Temples Everywhere, Peace Nowhere
Silence: Sound and Fury India has never been more visibly religious. Temples rise where trees once stood. Loudspeakers chant bhajans drowning birdsong mercilessly. TV channels sell salvation round the clock. Politicians speak the language of gods more fluently than the language of governance. Public life has become a procession of rituals, slogans, pilgrimages, and declarations of faith. Yet something feels broken. There’s more anger in the air. More hatred. Suspicion has spread like oil on water. Even family conversations at dinner tables are guarded. Social media resembles a permanent battlefield. We pray more, but trust less. We chant louder, but listen less. We build shrines, but demolish bridges between human beings. Isn’t something seriously wrong? Perhaps religion today has nothing to do with spirituality. As I have understood, true spirituality softens the ego. It teaches humility before the mystery of existence. A genuinely religious person should become ...
