India: Between Religious Murder and Secularism
The nationalism that is been promoted today and the nationalism that was prevalent during our freedom movement has a vast difference. One universal dream of we Indians back then, during the British regime was Nation building. Moving forward with hope of freedom from the Britishers was the main aim for us. And as for the nationalists today the promotion of hatred is one of the many aims they try to impose on the young minds. And they have succeeded to a great extend in promoting that. When we look at the present situation here, tension and hatred against each other has visibly grown up in recent years. India’s National Movement was truly Indian in the respect that it was world’s first struggle for freedom based on truth and non-violence and its foundations was laid by the socio-religious reform movement of the 19th century. As of the present scenario, religious hatred is on the rise in India, with many politicians inciting violence and hate to win power. As a society, India mus...