Is India Really A Secular Nation ?

What is Secularism ?

              Secularism is the principle of separation of government institutions, and the persons mandated to represent the State, from religious institutions and regions dignitaries.

 India is a secular country as per the declaration in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution. It prohibits discrimination against members of a particular religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth.

But the question arises here, Is India Really A Secular Nation ?

This can be a debatable topic and many people might have their own reasons for it. I will touch just a few visible evidences which make me ask this question again and again.

Still in our day to day life we see discrimination against members of a particular religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. I will quote an example for each case.

Religion / Race / Caste : Much can be said on this but a simple example would be Marriage. People of India although have become so called modern still deep down when it comes to marriage the mentioned 3 aspects hinder their modern thought process.

Sex (Male / Female) : We say we have moved out of the tribes / villages and we are following western civilization where females are equal to males. I do agree that females are given proper education and they do jobs as well, But there is still discrimination seen where girls being highly / more educated are not given right place / position in the so called modern corporate working organisation. Even in 21st century we females being abused / harassed in the offices. Where is the equality ??

Now is the time to take a call and to make India a Real Secular Nation !!!

(Defination Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism)

Life has transformed from past to the present !!!

Life in old times was filled with hardship. Not much of industrialisation, not much of technology and hence people had to work themselves through the most tiring times. Well it had its own advantages and disadvantages. You had no means of fast communication, most people were farmers who worked day - night in their farms to earn money for their living. People were ground to earth, stayed near their relatives / family and people were content / satisfied with what they had.

With growing times and with boom in industrialisation people started to move out of their villages. The erg to learn and the curiosity to gain more knowledge led them towards modern civilisation, which few refer to western civilisation. Life changed and they moved from place to place for more and more.

One can understand the growth, knowledge and curiosity but looking from the other angle, they moved from their houses which they call "Home" to "Rented Apartment". Even though they have mobiles and Internet for communication still they are far away from their family. And not to forget Moral Values, which has been lost or has now been covered by the dust of time. 

People were more emotional before and now what we see around are people who are practical enough to think about only themselves.

Is this the modern culture we wan't to be with ??