The second largest population-group of India comes from Muslim community. Their popular festival namely Eid ul fitre is being celebrated today (July 18, 2015) all over the world including India.
Human beings have found ways and means to perpetually remember certain events connected with their respective religions and celebrate them annually without any break. They enable them to break from their routine work schedule, spend time & materials, visit the places of their worship, meet their relatives & friends and exchange sweets & savouries befitting the occasion.
It is is only the fundamentalists of some religions who search for reasons and incite violence & create hatred amongst them. Every true Indian is expected to be cautious with such elements and prove to be worthy citizens of this benevolent country.
As an administrator ( the Commissioner of Sagar Division in Madhya Pradesh State during 1990-92) supervising the work of Collectors in Five Districts, I introduced a novel experiment for the first time in Sagar town by which I formed a team of all religious heads located there including influential political and community leaders to gather at a place designated by the Commissioner and visit the places of their worship like the Hindu temple, the main Mosque, the main Church, the main Gurdwara, the main Jain temple during their major festivals to create good understanding and cooperation among those communities. The idea was to play a positive and direct role by the state authorities in effecting good will among the people of the districts in the Sagar Revenue Division. It worked very well during my tenure. No idea what happened after I left the office.
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