In India we know religion is deep rooted in us and our culture. We depend on religion for everything - be it our education, our job or for that matter our status too. You need your caste certificate or quota to get concessions in your school fees, to apply for a job and to further get promotions. We also need this religion for elections and to also run a government.
With all these benefits that we enjoy using our religion and caste status, we never thought how this is making our country weaker and forced to show to the world that we are a weaker nation and will continue to be one... That's because all these years we chose a Government that used and misused our country based on religion and caste. We voted them just because we thought they were secular and would do justice to all the religious groups to live harmoniously.
Wait...have we ever thought that if our Nation progresses or if we choose a Leader who would show how strong we are to the world and would give importance to the development of the Nation rather than just promising to keep the harmony among different sects of society intact, we would be gaining more as a country and a nation rather than being a mediocre country who was a developing, is developing and will be a developing nation for ever in our children's textbooks. If the Nation progresses and become self sustainable with every citizen living a secured and settled life, then religious harmony will be maintained on its own.
Think above your religion. Let religion be in your hearts, in your prayers and in your lives but not at the cost of Nation.
I hope that one day I would read that "India is a superpower and a developed Nation" in the textbooks of our children rather than the same old story of developing Nation..
