India was secular even when Muslims hadn't come here and Christians hadn't set foot on this soil. It is not as if India became secular after they came. They came with their own modes of worship, and they, too, were given a place of honor and respect. They had the freedom to worship God as per their wish and inclination.
It requires an effort of logical acrobatics to believe that carnage of innocents is an instrument for freedom and elections are a symbol of deception and repression!
Himachal is my second home.
We used to fight with Pakistan with bombs. Now we are fighting with them on the playing ground.
I try to indulge my muse whenever I am able to get away from it all.
Our objective should be to firmly deal with terrorism and its sponsors, financiers, and arms suppliers. At the same time, our doors should always be open for processes which would restore peace, development, and progress to societies which have been devastated by terrorism over many generations.
For the Bharatiya Janata Party, Gandhian socialism is what we want to achieve and make society free of exploitation and full of opportunities.
India helped Bangladesh to achieve independence. The Bangladeshis should remain happy inside the territory of their own country.
The regional parties have emerged as a strong force, and they, too, deserve a place in national politics.