Religion is just a way of living. Religion is nothing more than expression of faith. None of us choose a religion; rather we are born into one. At the end of the day we are all human beings all flesh and bone. You will never find an iota of religion in the anatomy of a human. As there are many means to do something, there are many religions to achieve a common objective e.g. peace and happiness. Yet, why we become slave to a religion? Why it becomes a case of my religion is better than yours? Is not it foolish? If we turn the pages of history then the foolishness of human becomes more evident with scores of battle fought in the name of religion. It has always been the case that a small section of wayward always hijacks the spotlight and creates havoc. Just yesterday a group of vandals roughed up women in a pub in India and the same group justified its act by saying that it is the custodian of Indian values. But what is that Indian value?? I bet my month’s salary on the fact that the people involved are hired thugs. They have no idea of why they are doing this, except the fact that they are being paid for it (well I did not know that the ‘Indian value’ is all about beating up of women. Incredible India!!!!).

‘Indian value’ is a very broad term as the civilization has almost five thousand years of history.

Boozing is bad and everybody knows it. Yet at the end of the day we are all individuals and we have our own judgement and values. People should be made aware of the downside through education but we need to realize that it is impossible to force value down the throat of a person. We can do so much. So let’s not try to create a moral police force to rub people of their human right.

General election is round the corner. I hope people won’t forget this shameful incident. However much BJP tries to distance itself from these splinter Hindu extremist organizations, at the end of the day the foundation of BJP rests on ‘Hindutva’. And without small extremist organizations BJP can’t survive. I hope citizens of India can clearly see the evil nexus. I hope people of India hold political leaders accountable. I hope people don’t forget the fact that India is burning since the rise of Hindutva movement in late 80s and early 90s. I have nothing against any political party but I’m concerned about the role of religion in politics of a secular country.

Let’s say NO to the ‘Talibanization’ of India. Let’s live up to the true ‘Indian value’ that is respect and tolerance of diversity.