our power is our 'multi' character - in terms or religion, language, culture, society. Its obvious that foriegn powers want to undermine us and they have been creating/using hardliners in all communities (author?) successfully.
No body (including muslims. i am one!) in india should have any special privilege. no religion. no caste. let it be uniform for all. let financial status be the only criteria for reservation(that too only for education!).
And most imp, let the country be first and foremost than all these religion|caste|community|region!
RE:we are multicultural, multi religious. but secular ?
by Goutam on May 20, 2005 06:49 PM Permalink
This is response to Md Naushad.
A fast growing faith does not necessarily mean a it's a ethical or good faith. Some belief which is followed by many, is not necessarily correct. 500 years ago people used to believe Earth was at the centre of the universe and thinkers who wished to bring about a revolution were persecuted. Further there can be other advantages that people may take to a faith system, some of these advantages may not be humanitarian ot legitimate. If a particular tag provides immunity from certain crimes including polygamy, ethnic hatred, terrorism, treason etc, then there will be a lot of people who will fall for it. Lot of people will go in, just to fulfill their personal greed, lust, vengence, jealousy with the belief in the back of their minds that all wrong doings will be exonerated in the name of religion or belief system. Selfishness, greed and jealousy are the oldest features of man. And a belief which indulges them is not what the world needs.
RE:we are multicultural, multi religious. but secular ?
by Satya on May 16, 2005 09:27 AM Permalink
I believe we spend a lot of time discussing irrelevant issues.
How does uniform civil code affect any thing else except play right into communal forces hands?
The founding fathers wanted a Indian where everyone co-exists. If that means a different set of laws (esp. if the laws does not affect any other sect/s) so be it.
For the politician this topic is a easy way to while away time without doing anything useful. He/she wins votes stay in power and does nothing useful. Any useful work (improving infrastructure etc.) takes a lot of effort and bring in results slowly. We (the voters) are playing right into their hands.
