On Religion and Morality
Religion seems to have become a bone of contention in the intellectual circles of today; everyone has some or the other opinion on it. The debate on ethics and morality has not proved to be a laggard and is discussed as ferociously as is religion- its twin brother, with which it is clearly intertwined. In a new India that is witnessing the advent of pan-India saffronization, it is pertinent that questions are raised on either of these issues- issues which are influential enough to alter the course of a nation state in the postmodern world. It is the malady of our age that the word 'religion' brings to mind bouts of violence, unrest, and bloodshed when in actuality the definitions of religions contradict these images of gore. Every religion on this planet implores man to go on the quest of eternal knowledge, to seek his inner self and find God within himself. A popular couplet conveys the idea that one may traverse the entire universe in search of the divine, but at th...