How Intolent is the tolerent India?

Indians are known for tolerance and non violence. It’s never considered as a weak notion but has been seen as the strongest adjective to describe India. It is land of Caucasian, mideterian, Mongolian and many others.. It is land of Aryans, Dravidians and ethnic tribes. Land of Hindus, Jains, Buddhist, Muslims, Christens and Sikhs. The soil and water has potency to adopt the diversity and nourish all the cultures to co-exist and sometimes mingle. We are known for our strong logical thinking. We have accepted critics and welcome critics with great maturity.

I am an Indian with modern outlook yet very possessive about its culture and heritage. It hurts me when I see we are deviating from the core and trying to redefine the adjectives of our definition. We show anger, frustration and intolerant attitude about pettiest of things. We allowed the mock of the strongest democracy (So called by sheer number but not the quality). We cannot manage an outraged pressure group. The recent Selman Rushdie episode has hit the right of voice/opinion in India. How different we are from China or any other hardliners. Literature has been the strongest weapon for an intellectual, we cannot deprive him of. I was reading TOI today, where, editor has blamed congress for not able to address the issue with great ability. I humbly disagree with you gentlemen. Its not the political party but the people are responsible. If congress act against the sentiment/pseudo protest of a particular group, the other political parties will in cash it. Why can’t all political parties have a consensus in dealing affairs with such stature?

Some of us throw shoes/ink/slap and Few of us pat shoulder of such a timid coward individual who try to act Bhagat Singh and Raj guru. We are not in our senses. Violence and intolerance in any form shall be condemned in civil society. Imagine we all start claiming ourselves as competent authority to punish, deliver justice.. What will be the situation of law and order in the country? Any person of that repute is equally good or bad in some or others perspective. It is not about RG, RD, SP or any ABCD.. If we as a Nobel citizen start supporting these kind of acts, the victim could be anybody. The result could be slapping a rikshawala.. Slapping a person who overtakes u.. Slapping an elderly govt.  babu  for some or other mistakes.. Youth are more vulnerable to follow such aggressive stance.

Being intolerant will not bring accountability in the system. It has to do a lot more with socio-economic equation of a civilized society and practicing moral science which we use to study when we were kids. Before a follower of any religion we all are human. An ethnic tribe of santhal pargana has equal stake in the country.