The way in which many BJP leaders have been spoiling the reputation of current Union government by giving idiotic and hate speeches, in the same way many of our intellectuals (people who are speaking in the name of "protest against intolerance") are spoiling the state of reputation of our nation and the public journalistic discourse. At this stage we are discussing about "intolerance" and "tolerance" instead of discussing about what Modi government has achieved and not achieved, instead of keeping an eye on whether Modi government has fulfilled even a single election promise or not.
In a democracy people should be carefully watch-dogging the activities of its government. The performance of this attribute of democracy depends on what the citizens are up to, what themes are being discussed in the public discourse. The chat of "intolerance" has been made the theme for last three months. I am sure that there were number of intolerant events took place in the previous UPA government. But it has never became such a big theme in last 10 years.
All this is either very confusing or misleading. Actually, sometimes it appears that people are not discussing about "intolerance" but they are discussing about "intolerance attributed to the Modi government", or about "intolerance attributed to the majority of this country".
The reality is that there had been "worth protesting" intolerance across the globe in recent times. One the most important of them is ISIS with other terrorist organisations operating in different parts of the globe. India is actually one of the most tolerant of all. Just compare it with all other nations where there are more than one religion. Actually just give a try at listing the nations where there are more than one religion and they are as tolerant as India. Most of the nations who had more than one religion has either got most of its population converted to one religion, or they have got rid of "secular" tag from their system. Peoples Republic of China, Malaysia, gulf nations, european nations..... just tell us a good number of nations where there had been as "tolerant" majority as in India.
Disclaimer: I am not advocating in favour or against any political group, religion or school of thought. I am open to update/change my views in accordance with logical inputs and explanations.
An interesting article is below: http://www.newslaundry.com/…/think-india-has-become-more-c…/
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