by MUKUL DUBE
The Government of the National Capital Territory has organised,
together with an organisation named Seher, a “Bhakti Utsav” of
religious music of different kinds.
The first day includes a solitary Gurbani, the second day includes
Kabir (which is really neither here not there), and the third day
includes Sufi music. Other than these three certainly calculated
deviations, all the “items” are from one or other variety of what is
called “Hinduism”.
Why the hell is a state government promoting religion in this way? Why the hell is it promoting one so-called religion? Despite the trickery practised, this is not what secularism is about. It shows pretty clearly that India does have a State Religion.
Mukul Dube is a writer/editor/photographer and can be reached at uthappam@gmail.com