There was a Supreme
Court directive which banned traditional bull racing festival Jallikattu in
Tamilnadu. Today, as I write this, women groups are storming into a small
temple in obscure town in Maharashtra. Media is in overdrive. Times Now seeks
the rationale behind why women aren’t allowed in Sanctum Santorum of the
temple. Yesterday they covered a Member of Parliament, sworn to the same
constitution we celebrate today, who urged people to vote for their party, else
they will lose their right to eat beef, which he posited, is a way of life for
Muslims and Dalits. The rationale of it? Well, nobody would ask that. The same
tribe which fights for the well-being of the animal also fights for converting
the same animal into their dinner. But no, we don’t have it in us even to
question such inept political positioning.
Left, always boastful of being atheist, jumps in gleefully. The people who have no faith in religion, step in to modernize the religion. I am not much of a religious person…
Left, always boastful of being atheist, jumps in gleefully. The people who have no faith in religion, step in to modernize the religion. I am not much of a religious person…