For over a decade we have been talking, writing and even reading 'Muslim' and 'Hindu' as prominent words indirectly and at times directly pointing out to the respective religious credentials and perspectives. It seems like time has come to remove "secularist" from the official introduction to republic of India. More than what you are and what you do, your place of worship and what you eat matters significantly.
Almost every third morning I read a headling in the daily claiming some Hindu, or a Muslim, or any other community is being highlighted for his/her deeds and misdeeds. Why can't that individual remain a person in our country and receive his/her share of appreciation, accolade, or abuse for what he has committed or tried to pursue?
Are we really secular? We denegrate the integrity of our nation by expressing both good and evil with an expensive tag of the subject's community. And, what we add is nothing more than a doubt in every reader of that headline to either change or try to alter his perception towards 'that' particular outfit of religion.
We need to change the way we express. India is a sensitive nation, a small spark to the sentiments of an individual over his religious beliefs could set large cities into communal pyres and destructions.
Almost every third morning I read a headling in the daily claiming some Hindu, or a Muslim, or any other community is being highlighted for his/her deeds and misdeeds. Why can't that individual remain a person in our country and receive his/her share of appreciation, accolade, or abuse for what he has committed or tried to pursue?
Are we really secular? We denegrate the integrity of our nation by expressing both good and evil with an expensive tag of the subject's community. And, what we add is nothing more than a doubt in every reader of that headline to either change or try to alter his perception towards 'that' particular outfit of religion.
We need to change the way we express. India is a sensitive nation, a small spark to the sentiments of an individual over his religious beliefs could set large cities into communal pyres and destructions.
