Secularism v/s Communalism

Its very easy being Secular in India. You have to read this and follow what our politicians do to be called a secular in India. Actually Its not about love or hate for any particular religion but about the double speak of our politicians.

You become a secular in India by:

• If you endorse Baba Ramdev's claims about treating terminal illnesses with yoga and Ayurveda you become a communal person but calling Baba Ramdev a quack and approving Benny Hinn's treatment of congenital diseases with the help of faith healing you become a secular.
  
  
• Cursing Hindu Gods and ask them to leave Tamil-Nadu since their devotees pray to them in Sanskrit (and not in Tamil) is secular. Calling Lord Rama a drunkard is also secular. But not saying a word about other religion(s), whose God(s) don't/doesn't understand anything apart from a foreign languages is just fine.
  
  
• Government banning Satanic Verses, before any of the Muslim countries could do so is secular. But talking about free speech and artistic freedom when some Hindus raise their voice against M.F. Hussein's paintings of Hindu Gods in nude.
  
  
• Approving the government of teaching M.F.Huessien's Biography in C.B.S.E. curriculum as he is the famous son of India, is secular. But forget to mention anything about Salman Rushdie (who I guess is not so famous according to Indian Gov.), since it will anger religious minorities is just fine.
  
  
• Asking Taslima Nasreen to find some other country to live in is secular, since some fringe Muslim group in India caused her to become a "law and order problem". Compare it with the support to Illegal Bangladeshi Migrants from some political quarters and If you ask them to go back to Bangladesh, you are communal.
  
  
• Brand RSS as communal force but get support from Muslim League to form the Government in Delhi (a secular party, which raised the voice for independent Pakistan) as you are a secular.
  
  
• You are secular if you cry hoarse over Gujarat Riots in which around 500-700 Muslims were killed, but you will be a communal person if you mention that there were around 300 Hindus also who were killed in post-Godhara Riots. Besides you always forget to mention that these riots were started when 55 innocent Hindu women and children were burnt by an angry mob.
  
  
• Kandmal violence in which 50 Christians were killed is Communal and 1984 massacre of 3500 Sikhs was secular.
  
  
• You are a secular if you approve your Gov. of providing subsidy to Haj pilgrims using tax-payers money (which not even a Muslim country does and as of 2008 has cost the exchequer an amount of Rs. 700 crore). But you will be branded communal of you talk about 100 acres of land not being given to provide some facilities to Amarnath pilgrims, since it would have dangered kashmiriyat.
  
  
• You are a secular if you raise doubt over Batla house encounter, since some muslim youth were killed/apprehended in this encounter. Claiming that Delhi police have killed their own encounter specialist (M.C. Sharma) to make it look real. You will be communal person if you are bothered about what happens to Indian Soldiers fighting terrorist in Kashmir.
  
  
• Writing essays on why Afzal Guru is innocent makes you a secular, even though Supreme Counrt of India has found him guilty.
  
  
• The Muslim Khawateen-e-markaz, a women wing of the LeT, teaching Kashmiri women how to kill Indian soldiers in full Media view is secular, but Durga Vahini is communal.
  
  
• Proposals to rename Lucknow to Lakshmanpur and Ahemadabad to Karnavati are communal but renaming Anantnag to Islamabad is secular.
  
  
• PM loosing his sleep over accusations of some Indian Muslims being involved in Terror activities in Britain and Australia is secular. But If you talk about the mum kept by Indian PM over an Indian getting killed in Afghanistan, its communal.
  
  
• Making Azam Khan a minister in U.P. Gov. since he was a leader from minority is secular. Does't matter he called Bharata-Mata a dayan (witch).