The Talk
Last three decades have seen the rise of violence, couched in the label of religion. While on one side we saw the rise of communalism, the communal violence , on the other there has been the terrorist violence, which has been tormenting the nation. The Post Babri demolition violence, the anti Sikh pogrom, the Gujarat carnage, the Kandhamal violence have been the major setbacks to the march of our democracy. On the other side the terror attacks in Mumbai, 26/11, the Malegaon, Ajmer and Samjhauta blasts have stabbed the nation. The talk was to try to go to the deeper politics which this violence hides. The communal politics inn India wants to do away with democratic values and bring in Hindu Rashtra while the terrorist violence has twin varieties, one is the offshoot of the politics for control of oil wealth and the other is extension of communal agenda. Religions stands for peace and amity of mankind while these expressions of politics are the attempt to couch narrow political intersts in the garb of religion.
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