My Opinion

Democracy Secularism And Majority Majority by definition means that major section of population 'believes' in a certain idea or concept. It has no relation with religion as such. The sole basis of democracy is that ' the majority view shall prevail '. Secularism stands on the basis that administration will have no relation with any faith or religion.  There should be no doubt in anybody's mind that because India has majority of Hindu (Sanatan) population and that's why it is still a secular country. Secularism by no means means non-religiousness, it simply demands that it is okay for person to have a faith or no faith but he/she cannot force anyone to change or leave his/her faith. I have three questions for readers to think Has Majority ever been recognized and given due respect in India? Did any democratically elected government take a majoritarian decision freely in India? Has India ever been truly a secular country? I am a Hindu and I am absolutely...

Freedom of Expression is the most debated, offended and defended topic in the whole world. Most of the narrative comes from media and intelligentsia. The common man does not even know what it exactly means. But, yet every now and then he/she reads about Freedom of Expression (I consider Freedom of Speech a part of Freedom of Expression). Some months ago a notion floated in the minds of some historians and then media injected the concept through their means into the brains of Indians, called ‘Intolerance’. Everyone who thinks he can think jumped into this debate of Intolerance and finally almost everyone from learned community or intelligent existence of India concluded that India has become ‘Intolerant’. So, let’s first learn the definitions of some terminologies. Freedom Of Expression: Article 19 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights by UN states that, Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interferen...