I still remember the day when the Babri Masjid was demolished and it was shown LIVE on National Television – was all about 13 years old kid then. I remember how my parents were worried that this could lead to a huge impact... lots of brutality was just about to unfold. As a kid I was unable to understand why at the first place someone was destroying something? How some destruction can make you divine? How can you get blessings from your 'God' by destroying something? How can killing people make you become more pure? With these questions in my mind i saw what was following, the riots, killings, burning people, raping girls etc on TV. Luckily we were residing in a non volatile area. But this had a huge impact on my emotional self.
I started hating my own religion... thinking if this is what my religion has to offer, why should i even worship a so called 'God'... if even 'God' can't prevent these things from happening then why is he/she called God? I didn't like the fact that i was a Hindu and my fellow people did something as shameful as this... Now after 18 years from this, though the intensity of this has reduced a lot, still i am not able to wholeheartedly pray when i visit temples (off course just to give company to someone, or when someone insists). I never go to temples on my own, never because i feel it from within. I have become indifferent to religion and just don't judge anyone or anything based on religion.
While reading about this subject on Wikipedia, i found apparently Hindus and Muslims used to pray together in this Mosque – Temple together until 1870. Here is the excerpt:
"It is said that up to that time, the Hindus and Mohamedans alike used to worship in the mosque-temple. Since the British rule a railing has been put up to prevent dispute, within which, in the mosque the Mohamedans pray, while outside the fence the Hindus have raised a platform on which they make their offerings.
Then why can't this happen again? Why can't we make a Temple in the same compound as the Mosque shares? Why are we struggling so much for a verdict? Let's set an example again to our younger generations let's unite. Why do we need to struggle so much to unite with our own country men? After all our ancestors have done it quite well i the past... if they can do it, we can do it as well!
