If the sub-continent’s history was not so chequered, Urdu and Hindi could have been one language called Hindustani. Unfortunately though, due to the divide and rule policies of the British Raj, Urdu has come to be identified with Muslims and Hindi with Hindus, over the last century or so.

Roshan Nauhria and Anil Sharma expressed their huge disappointment at yet another racial essentialism propaganda directed at the migrants. The aim is to help address the urgent issue of political and cultural polarisation. It is time not just for the Kiwis but also the Indians to unite together and get out of this In-Group and Out-Group division of politics.