 60 or more years of violence and had World War II not weakened the Brits at the right time.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Yes but I remember he was able to get both sides to go along.

Hindus and Muslims?

If he got both sides to go along, then what was the two-nation theory and Pakistan all about?

There is a lot of weird mythology about Gandhi here in the West. Like he was some angel or something.

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That certainly is what the Modi people want you to think. Reality will depend on a lot of factors. Factor #1: do the Muslims accept him as Prime Minister or do they decide to start something? If they start stuff, and it looks like they will because they already are, then there's not going to be much forward movement because the state will be busy putting out fires.

It seems like Western business interests are putting a lot of hopes in his government if he wins. I think the biggest problem facing any government there is the widespread cronyism and corruption.

[mota bhai 2,675]

It seems like Western business interests are putting a lot of hopes in his government if he wins. I think the biggest problem facing any government there is the widespread cronyism and corruption.

Western businesses know how to work with the corruption. They've been doing it for a while now.

[luckytxn 2,265]

I understand that but he was able to do for brief times to get them to not kill each other. I am ony asking as you should know more about it then I. I personally felt that he was able to accomplish it by getting the Hindus to back away and not both sides.

Hindus and Muslims?

If he got both sides to go along, then what was the two-nation theory and Pakistan all about?

There is a lot of weird mythology about Gandhi here in the West. Like he was some angel or something.