Oh and Kas, way to get a really unbiased source there; a Pakistani newspaper. Yeah I'm sure they never print anything unnecessarily derrogatory about India.
Of course you want to repsect minority rights..... but Democracy is about Majority rule. A democracry (in theory) is a government which listens to the concearns of all sides and parties involved, and does the best it can for each side. Compromise is critical. In the event no such agreements of solutions can be adressed, then the democracy tries ti do what will bes suit a moajority of its citizens, rather than pander to the will of a minority.
A government that doesn't represent the views of the majority of its people is not a true government at all- it is repression.
India isn't in the Middle-East, and from what I know, they don't generally have a specific reputation of disrespecting women, (compared to other countries).
Actually, I was learning about India in school recently. Apparently, they do treat women rather "Second Class" but that doesn't seem to effect their ability to have a political position, just their importance and value compared to men. Which is still very bad.
