What is this fuss about rising Intolerance in India?

The people of India who were busy dealing with their daily life situations like men and women working their jobs, business-oriented people taking care of their business, women who are homemakers doing their daily chores, and all the general public of India who were engrossed in their own routine were awoken suddenly by the rant of rising intolerance in India going on for a couple of days on TV.

Here, I am not going to go into the discussion or description of from where all this started and what is the reason why it all started, because so many things have been written and debated about it. People have understood all the available information and processed it according to their liking, and it seems that there is a new lot of people who have decided to counter the main-stream media (MSM) on this issue. The MSM has been in the process of defaming the Modi government out of the habit or as per the norm that has been since long, but they are stumped in their game this time because of the enthusiasm with which people have come out in support of Narendra Modi's government.

There has been a new revolt against MSM's tried and tested ways of creating negative publicity against the government. First there was #AwardWapsi and then there is #OneCountryOneCode

The #AwardWapsi gang has been exposed pretty much and there is nothing left for them now in carrying on with this gig. There cannot be selective outrage on national issues and with Anupam Kher leading a march to protest against these people with a long list of supporters from film industry, writers, and intellectuals, the message is clear to the people that “the end” of this drama is near.

What is good to see is that real intellectuals have started addressing the core issues like #OneCountryOneCode which are the actual reason for dissent among people. The real deterrent to secularism in this country has been the personal laws followed by Muslims, Christians, and other smaller religious groups, but the major are Muslims and to some extent Christians.

Hindus are feeling marginalized because of special treatment being meted out to other communities in the name of their personal laws. The policy of minority appeasement, guarding of vote-bank, and sidelining of majority are the reasons which are affecting the secular fabric of this country. The people of this country will not be united if they are not treated in a uniform manner. How can there be equality among people of this country if only the Hindus are made to follow the Constitution of India whereas minorities enjoy special status. Muslims are allowed to follow their own personal laws which even override the Constitution of India. How can that be acceptable? Constitution of India applies to each and every citizen of India, and it does not discriminate on the basis of religion that is what we are taught in schools, but as we grow we see that reality is different. It is this reason that hurts us the most. Hindus like me want to know why can’t there be similar kind of treatment and similar set of rules for every citizen of this country.

There is growing intolerance towards this bias not against the people of any community.

Mr. Nitin Gadkari at an event called Manthan by Aaj Tak has addressed this issue bang on.

@TimesNow today came up with a very interesting debate about #OneCountryOneCode. The Muslims and Christians of this country have to give up their outdated and irrelevant laws to remain secular and united with the majority of this country. They cannot keep enjoying personal laws in some matter and law of the land in other matter. The debate highlighted some valid points regarding Muslims following polygamy as per their personal law but following Indian Penal Code in matters of criminal cases. It also highlighted Christians’ aversion to Indian laws pertaining to marital rights of a woman and abortion in Christian women. The issue of conversion was also brought in light with the plight of dalits being same even after being converted into a Christian. They are considered as dalit Christians and made to clean churches and toilets and other things considered fit for a dalit.

These are some major factors which need to be addressed as soon as possible, and the Modi government is working at full stretch to bring a solution for this. I feel that by bringing up these issues in the public domain and debating them is the way forward. I hope that the intellectuals who were shocked to the core of their conscience during earlier incidents will take up these issues as well and help the government move forward in the right way.

In the end, I would just like to add that Hinduism is a very liberal and adoptive culture. We have accepted all kind of people from different religion and ethnicity into our country, many a times at our own cost, which the history of India has reflected since centuries. We want to unite the country as one and want see it become the Jagadguru as envisaged by Shri Swami Vivekananda and Shri Narendra Modi.