India, Aug. 9 -- India has a democratic set-up in which people elect the Government through adult franchise. Due to its pluralistic culture, every citizen has been given the right and freedom of religious belief without any kind of interference by the Government. The Indian polity is, therefore, known as secular. However, a few unpleasant incidents that took place recently across various Indian states have prompted much talk of a threat to the "secular" character of our nation. Most of the political parties, who see themselves as "secular", have strongly condemned those incidents as the local Government's alleged inability or unwillingness to control them. The political blame game has been going on for quite some time in our country, and it...