Your idealistic view is great to read. I really wish every Indian regardless of faith or belief system he/she follows would have such ideal India in mind. Unfortunately, it does not work that way. India has been conquered before and Indians have been punished for the passive attitude. The invaders justified their brutal assaults and suppression of India by saying, "these Indians are meant to be ruled, slaved and brutalized." It is true that India and Hindusim embraced these people and allowed them to coexist despite the evil committed on them. But, modern India cannot remain passive and indifferent. It has to be pragmatic and base its policies on sound understanding of geo-political, socio-religious realities. The universal view, embrace of diversity has to go hand-in-hand with tough crackdown of divisive religious fanticism of dogmatic religions, who differentiate between believers and non-believers. Prosylitizing by exploitation of poverty to increase their numbers need to be put an end. We have seen this world marred by so many wars fought between these exclusivist belief systems. If we don't defend the liberal hindu dharma from such forces, there will be no India.
