excellent article. i appreciate the way Mr. Kanchan Gupta has showed courage to unleash the true picture of the so-called psedo-secularists. this is a pity, still people of our nation are unwilling to digest the hard-truth. the leftist are the real danger for our democracy and our secularism. so as Laloo Maharaj, Ram vilas Paswan and Congress. they still allege to a particular party for communalism. and project themselves as the protector of muslims and hence secular. it's really an eye-opener to those who claim to be secular and people sho support their ideology. if anybody try to project himself as a secular ,the best way is to bash against the BJP/VHP/RSS , and say something appraising of muslims.you would be regarded as a true secular. anyway, this is a really eye-opned to those millions of indian. i may request the editor of rediff.com to publish this article in all the leading daily newspaper. kudos to Kanchan Gupta.