RUCKUS OVER RELIGION

India boasts of being a nation that provides shelter to people of different races and religion . We all know the phrase "Unity in diversity" that has been iterated myriad times in our social studies books during our schooling. But are we really living in peace with people of different religions.This is what i have been introspecting, ever since I had seen namaste london. Akshay enlightens the english men who still feel India is land of snake charmers with some wonderful patriotic dialogues. The dialogue that stands out is "India has a culture where a catholic women steps aside for a sikh to be sworn in as a PM by a Muslim president for a nation of over 80% hindus".
But is there same amount of tolerance amongst the public? That’s the question that needs to be answered. Though we live in peace with people of different cultures and religion, there is every chance for violence to erupt on religious grounds any moment. The religious and chauvinist groups are tightening the noose. The society is becoming increasingly intolerant when it comes to religious issues. Any trespassing is strictly looked down upon. A single instance of disrespect to a particular sect is enough to get the religious and chauvinist groups to get onto the streets and kick of a violent protest. The local administration doesn’t have enough teeth to tackle these issues thanks to the increasing interference of politicians who prefer to keep themselves away from any issues concerning violence on religion. Even the court is unable to play a role as the police in most of the cases fails to make thorough investigation fearing a backlash.
The godhra riots, massacring of Sikhs in the streets of national capital, the large scale violence at Sisar over inter sect issues have all caused large scale damage and left indeliblescars. Each and every time such incident has happened , it went uncontrolled and threatened to spread to other regions. I believe there is still tension among people of different religion. Indians definitely are lot more sentimental but this needs to be controlled or things might turn worse in future. The government needs to be unbiased in situations involving religious clashes. They need to get the vandals of peace to court. This definitely is a problem whose solution can’t be worked out by discussing in closed rooms. It’s a problem whose solution gets tougher as time passes by. We have all lived in harmony all these years. But when someone causes harm to religious beliefs , emotions take over and its almost a reflex action to attack other sects. It’s a problem unique to our country and the society has to come out with a solution.