The recent incident in Margao where Bajrang Dal had a public meeting and
some fundamentalist Muslims came out with swords just shows that Goa too
can be a communal caldron. While the trigger will be done by fundamentalists
on either side, the people who suffer will be lay folk of either religion.
And there will be people --- and we see such communal elements on Goanet
already --- justifying such violence.
It is very cool for Mario sitting in faraway US to say that everything will be
hunky-dory because he has nothing to lose.
What is required is pro-active nipping in the bud of communal triggers, and
inculcate ideas of secularism and tolerance in the younger generation.
regards,
Samir
