Every time we discuss about secularism in India, we refer to one of the most idealistic lines ever written, ‘We, the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a sovereign socialist secular democratic republic’. Yes, the very first line of our preamble guarantees us a free and secular state and assures every citizen liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship. But every time we come across someone who is non Hindu, we carry a look of fascination in our eyes. Unbelievable, but even the educated fraction of Indian population at times carries that fascinated look in their eyes. And if we compare the situation with respect to the uneducated or rural population of the nation, this look of fascination turns into a look of disgust in no time. To cut short, the influence of religion in our day to day life can never be undermined till the time we continue to hold on to that look of fascination or disgust in our eyes. So how can politics be ke...