Dear Mr.Gautier, It seems to be a lost cause when I read some of the replies to this and your earlier columns. The hatred is unpardonable. Everyone is extreme & inflexible. When India became Independent it gave up its right to form an identity around which to unite the masses. A secular state is an open invitation to divide each group in India as a separate identity to fight with other groups. An issue or community based political party means further alienation of masses which reflects quite clearly in the replies. At this juncture, what India needs is unity at any cost even if it means for all the brahmins to convert to a foreign religion en masse which will automatically make that religion a majority and India will get an identity to revolve around which a hindu majority and secular state could not give. Don't worry about Bhagwad Gita, it will remain even if all the Hindus are wiped out from the face of the Earth because Gita gives a universal truth and not casteism as some people think. Casteism is a mere convenient social structure and not a Hindu religion as some Indians beleive. ShriKrishna preaches detachment in Gita, even towards social systems.
