[Reader-list] Minority Sikhs attacked by Majority Muslim community members in Kashmir, yet again.

[Rakesh Iyer]

Dear Malik jee

@ Malik jee: For once, I would agree with you. Our media has double
standards on the issues which are highlighted in media. So the killing of 1
Muslim will be a huge eye catcher for TRP, but the killing of 1 Hindu or 1
Sikh wouldn't matter.

Having said that, secularism is an ideology and can't be made impure or rid
of its values thanks to the media or the Congress and other politica
parties. And more importantly, in this case, the conflict was solved by
amicable means, which is what should be done. If Modi would have played a
role in that rather than allowing a pogrom to take place and then doing
nothing about it, nobody would have gone hammer and tongs at him the way
people have.

Also, the entire Muslim or the Sikh or the Hindu community should not be
castigated for such incidents, be it post-Godhra riots or this particular
incident. Human values, secularism and indeed the importance of peace
underline the fact that dignity of life must be maintained at all costs. And
violence in any form, be it due to individual or state, must be abhorred and
criticized.

So the fact is that it's not secularism, but "PSEUDO-SECULARISM" which lives
long in this country.

Regards

Rakesh