Sunday Musings BJP’s Kerala state general secretary, Surenderan, has an opinion that is quite different from that of his party about women’s entry to the Sabarimala temple. He thinks that Lord Ayappan, the presiding deity at Sabarimala, is not a misogynist though he is a “perpetual celibate.” But his party was quick to distance itself from the Facebook post of the state general secretary. The state president, Kummanam Rajasekharan, dismissed the secretary’s view as “personal.” How many compromises can we make between our personal views and those of the organisation or party or system to which we belong religiously? I am an absolute hypocrite when it comes to religion. I find it impossible to believe anything of what religions teach. My very being rebels against the teachings much as I acknowledge the inevitable role of delusions and illusions in a normal man’s life. In spite of the nausea they germinate in me, I participate in certain religious rituals. I partic
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