Editor,
In a multi-cultural nation like India, no particular community holds any moral claim to demand that only its linguistic and religious rights, ethos and culture are superior to the rest, or should dominate over others.
Just like Yogi Adityanath and Asaduddin Owaisi being very much part of the Indian scene, ‘Hindu Hriday Samrat’ Narendra Modi to ‘Italian’ Sonia Gandhi,
Hindi to Kokborok, Hindu to Parsi, Jat to Jarawa, Ram to Bonbibi (Sundarban), khaman dhokla to beef steak, sari to burqa, puja to namaz, Ramnavami to Muharram, Kashi Vishwanath temple to Jama Masjid to Assam’s Hajo (meeting ground of Hinduism Islam and Buddhism), Bhagvad Gita to Bible – all form part and parcel of India, giving it a composite hue.
So it is absolutely barbaric, philistine, dictatorial and undemocratic to pinpoint any particular element (race, religion, language, attire, diet, prayer) as the sole representation of India in front of whom all citizens have to necessarily take a bow.
Kajal Chatterjee,
D-2/403,
Peerless Nagar, Kolkata