Second one: A typical "GARBAGE" from New York Times/Asso Press. The same philosophy of "Divide and conquer". Rest assured, these people never want to see India as a progressive nation. Their skin is pretty thick when it comes to encroaching upon other’s religious believes. They can be stupid enough to refuse the equality of all the religions while promoting that "Infidels are to be barbecued perpetually". But when someone starts protecting their own religious freedom, their skin becomes very sensitive and they will start crying hoarse. All the nonsense of the caste system and the saviors is also talked about as usual.

India and Indians will have to understand these philosophies well before they can even dream of the "Equality of All Religions" that every other anti-Indian P-Sec will refuse to even acknowledge.

A land of a billion people, speaking in 15 major languages and a thousand dialects, worshipping in eight major and countless minor religious traditions, India offers a compass to the world, especially to the Middle East, showing how to restrain the sword of religious-political fundamentalism and how to coexist in relative harmony.

After centuries of foreign rule, India has emerged as a unique model of secular democracy and pluralism in the post-colonial world. Fifty-five years ago, 565 princely states and 13 British-ruled states became united into one sovereign nation, with a secular democracy as its constitution's primary guiding principle.

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Religion Today (From New York Times/Associated Press)