A new wave of hurting religious sentiments is sweeping across the country .Umbrage is taken even of the slightest slip of the tongue .Contents are blown out of proportion and twisted to make anarrative The loose interpretation of the term need to be defined without ambiguity . Politicians fuel these tensions by adding fuel to fire only to polarise the voters for selfish ends.People are carried away by false sense of religious pride or affiliations. The hyper sensitivity to religious sentiments has almost taken a curious turn.Violence is let loose by taking law into own hands, causing damage to life and property.The law and order maintaining apparatus bends towards the power centre for their line of action and it is an unwritten code.The fringe elements and fanatics in every religion rule the roost by inflammatory expressions raising passions and emotions towards destructive actions , emboldened by support. .Often these radical elements have no allegiance to any deep religious values, practices, faith but now display or wear the mantle of being bakts and custodians of beliefs.The events are capitalised to cause maximum disturbances in the society with the sole aim to put a wedge between communities creating enmities to light the fire of Communal violence.The more the confusion the better the prospects of chaos .Any ripples must be nipped in the bud, but politicians are always accused of being complacent and interfering with the system .The social and print made do not act fairly, deliberately mislead or act with partisan motives .Of late communal flare ups are dangerously eroding the safety of communities at a drop of hat Hence care should be exercised that peaceful resolution be made the bone of contention quickly by conciliatory moves . Religion is a personal matter and as such freedom of beliefs must be respected. The superiority or inferiority of beliefs and practices should not be ridiculed, belittle our trivilised. The need to confine religious practices to temples, mosques , churches Gurudwaras is paramount The Processions on public roads and Open places to express faith as a natter of right not only causes inconveniences but is liable to infuse mischief and disturbances. Hate and in flamatory speeches as per SC must be taken notice suo mottu by police .The majority overpowering attitude threatens others and continued mistrust brews like a volcano waiting to erupt in furry to consume peace and stability .The religious divide , pride and pseudo Nationalism and patriotism has spread like a virus . The citizens must wake up and realise that the vested interests and political class feeds on divide and rule .There is no point in creating enemies between neighbours and friends for life catching the bait of religious intolerance. Manipur ,Gujerat riots and Sikh massacres indicate how potent the virus of religious hate is .The perpetual antagonism ingrained in our psyche is a poison. The diversity in India is the strenght for unity and progress .Goa has always been a model for communal unity as different religious communities have lived in peace abd harmony for centuries Parikar needs to be congratulated as he banned Mutalik religious fanatic from spreading virus of communalism . Attempts to test the pulse of Goans have failed miserably so far Nelson Lopes Chinchinim
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