India: My country tolerates the intolerance and yet is called Intolerant!
I am an Indian who is worried, angry, tensed and scared. My thoughts are probably insignificant, but I would still like to convey them. Why? Because, I live among common people, I have seen how people react, what people feel, and I want to reflect, my thoughts about all of what I witness on a daily basis. Constant bantering about intolerance in the country, constant battle between BJP and Congress, and never ending discussions on Hindu-Muslim tensions, has put me to shame. I am a liberal person, I believe in live and let live philosophy, I believe in development, progress, education and freedom. I am intolerant of the fact that we barely talk of things which are essential to our lives and rather waste our time watching sensationalized news and believe them without checking facts. I am intolerant of the fact that reservation has been ruining lives of hardworking students who miss out on an opportunity because someone less deserving gets it. The concept of reservation is being ...