The Indian Constitution - Article 25

Article 25 of the Indian Constitution gives every Indian the Right to Freedom of Religion. The essence of this article is that every Indian citizen has the right to not only follow but also propagate the religion of his/her choice. It guarantees the right to choose the faith we want to follow.

 Do we follow it? Do we believe in it? I think some handfuls of people don’t. I guess this is why we see communal riots occurring so often. We as citizen enjoy this liberty of having the right to make a choice unlike many communist countries but do we respect it enough? In my opinion we will be able to completely enjoy and respect this right only when we learn to respect the choice of others.

People chose what they believe in so why turn violent against them and prosecute them in the name of religion? All these fanatic bad examples those are present in every community need to take a chill pill.

Live and let others live in peace.

Comments

Sneha said…
Freedom of Religion was a great liberty given to us by our forefathers. Also, a State that has no religion was another pioneering step taken by the founders. We have as a nation, wavered somewhat while upholding both of these tenets, the responsibility of which was passed onto our shoulders by our forefathers.
There are so many things in play here, it is not even funny, Liberalism, multiculturalism, secularism, religion-ism and ofcourse hatred-ism.
Before we solve any of the problems we are facing in the country, we have to resolve our identity. What is India? Who are Indians? Who do we want to be? Finding an answer that everybody agrees on would the first step to finding a solution.
October 8, 2008 at 6:59 AM
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