“Well, you say you are neither religious nor you belong to any caste, then why do you fill in those columns?” my sister asked, while I was filling the columns for community, caste and religion in one of the forms. Her question not only made me wonder, but thoughtful. Not being religious does not mean I’m an atheist or I hate religions. There are several talks that speak about “Unity”, several movies directed under the theme of “Unity” and we all know, though we part ourselves into different regions, we are still united.
Now, the question is, “Is it mandatory to fill in these columns?”, “Are we rated or selected mainly because of our religions, castes and communities?” .
