It is sad that the huge crack between communities developed during 1940s, instead of healing by time, continues to exist and frequently makes its presence felt.
Though, there is a remarkable progress over a period of time and that we all would appreciate. But the fact is that the crack continues to make its presence felt. The fact that after decades of partition, in the year 1991, we had to enact the Places of Worship Act and decades thereafter the same Act had to be revisited several times even by the Apex Court, conveys the seriousness of the issue.
The Pandora’s Box got disturbed many a times during controversies like Ram Janmabhoomi Ayodhya, Gyanvapi and many more controversies including the current one being that of Sambhal.
The issues like the animosities between religions should not be and cannot be settled through taking the law in hand by either group nor it can be settled through law alone because, the matter is that of deep rooted believes, convictions ,sentiments and passion.
Strong arguments like, if you cannot convert a place of worship as existed on 15.08.1947 under Places of Worship Act then, it is argued that there is no bar on finding out whether there existed a place of worship of some other religion hundreds of years ago crop up. There should be nothing wrong, it is argued, if the “reality” is known and acknowledged”. Keeping peace and harmony after knowing the reality is a challenge and one should not run away from facing the reality and the society should be matured enough to take it in its stride.
The real problem is that the advantage of such frictions is taken by undesirable elements who try to challenge the law and order stability by taking law into their hands. The instability so created halts the economic progress and internationally competing countries try to take advantage of the same.
To my mind, the strong protests need to be made against corruption, black marketing, smuggling, exploitation, lethargic, inequality, lack of opportunities, non-cooperation, “Chalta Hai” attitude, superstitions and many more such evils that we all know about and almost do nothing about challenging them. In fact, a mass movement against these evils is a need of the hour.
Along with that, we as civilians will have to rededicate ourselves towards hard work, high morals, high ethics, sincerity and dedication with strong conviction towards the economic development of us all.
The frictions within the society arise from and get fuel from poverty, lack of opportunities, unemployment and lack of leadership which can provide a strong mission through preaching and practicing.
