Minority Report!

Democracy is a game where majority always wins. It is when the majority always remains the majority that this game becomes a death trap for the minorities. In India, majority and minority are based on religion and birth and as such they remain permanently in their respective circles which means a person born to a minority section would always lose. To counter this has been the reservations and various other measures that have been instituted in the Constitution.

While all this may remain good on paper, the reality outside is changing. For the first time after Independence a party that has been explicitly pro-majority has come to power. Moreover Union Ministers like Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti is openly addressing minority communities as ‘Haraamzadon’ or ‘illegitimate offspring’, religious processions are being blocked, Churches are being burnt, youths are being murdered in the name of religion and all that our respected Prime Minister could do was deliver a speech on condemning communal violence on the occasion of Independence Day.

The identity of India lies in its harmony among diversity. It is the essence that has kept the spirit of the nation going. But when a Government which shares ideologies with extremist Hindutva groups, and when its Ministers are openly condescending upon minorities, this identity of India is going get tainted. Will Modi let that happen or not? Only time will tell.