The viral video that demonstrates that hatred is being systematically propagated against India in Pakistan and that Pakistan is not serious about improving relations with India is going viral in the middle of the conflict between Pakistan and India.
In this video by BBC News channel, several Pakistani Hindus shared their experiences. These individuals shared how being a Hindu in Pakistan requires them to listen to various derogatory remarks from friends and society. They also mentioned that anti-India and anti-Hindu propaganda is promoted in Pakistani school textbooks, and children are instigated against India from the school level.
For instance, the Pakistan Studies textbook in intermediate education mentions that due to the narrow-mindedness of Hindu society, their decline occurred, and women are given a low status in this society. It also states that Hinduism does not treat women well.
In the past, Hindus used to bury their daughters alive as soon as they were born. Furthermore, the 10th-grade book on Pakistan Studies states that Muslims and Hindus had worked together in several movements, but they could not maintain such unity for a long time due to the enmity of Hindus towards Muslims.
Similarly, the Sindhi Textbook Board’s 11th and 12th-grade books, which are studied in Pakistan Studies, mention that Hindus and Sikhs, enemies of humanity, insulted and mercilessly killed hundreds of thousands of women, children, elderly, and youth.
Additionally, in the history book for the fifth grade in Balochistan province, children are taught that Hindus are infidels who killed Muslims, confiscated their properties, and forced them to leave for India.
They did not like us, so we created Pakistan. In 2011, the US government conducted a survey revealing that textbooks used in Pakistani schools promote prejudice and hatred against Hindus and other religious minorities. It should be mentioned that 3.5% of Pakistan’s population is non-Muslim, while the Hindu population is only 1.5% according to a report.
In the same context, Sanjay Mitra, in a conversation with BBC, mentioned that there are many important Hindu personalities who have lived in Pakistan, but there is no information about them in the textbooks. For example, Jagan Nath Azad wrote Pakistan’s first national anthem, but no information about him is available. The people responsible for creating school textbooks should consider this matter.
