Is India Secular anymore? 4 signs that prove we are not

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

Is India Secular anymore? 4 signs that prove we are not

• India and he will point out to "Gujarat riots" and "Babri Masjid" destruction. Ask it to any other minority religion, they will refuse to comment.
  In Focus
  While both parties seem to have their standpoint right to some extent and while sporadic communal violence have been a part of modern India, majority of the middle class common Indian stood proud of being a part of the world's largest democratic and secular nation (Even if our Prime Minister Narendra Modi thinks differently). But with the BJP govt. in centre, the Muslim community seems to be getting pushed to a corner and the world 'secular' seems to be diluting somewhere.
  Removal of the word 'secular' from National Emblem on 26th January
  
  It was in no means an accident. A well pre-planned push of the Govt. to bring some subtle change in the constitution. It was later put across as an err but not without questions of its existence. Plus these things do not 'just happen by mistake'. If it does, then somebody end up losing a job. But the way the entire controversy around a 'authoritarian' decision by the Govt. was pushed under the carpet, it raises eyebrows about whether we are anymore democratic, forget secular.
  
  Banning of Beef
  
  One state bans it. Another state follows. Home Minister comes across and declares ambition about banning it in entire nation. Why beef particularly? Because it hurts Hindu sentiment. But then doesn't killing of pork hurt Muslim sentiments? Doesn't killing of any life form (including chicken, fish etc.) hurt Jain sentiment? In a secular nation preferential treatment in name of religion is supposed to be non-existent, isn't it?
  
  Sudden rise of 'Hindu' leaders with vicious thoughts; No action against them
  
  Somebody said, "Hindus should have 4 children". Somebody countered by saying "Hey no, they should have 5 children". They call the Prime Minister as "Lord Krishna". They call Mother Teresa as a missionary with foul objective. They ask beef lovers to go toPakistan.
  
  Your social media wall will be full of mildly communal messages - so subtle that you won't recognize them to be communal but you will know how muslim population have increased in India, how Taj Mahal have been a hindu temple, how Akbar was not great butMaharana Pratapwas.
  
  And in middle of all these you will mostly find no strict Govt. action. And gradually you will start hearing these comments so often that you will gradually stop getting surprised. You will get involved in these discussions and you will stop asking any relevant question (Why are the petrol prices going up or why has the service tax gone up?)
  
  Denying job to a Muslim youth
  
  This is not a stray incident. It is just a start of it. It has been simmering underneath. Now somebody had the courage to formulate a internal policy of a company on it and actually put it across on mail. Chances are that you will not see punishment in this case too.
  
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[Srinivas]

The word secularism is misunderstood .... Secularism do not mean no religion or anti religion !

 

[Zarvan]

Is India Secular anymore? 4 signs that prove we are not

• India and he will point out to "Gujarat riots" and "Babri Masjid" destruction. Ask it to any other minority religion, they will refuse to comment.
  In Focus
  While both parties seem to have their standpoint right to some extent and while sporadic communal violence have been a part of modern India, majority of the middle class common Indian stood proud of being a part of the world's largest democratic and secular nation (Even if our Prime Minister Narendra Modi thinks differently). But with the BJP govt. in centre, the Muslim community seems to be getting pushed to a corner and the world 'secular' seems to be diluting somewhere.
  Removal of the word 'secular' from National Emblem on 26th January
  
  It was in no means an accident. A well pre-planned push of the Govt. to bring some subtle change in the constitution. It was later put across as an err but not without questions of its existence. Plus these things do not 'just happen by mistake'. If it does, then somebody end up losing a job. But the way the entire controversy around a 'authoritarian' decision by the Govt. was pushed under the carpet, it raises eyebrows about whether we are anymore democratic, forget secular.
  
  Banning of Beef
  
  One state bans it. Another state follows. Home Minister comes across and declares ambition about banning it in entire nation. Why beef particularly? Because it hurts Hindu sentiment. But then doesn't killing of pork hurt Muslim sentiments? Doesn't killing of any life form (including chicken, fish etc.) hurt Jain sentiment? In a secular nation preferential treatment in name of religion is supposed to be non-existent, isn't it?
  
  Sudden rise of 'Hindu' leaders with vicious thoughts; No action against them
  
  Somebody said, "Hindus should have 4 children". Somebody countered by saying "Hey no, they should have 5 children". They call the Prime Minister as "Lord Krishna". They call Mother Teresa as a missionary with foul objective. They ask beef lovers to go toPakistan.
  
  Your social media wall will be full of mildly communal messages - so subtle that you won't recognize them to be communal but you will know how muslim population have increased in India, how Taj Mahal have been a hindu temple, how Akbar was not great butMaharana Pratapwas.
  
  And in middle of all these you will mostly find no strict Govt. action. And gradually you will start hearing these comments so often that you will gradually stop getting surprised. You will get involved in these discussions and you will stop asking any relevant question (Why are the petrol prices going up or why has the service tax gone up?)
  
  Denying job to a Muslim youth
  
  This is not a stray incident. It is just a start of it. It has been simmering underneath. Now somebody had the courage to formulate a internal policy of a company on it and actually put it across on mail. Chances are that you will not see punishment in this case too.
  
  - See more at: Is India Secular anymore? 4 signs that prove we are not

When you really were ? Muslims are killed under other parties to and also other minorities.

 

[NKVD]

First of Secularism is not an Indian concept. This term was devised in western countries in order to stop intervention of Churches in government. The dictionary meaning is no relation to religion. Thus in Indian context it can be said that any political party related to any religion is not secular. But ISI (Indian Secular Industry) devised their own term that relating to minority community is secular & if related to majority community is communal.

 

[IndoCarib]

For adarsh liberals and the Church, India stopped being secular when Modi was democratically voted to power. Their problem is not secularism, but rather Hindu Modi ruling India

 

[MandarK]

When you really were ? Muslims are killed under other parties to and also other minorities.

Unlike in our neighborhood, minorities in india have managed to increase their number significantly and are in a much better condition than the majority of our neighbors.

 

[gubbi]

Their problem is not secularism, but rather Hindu Modi ruling India

That is not the problem. Afterall Indians voted him overwhelmingly into power, just because of his good governance credentials. Nothing to do about him being Hindu.
The problem, is the 'Chamchas'...the idiots who think that this BJP's victory has given their radical thuggish ideology a mandate and are hell bent upon forcing their ideology down peoples throats. All the dadagiri, the stupid statements from radical Hindu wannabe leaders etc prove this.

 

[SwAggeR]

I want ""SECULAR"" replaced with "DHARMIC” in our preamble to constitution.

 

[lightoftruth]

Vaguely written ,in one para defending constitution in another neglecting it.

communal-ism works both ways but this article is one side blind.

 

[WAR-rior]

Ha Ha. The writer is a well known communist from Bengal. Poor guy dying to buy ears for personal benefits.

And poor Pakistanis fall to this bait. Some random guy questions Indians secularism, Pakistanis find that oxygen to justify their existence.

 

[SrNair]

Yes we dont have Congress version of Secularism ,that is minority appeasement.

But now we have total secularism means equal status for all religion.

And retard so called liberals working overtime to target central govt for the reckless action of some private company.

 

[volcano]

Well communal fvckheads indeed got more vocal. Especially the communal uneducated fvckheads elected from u.p and cow belt.