The beginning of the New Year witnessed the arrest of comedian Munawar Faruqui over insulting Hindu deities during a performance at a cafe in the city of Indore. However with the Indore Police reporting no such evidence and Faruqui being allegedly roughed up by the members of the group Hind Rakshak Sangathan, what took me to thinking is how easily are people being misled by choosing to hear only one side of the story.

There can be several reasons for this, namely, Ignorance, Rigidity, Biasedness, Hate and Violence. Surprisingly each of the seeds that give birth to aforementioned evils manage to get sown when the societal structure of Education takes a backseat.

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