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A Fine Line Called 'Tolerance'

“I have a dream….that all men are created equal”. Many a great people believed in this, the likes of Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi and many more, they lived and died for what they believed in, yet their obsession had not the slightest hint of revenge or violence. They were filled with passion for a religion that they believed in, the religion of harmony, serenity and peaceful cohabitation. Today's religious fanatics however subvert the notion of religion to suit their own narrow interpretations, call it tunnel vision, if you may, and through this try settle their own personal vendettas. This sow the seeds of intolerance, which are then lapped up by people, largely incapable of critical thinking. A religion as per most dictionaries is a set of practices often centered upon specific supernatural and moral claims about reality, the cosmos, and human nature, and often codified as prayer, ritual, or religious law. All religions preach and practice peace and tolerance and the main a...

I: The Indian, the Dream!

“At the stroke of midnight while the world sleeps India awakes to life and freedom”. In 1947 Jawaharlal Nehru’s “Tryst with destiny” was heard, a few years later January 26th 1950 a new republic was formed and India became a democracy.  Fifty-nine years later however, ‘At the stroke of midnight while the world sleeps India does awake but neither to life nor to freedom, instead it awakes to death, terrorism, corruption, communalism, poverty, selfishness and inhumanity’. The martyrs of yesterday have become mere holiday givers today. Respect was commanded by our forefathers but today it has no value, life has no value.  Hands down and factually speaking, India has achieved a lot in every field however improvement can increase in leaps and bounds, unfortunately for us, corruption has become an intricate part of Indian democracy. At every juncture of democratic functioning, the blame game is ever so present.  Apathy on the part of government servants is of the highest standar...