Can Secualar Indians do anything about the Great Communal Divide? Except Grumble?

Many of us call ourselves Indian first and then Parsi, Christian, Hindu or Muslim. Yet others like it the other way around. As long as we are proud of being Indian and we are proud of being part of our own community why quibble over what should come first? The fact is that we aren't one single homogenous entity. That would be boring. Life is interesting because the food we eat, the clothes we wear, our folklore, our folk dances and the languages and myriad dialects we converse in are diverse. Most of us say vive la difference. We enjoy the variety.

But there’s a handful in every community (the world over) who are extremely suspicious of those differences.Why is secularism or a different way of doing things such a threat to some people and not to others?

Why, if these people who feel threatened by others are in the minority, does their opinion hold so much sway?

Is there anything secualar Indians can do about it? There are a lot of suggestions, some very good, about what we can do to stem an intolerant communal mindset towards anyone who is different.

But before we implement any of those, we - the secular minded, first need to Organise. The communal minded certainly have, under the umbrella of a communal minded politician. They might be in the minority but they are effective because they've organised.

Who would be more effective in combating the supreme power our communal minded politicians seem to enjoy? A billion lone individuals or an organised force?

ORGANISE THEN MOBILISE.

If you'd like to know a great and uplifting way to organise in a SAFE environment, go to a post I wrote a year later on this blog. Since this is in the future, please cut and paste the following address in your address bar: http://nevermindyaar.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-best-can-secular-indians-get.html



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