Religious politics endangering democracy in India
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Religion is a mystery among human beings. If there were no religions, it
would have been necessary for man to invent and establish it. Man could not
remain without a creator of the phenomenal world of many fold things. Since the
primitive times, human behaviour and attitudes have been conditioned by many
beliefs in mystical or supernatural powers and that there was no getting away from
imaginative ideas or peculiar dreams, ultimately from some sort of religions which
have been the very texture of human being.'
According to B.R. Ambedkar, "to ignore religion is to ignore a live wire.
Religion is an institution or an influence and like all social influences and
institutions, it may help or it may harm a society which is in its grip.^
Religion is a belief or a faith in something that is purely theoretical (ideal)
partly practical and that something gives satisfaction, utility or a benefit to the
believer.
Religion or what we call "Dharma", is not one alone. Today we have
dozens of institutionalized religions like Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Jainism,
Buddhism, Judaism, Taoism, Zorastrianism, Bahaism and a lots of minor and
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modem religions in the Indian society.
The religion in its institutionalized form is unwelcomed. Every person has
right not only to entertain such religious belief and ideas as may be approved by
his conscience but also exhibits his belief and ideas by such overt acts which are
sanctioned by his religion. Today the conditions prevailing are such that people are
stepping into the mass carnage in the name of religion, e.g. latest being the Godhra
incident (Gujarat riots of 2002). The painful memories of religious riots after the
demolition of Babri Masjid still lingers upon the minds of people. Religion has
become such an important issue that other issues like poverty, unemployment,
illiteracy, population exp