Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Is Secularism in India under threat?

According to the Constitution of India, Article 15 (1),
"The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them." [1]
According to Article 16 (1),
"There shall be equality of opportunity for all citizens in matters relating to employment or appointment to any office under the State." [1]

Let us go read some news headlines now,
1. ‘How can they hate us so much?’ asks father of Muslim teen brutally killed in attack on train in India [2]
2. Is India descending into mob rule? [3]
3. India Assam mob kills two Muslim men over 'cow theft' [4]
4. Why India man was lynched over beef rumours? [5]
5. 'You may as well kill us': Human cost of India's meat 'ban' [6]
6. Muslim man dies in India after attack by Hindu 'cow protectors' [7]
7. Gujarat: Two people killed and 10 injured in a communal clash in Patan district [8]
8. Two Muslim Cattle Traders Hanged To Death In Jharkhand By Suspected 'Cattle-Protection Vigilantes' [9]
9. India's politics of meat
Today in India, what you eat is who you have voted for. [10]
10. Mr. Modi’s Perilous Embrace of Hindu Extremists [11]
11. British Lords accuse Indian Prime Minister Modi of supporting Hindu extremism [12]

There are many more similar disastrous situations out there, happening everyday at every corner of India now, which seems to be violating the country Constitution, following it's neighboring country Pakistan. Surprisingly, once, India used to be branded as the biggest democratic-secular in the world. If a democratic government approaches in undemocratic ways, it renders to be more horrible for minorities either in terms of different ideology or religion, inevitably which pumps up extremism in the vein of entire country.

References: [1] https://india.gov.in/sites/upload_files/npi/files/coi_part_full.pdf
[2] https://goo.gl/uadfqz
[3] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-40402021
[4] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-39769172
[5] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-34409354
[6] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-39427552
[7] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/05/muslim-man-dies-in-india-after-attack-by-hindu-cow-protectors
[8] https://goo.gl/PDNTnH
[9] https://goo.gl/3u3yWR
[10] http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/04/india-politics-meat-170426104902909.html
[11] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/opinion/mr-modis-perilous-embrace-of-hindu-extremists.html
[12] http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/british-lords-accuse-indian-prime-minister-modi-supporting-hindu-extremism-1550603

~ #EHLatifee

Please also read, Cracking the jaws and claws of Communal Extremism

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