[Reader-list] The "Sickular" History

[Rakesh Iyer]

Dear Pawan and Venugopalan jee

I think without any proof, it's wrong to say people voted for secularism.
This way, if people voted BJP to power, then it would mean they voted for
communalism!

This is nonsense. People vote mainly on livelihood issues. They vote on
inflation, terrorism (not only from Islamic and Hindutva terror, but also
upper caste terror or backward caste terror which runs supreme in many
regions on Dalits, or state terror like Salwa Judum in Chhatisgarh which
benefits some and creates problems for some others), roti, kapda, makan and
so on.

We should not denounce our people directly or indirectly without any proof
whether they voted for this or that.

As for Pawan jee, well, political parties have converted 'secularism' to
'sickularism', but Indian public by and large is 'secular', not necessarily
because they may believe in secularism, but because everybody wants peace to
prosper in their life and remain safe and secure.

Regards

Rakesh