Judgment Day

There have been lots of anxieties among the people of India regarding the verdict of Supreme Court in the Babri demolition case. The mosque at Ayodhya was destroyed by Hindu activists two decades back which resulted in communal riots as well as many terrorist attacks by Muslim fundamentalists. This is probably the most difficult case Supreme Court ever had to give judgment to. Initially Allahabad High Court ordered out of court settlement between the two groups Hindu and Muslim but both the groups rejected and appealed in the Supreme court. After lots of drama like shifting the Judgment day and all, finally the court gave Judgment today saying it has rejected the deferment of High Court verdict. I found the verdict very obvious and not surprising at all. In a country like India, where you do not have to make lots of effort to fuel a communal fight among two communities, a verdict on such a sensitive issue in favor of one community would be too much to bring chaos in all parts of the country. Already there is so much trouble, both internal as well as external and specially when the Commonwealth Games is around the corner, nobody would like to take the risk of such a disaster which will indirectly affect the games as well. Although today Supreme court said that on 30th September , Allahabad High Court will give verdict on the case, it looks very trivial. The High Court will definitely stick to its earlier verdict of out of court settlement. I am wondering if a mosque can be built at ground zero in New York, why can't we build something at Ayodhya which will create opportunities for all the communities and not biased towards just one. But it's not as straightforward actually. Even if the court orders to build a University or some trade center may be, it won't surprise me at all if people bring that down also. Indians are yet to come out of rigid religious boundaries. I do not know how to make people realize that there are many important things in this world to which we should pay attention to make world a better place to live in. Text book education seems helpless because you will find millions of Indians who are well-educated (in terms of their degrees) but suffers from religious brain-wash. I think this process will keep going maintaining the tradition of Indian Judiciary system. High Court will always stick to it's verdict, the communities will keep appealing in the Apex court which will again reject it and so on and on....