By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: If India has to develop, communalism has to be erased at the earliest, this is what felt by noted social activist of the country L S Hardenia who is also the chief convenor of All India Secular Forum (AISF), a body which works for spreading secularism.
Hardenia who was in Guwahati to attend a lecture session also said that at present several forces are trying to bring division in the country in the name of religion. “There are several types of communalism which are trying to divide the country. If some is doing through terror activities while some others are doing it in the name of religion. Everybody, be it Hindu or Muslim, some anti-social bodies are trying to enforce the communalism,” Hardenia said after he was honoured with the litterateur Ismail Hussain (Sr) Memorial award on the first death anniversary.
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LS Hardenia , activist and chief convenor of All India Secular Forum speaks during an event which is organized by Char Chapori Sahitya Parishad on the first death anniversary of litterateur Ismail Hussain (Sr) in Guwahati.
The event was organized by Char Chapori Sahitya Parishad (CCSP), a literary body of the state to pay tribute to late Ismail Hussain who has been instrumental in the literary field of the state especially to bring out the life and culture of various downtrodden sections of the society including the religious minorities over the last several decades.
He also mentioned the Sikh riots during the 1980s in which hundreds of Sikh people were killed in northern India. “Organizations like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Shiv Sena can be very dangerous with the motives and works towards communalism,” he said. Citing the example of separation of Bangladesh from Pakistan, Hardenia said that language is more powerful than religion to unite people.
He also termed Gujrat chief minister and BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi a liar and urged upon the people of the country to be careful of such leaders which might misled the people.
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LS Hardenia , activist and chief convenor of All India Secular Forum being honoured with litterateur Ismail Hussain memorial award on the occasion of his first death anniversary which is organized by Char Chapori Sahitya Parishad in Guwahati.
Besides, criticising the system of ‘Doubtful-Voters’ in Assam, he requested the government to bring a solution at the earliest so that people can live peacefully enjoying the rights given by the Indian constitution.
“Ismail sir was one of the most secular figures of the state and he always tried to spread the feeling of secularism through his writings. Here is an effort from our part to carry out his ideals,” said CCSP president Hafiz Ahmed.
