Every
page of the newspaper, these days, screams about the raging debate on cow
slaughter and consumption of beef being termed as anti-Hindu and hence
anti-national. No one really knows what triggered this unnecessary discussion
about the choice of food determining the nationality of a person. Police raids,
crackdown on hotels and restaurants serving beef and lynching of common people
have already sparked off protests by the opposition and intellectuals with some
even returning the recognition bestowed on them by the government.
But
amongst all these incidents, people constantly predicting on social platform
about what lies ahead for the current government, are unable to see the woods
from the trees. These people tend to forget that the new government was voted
to power to introduce reforms; instead the same government is being pushed to a
backtrack on grounds of religious intolerance. While the society, during any
age, will always have a minor set of fanatics and bigoted characters, the rest
of the society at large gets trapped in its clutches forgetting that the former
group is so unnecessary and must be ignored at every step.
While
discussing about the future of this sovereign, we are ignoring the present
situation when we have the option to move ahead economically and politically,
but choose to remain in darkness of controversies that threaten to mar the
future of this country.
Can
we strive to reach the end of this tunnel where the light of development awaits
us, leaving behind the darkness of intolerance that has been a part of the
history of our country for ages?
We
have the right to choose as much it is our responsibility to choose.
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