India goes the communal way!

摘要

Article 25 of the Indian constitution states that: "Every person has the right to practice their faith as they choose, or no faith at all without fear or discrimination". However, in practice such rights are flouted quiteffre-quently. The ongoing beef controversy in India has reinforced the conviction behind the creation of Pakistan. Many Muslims living in various parts of India have stated that Quaid-e-Azam had accomplished a good job by creating a new country for Muslims, where there is no ban on beef. The current Indian government has imposed a ban on beef in several states and a ban was also imposed in Jammu and Kashmir where the people showed their disapproval by calling strikes and slaughtering animals to . defy the order. This beef ban controversy has sparked several debates: it has divided India along religious lines - if a person consumes beef he is called Pakistani or augarwadi (terrorist) or desh drohi (traitor) and if he does not, he is considered a patriot.