National Affairs Forum

Author:  Dilraj Dhillon Greetings! After reading the title of my blog, a lot of you might have understood that a lot of content of this blog might be outrageous for some people considering the fact discussing the existence of communalism within a democracy becomes a sensitive issue at certain times, but as the author of the blog, it is my responsibility to make you aware about my intentions to write this blog. This is a blog not to hurt the sentiments of a particular community. This is not a blog intended to target a particular religion or a sect of people. This is not a blog to criticise the government or political parties for their policies, instead, this is a blog intended to spread awareness among the people about this acute problem of rise of communalism in a democracy like India. It is a blog intended to encourage people to look at the situation analytically and practically, rather than looking at it emotionally and superstitiously, so that we all, as one society, ca...

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