“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect,” said Mark Twain. Some members of the ruling BJP seem to have become so intoxicated with power that they are ranting and raving like people bereft of their sense. It is time for them to pause and reflect. And it is time for the Prime Minister to pause his reflection. A few days ago, Sakshi Maharaj advised the Hindu women of India to have four children each. Now the Shankaracharya of Badrikashram orders the Hindu women to have ten children each. Of course, the women aren’t so foolish as to take such exhortations to heart. So nothing will change. Yet it is worth asking the question: What motivates the Maharaj and the Acharya (supposedly wise people) to make such statements? Do they think that the population of India is skewed against the Hindus? Below are two diagrams that illustrate the population of people belonging to different religions, according to the 2011 Census of India
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