It all started when it was decided that Sikhs had to take off their turbans and cut off their hair, because their religion forbade them from cutting their hair.
Then the Surds complained that they were being discriminated against. For example, Islam required Muslim women to be dressed modestly. There were so many Muslim women on the streets, all dressed modestly, and no one was doing anything about it. So the police had to go around forcing all Muslim women to take off their salwar kameezes and wear minis.
Then the VHP moved the Supreme Court to strike down section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, which outlaws murder. The VHP argued that making killing an offence could be seen as an endorsement of the sixth of the Ten Commandments and so such a law had no place in secular society.
Then Pakistan attacked us. The Prime Minister was reluctant to defend us, because the Bhagwad Geetha exhorts all humans to fight for what is right. As the Pakistanis’ actions were clearly wrong, it would be right to deploy troops to defend Indian soil, so it could not be done. (As it is, the strength of the army was severely depleted, because all the Kshatriyas were discharged from duty following a ruling from the Supreme Court which claimed that letting Kshatriyas in the army could be seen as an endorsement of Hindu religious texts which mandated that fighting and ruling were the right professions for Kshatriyas.)
Then it was pointed out to the Prime Minister that not fighting could be seen as an endorsement of Non-Violence, which was a Jain concept. Unable to decide, the Prime Minister quit, whereupon he was arrested, because his action smacked of renunciation, which was a Hindu concept.
gr8 satirical piece… arguments like those forwarded against sikhs wearing the turbans et al. have to be pilloried and nothing culd have been better than this one…. hope jivha realises that religious expressions are left best to individual choices except in exceptional circumstances which necessitate intervention of state….
Nice…could almost detect an Orwellian streak in that!
You know,for all the ‘opium of the masses’ crap, the similarities between expansionist monotheistic religions and communism (and its flavours) are staggering! Both want a worldwide reach and a deletion of local/personal identity, among other things.
would be great to see you analyse this:
http://us.rediff.com/money/2004/jun/29jobs1.htm