Story By : Express India News

It is an irony. More people get educated, the more they get “radicalised” about their respective identities. In the process truth becomes the eventual casualty. Unfortunately there is a growing tendency among people to believe only what they want to believe irrespective of the truth and the reality. Truth has become so subjective that its acceptance has become a matter of personal choice and belief. This is an ominous sign and signal for a place like Punjab, where there is a lot of diversity and people subscribe to diverse identities. 

Recent incident in Golden Temple is a testimony to the deepening fault lines between two sets of people, who otherwise have so much in common, including history and culture, and even beliefs. They may be observing and practicing these beliefs differently. They may belong to different religions, yet there is a lot in common between them. The very fact that the particular incident happened with pilgrims of different religions is again proof that the belief and faith are the same. Otherwise, why would anyone visit a place of worship if there was not faith?

Whatever happened there was on record. Thanks to the rumour mongering on social media, different sets of people interpreted the issue differently to justify their respective narratives. It was not played up by the enemies of any particular religion, but by the enemies of the both. There are forces, which are working round the clock to create hostility between the two communities. Such incidents come handy for these people and they add the proverbial fuel to the fire. Initially the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee handled the issue in a mature and sagacious manner. But the vested interests across the spectrum ever active on social media did not let the issue die down. Rather they hijacked it.

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