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Thank you for the very relevent questions asked about Secularism. Our politicians are unfortunately following pseudo- secularim and not true secularism as followed in the Army. Whereas in a secular Country, we should not be bothered about ones religion , the Country is dagerously divided on religious/ communal/ linguistic lines. The division of the people as Majority, Minority, SC/ST, OBC etc based on accident of birth is totally wrong. The right thing should have been to identify people below poverty line and help them to come up in society. We have one of the longest Constitution with borrowed ideas from US, British and Irish constitutions with too many dichotomies - result is utter chaos with wrong types capturing political power. It is the Army which is holding the Country together today and it is sad that our Govt has thought it fit to humilate the Military through Pay Commission to favour IAS/ IPS. I have an English version of Koran which claims to be the true translation of original Koran wrtten in Persian. I have read it about about 100 times purely as as a professional study and marked several suras which make offensive comments about christians, jews and idolators( Hindus are one). I consider those who believe in such an ideology cannot be considered as secularists. Prophet Mohammad is a historical figure for me. He had in his last 10 years of his life planned 39 military campaigns, led 27 of them personally, 9 of which involved hard fighting and destruction of idols . To treat this religion like any other more peaceful and tolerant religion is I consider a mistake. However, Muslims in India are very much Indians whom we cannot afford to be aleanated. They need equal treatment and not favoured treatment Hindus too should realize that there are large numbers among us who do not follow Hiduism as propogated by Brahmins. For eg I belong to Nature and Ancestor worshipping Kodava Community (we are only about 1.6 lakhs in the Country). We do not follow caste system . We worship in our own way/ language without the help of Hindu priests. There are many hill people in India like us who have no value for revival/ restoration of temples/ mosques/ churches at public cost. In the Himalayan border areas , I have come accross people who never heard of India or Gandhi or Nehru! Those who talk of common Indian culture, tradition, heritage, language etc do not know the vast diversity of India . Our Country to be truely secular, the majority Hindus too should change their mindset. Yours Sincerely, Maj Gen C K Karumbaya,SM (Retd), MARATHA LI (22 DE IMA Course in its Golden Jubilee Year) When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others
