Eventually, the bad blood is spilling out. History taught us the grave consequences of this demon in past. It is apparent that we have not learnt enough to refrain from indulging into the same mistake what witnessed bloodshed post partition. The demon of communal riot, time and again, tried to unleash itself in different parts and it is our heritage, culture and pluralistic lineage inculcated by our ancestors which kept it in check. The fact that, we Indians take pride being the largest democracy in the world, largely contributed by practise of pluralistic coexistence and careful yet prudent check on this demon for the last 72 long years. Sporadic eruption of communal disturbance tried to spread its fangs in different pockets of the country over the period of time, but could not prevail largely due to mass conscience along with administrative measures. All these years, from the dawn of independence, there are individuals, political and religious groups co...
From my viewpoint - Alok Halder