India truly does bring out the meaning of the phrase 'Unity In Diversity'. I mean in this 21st century the way this exuberant democracy functions remains a remarkable feat.
India does have certain shortcomings though, one of them being the divide on communal lines. A very many people believe that communal issues remains one of the major debacles today in Indian society.I must point out however that such a statement is not entirely true.
India maybe full of people belonging to various religions and communities but over the years our country has assiduously worked her way to building such national unity where an person identifies himself as an Indian first and then from whatever religion he may be. One such quintessential characteristic of an Indian across all religions is their tolerance.
India is a democracy that prides herself over her freedom and after more than sixty years of her existence the people have built this love for peace and tolerance, aah what Gandhians!!
For example the Hindus have learnt to be very tolerant and live in harmony with their Muslim brothers, its a whole different issue that one of them (read: MF Hussain) decides to paint Hindu goddesses naked, I mean that sort of blasphemy calls for the bajrang dal, no questions asked what so ever. The Muslims too have learnt to be peace loving, they have not picked a quarrel on religious grounds for a while now. We have to give them the leeway of the fact that they threatened Rushdie such that he could have nothing to do with the Jaipur Lit fest, but he is one of their own right? We should have that much freedom such that they settle their squabbles amongst themselves at the least.
The Sikhs are another case in point, I mean for so many years they have been the butt of all jokes and their santa- banta classics have had us in splits. They have been real good sports all this while so we really should cut them some slack when they are ready to go up in arms when Mr. Leno says that the golden temple was Mitt Romney's summer home. As long as you uphold that all Indians are brothers and sisters its okay to have your guard up against Americans with a vile sense of humor making jokes about your religion.
Like I said before India truly has come a long way, *sigh* , Amazing India.
India does have certain shortcomings though, one of them being the divide on communal lines. A very many people believe that communal issues remains one of the major debacles today in Indian society.I must point out however that such a statement is not entirely true.
India maybe full of people belonging to various religions and communities but over the years our country has assiduously worked her way to building such national unity where an person identifies himself as an Indian first and then from whatever religion he may be. One such quintessential characteristic of an Indian across all religions is their tolerance.
India is a democracy that prides herself over her freedom and after more than sixty years of her existence the people have built this love for peace and tolerance, aah what Gandhians!!
For example the Hindus have learnt to be very tolerant and live in harmony with their Muslim brothers, its a whole different issue that one of them (read: MF Hussain) decides to paint Hindu goddesses naked, I mean that sort of blasphemy calls for the bajrang dal, no questions asked what so ever. The Muslims too have learnt to be peace loving, they have not picked a quarrel on religious grounds for a while now. We have to give them the leeway of the fact that they threatened Rushdie such that he could have nothing to do with the Jaipur Lit fest, but he is one of their own right? We should have that much freedom such that they settle their squabbles amongst themselves at the least.
The Sikhs are another case in point, I mean for so many years they have been the butt of all jokes and their santa- banta classics have had us in splits. They have been real good sports all this while so we really should cut them some slack when they are ready to go up in arms when Mr. Leno says that the golden temple was Mitt Romney's summer home. As long as you uphold that all Indians are brothers and sisters its okay to have your guard up against Americans with a vile sense of humor making jokes about your religion.
Like I said before India truly has come a long way, *sigh* , Amazing India.
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